Suncoast Community High School

I am a previous student from Suncoast that moved to South Carolina. Yes, Suncoast is every challenging but also very helpful. You can't find any better school than Suncoast. The teachers are very hard and stay on top of you, but when you apply for this school who have been ranked in the top 3 in the nation you should expect it. Don't apply because you think it will look good for college. Because Suncoast can do two things for you give you an amazing gpa to get into ivy league colleges or give you a terrible gpa to get you barely in community college. I loved Suncoast and all the work that came with it. It's a school for driven and smart people. Don't expect to go there and no be serious about you work because they will kick you out and not think twice about it. If you're very smart driven and have a passion to learn, this is the school for you.
--Submitted by a student

this school is absolutley amazing. im going to start 9th grade this year. but i fell in love with this school. i have alot of friends that go here and they have all told me that yes it is alot of hard work but it is all worth it because the school is amazing. i got into the IB program and im so happy to have the chance to go to this school. this school is one of the best ever i think..and anyone that says otherwise is wrong (: haha

I attended the open house with my son for CS and Engineering. My son is 13 and he has been learning computer programming during all his years in middle school. My son plays Tennis and all his hitting partners who entered Suncoast in 2011 have stopped playing Tennis. Why? I heard those kids are overwhelmed by homework. I also heard the teachers don't teach, they only give assignments and the kids are on their own. During the open house the CS teacher acted too 'casual' and when I asked him 'how come you are teaching the same C++ course for 11 years when the IT world changes every day' his answer was 'because that is all I know ... C++'. I was very disappointed. Then we attended the Engineering presentation and I had a chance to ask the teacher a question (my English is not the best), he then asked the audience of 100+ parents 'can somebody translate that for me?' embarrassing ... at the end some of the parents that talked to me after presentation had the same opinion, these teachers are only focused on keeping certain number of students to keep their budget.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school.Very good and keep it up!!!1But on march 29,2011 an english teacher of the same school was arrested and was at the palm beach jail!!!! Are you guys going to keep the same teacher and make her to teach the kids???

Suncoast is a terrific place to work because of the dedicated teachers, administrative leadership, bright students and involved parents. The only recurring problem is that students and parents often don't understand the rigor of A.P. and I.B. courses. I strongly recommend that students and parents research the curriculum before they sign up for courses.
--Submitted by a teacher

Class of 2012! Although this is my second year being in high school, this is my first year at Suncoast. So far, i think this school is 'alrite' but many teachers here are, excuse me for being blunt, TERRRIBLE! Luckily, there is after school tutoring. :) I am in the IB program and since i am only in the 10TH grade, the worst is yet to come because the challenging program officially starts junior year. So , to be continued... Class of 2012!!
--Submitted by a student

I am a student at Suncoast. Suncoast is the best place possible in all of Florida and probably southeastern America for high school academics, far superior to any private school in the area, but that is mainly due to the students and not the teachers, although there are many great and fantastic ones there are more than enough bad ones to make up for them. Don't let that discourage you, if you don't mind working (4+hours a night) and are smart this is definitely the best school for you. For MSE you really need to be very smart and great at math, mainly algebra, geometry doesn't really matter. I am in MSE/IB and I have to say that IB is the harder one for me because I am good at math but not very good in spanish (the main reason students have difficulty in IB) and the spanish department is awful.
--Submitted by a student

I think that this school is very good and that if you are able to go here that you should be very greatful because the teachers are hands on and are very good in teaching there subjects,and it's amazing to go to such a wonderful school. Class of 2011
--Submitted by a student

the best school ever helped alot academically!!!!!
--Submitted by a student

Suncoast is challenging, but doable. The post two down from mine is wholly inaccurate! I knew a few kids who transfered to private schools, and said the same things, but the issue is not that Suncoast is easy it's that a lot of kids cheat. Suncoast gives it's students the benefit of the doubt, it teaches them to be independent, and some kids take advantage and waste their educations away by cheating, but they pay for it in college. If that girl was having trouble when she was transferred to private school it was probably because she was one of the ones getting by through cheating. You get as much from this school as you put into it. Trustme, I graduated from Suncoastand am now about to graduate from from U of Chicago with three degrees! This is a great school don't let the slackers fool you!
--Submitted by a student