Plainfield South High School

Great school. Better than the other schools in town. The principle is amazing.
--Submitted by a parent

Plainfield south is a great school it will help your child become independent. Plainfield south also helps your child get into a better school than many other plainfield schools.
--Submitted by a parent

I'm digusted with this school as well as Meadowview. I came from a Naperville School District and feel like my children now attend romper room. Its a complete joke. I would not recommend these schools..
--Submitted by a parent

I'm a current student at PSHS and have so far been happy here. Lately, we have experienced problems with fighting, but it has been dealt with wonderfully by the staff and especially the principal. The academics have improved every year that I have been here, but the extracurriculars have stayed the same. Yes, the teachers are young, but it is not always a negative thing. There are some who are hard to take seriously because they try to be your friend first, but they are knowlegeable about what they are talking about. My biggest problem is that not all the teachers go by what they teach. Puncuality and responsibility is stressed, especially in the honors/AP classes, but teachers can be very long in returning papers or getting out information.
--Submitted by a student

Well, I graduated from PSHS, so let me just get to it. Pros: The principal, extracurriculars/sports, fine arts department, school spirit, and most staff (I had some amazing teachers, most at the junior level). Cons: Academic standards are low. I took all honors and AP classes, and I can safely say there were a lot of kids in those classes who should not have been. Also, the young teachers are awful, because most are inexperienced and care more about seeming 'cool' to the students rather than challenging them and actually teaching them.

One thing you have to realize is that the high school is in western Joliet, which is one of the most rapidly growing cities in the country. People moving to the community move here for the cheap housing, have no interests beyond TV, and spend a lot of their lives commuting. High school is the culmination of years of poor academics in Plainfield's overcrowded grade schools. My son is a junior, and he is barely capable of writing a complete sentence. Yet, he gets passed along with mediocre grades. The school system is a real failure. Buying a property in this school system was the stupidest thing that I ever did in my life.
--Submitted by Willard Losinger, a parent

I am a parent of two students at South. One a Senior and another a Sophomore. I have never experienced a school with such school spirit! The teachers are new and young, which I feel is advantageous. They are willing to go the extra mile and accommodate the students. Since Plainfield is growing there will be some glitches that will surface in the years to come. However, I think Plainfield South's staff is up for the challenge and committed to give our students a well rounded, good education. Go Cougars!
--Submitted by a parent

The school itself is nice, and it offers many athletics and extracurricular opportunities. The programs are good. However, many of the teachers are young and so called 'honors/AP' classes fall far below expectations (I say that as I senior who has been in them all 4 years). Also, the counselors are terrible and can not do their basic job of helping create high school schedules and preparing students for college. There is a lot of school spirit and the principle is amazing. I have seen both good and bad things in the past four years.
--Submitted by a student

I go to PSHS and would like to share that it is an amazing school with some of the best people running it and teaching it. The music program is one of the best in the confrence and in the state.
--Submitted by a student

This is a decent school. It offers nothing special in extracurricular activities or classes. It has good computer classes. Parents seem to be rarely involved.
--Submitted by a former student