Pike High School

I was tied for 7th in my family (we're twins, and my family goes back to class of 1960) to go to PHS, and I'm graduating from Ball State to be an elementary and ESL teacher in 2 weeks. I must say, I would not trade my Pike education for the WORLD! Yeah, there are some stupid students and some boring teachers there, but that's life! Get used to it! If that's your only issue, then you have no genuine complaint. If you take honors and AP courses, and if you're willing to put in the effort, you have some of the nation's best teachers, courses, and opportunities! I don't take for granted the fact that I have found college much easier as a result. I also don't take for granted the diversity that I encountered-I'm white and bilingual mainly because I actually got to use Spanish outside of class! I know how to respect and interact with people who have different beliefs and cultures than me because they are my friends! (I actually was freaked out by the overabundance of white people in my first college class, lol!) On top of that, I never once felt unsafe in that building. Let's go, Red Devils!
--Submitted by a student

I think Pike High School is a bad school!!!!! They have bad teachers, and very bad troublemakers!!! Not saying that every child is a troublemaker but most kids are!!! The students violent they have no common sense they just take school as a joke. Its really sad because the teachers aren't making it any better, they just teach and don't help the students if they need help. If a student is having a trouble understanding something the teacher overlooks it. I think Brebeuf is a much better school. There is barely, if any fights all of the students graduate and have a good outlook to life. GO BRAVES!!!!!

I love Pike, people may think of it as the gangsta' school but its a total lie. If you are a minorty like me, pike really teaches you street skills, and that color doesn't matter. We are very good at sports, and our teachers are great as well. We don't need money to be great, we have the talent!
--Submitted by a student

Awesome school!! Very diverse, good education, and great sports teams and facilities.
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They have so many programs to offer and the teacxhers truly care! I went there now my son is.
--Submitted by a parent

As a current Junior at Pike High School it is safe to say pike is an average school i am an athlete as well as in an adv music course. The basic and only positives of pike high school is out standing basketball, football, and soccer, and AP courses. The negatives for students in 'regular' courses are if you need help, schedule it with the teacher atleast a week before hand, if you dont then every teacher is out of the building as soon as the bell rings but the basic jist you should know is if you are not a truly gifted Student Academicly, or an amazing athlete. Pike High School is not for you.
--Submitted by a student

My daughter just finished her first week at the Freshman Center and so far we have no complaints and we hope it stays that way. My daughter is happy to be there. She came up to me and gave me a kiss and said, Thank you, I am so happy, mom. this made me feel so good. I hope and pray she keeps up the good work.
--Submitted by a parent

I'm a current student at Pike. There are a lot of clubs to join and they have a lot of AP classes. There is an IB Program. The school is only good if you are in the AP, Engineering, Computer/Networking classes. I learned in my sophomore year that I should stay in Honors. If you are not, then you are stuck with too many rowdy, obnoxious idiot teenagers. T(hey curse too much also. ) Junior year, i am taking multiple AP, Honor, and Computer classes, so I will have limited contact with them. There are not that many fights either. It's actually rare. The school is so big they hired a 'security force'. P.S. They are changing the grading system to an easier one( which is a bad idea) and doing away with class rankings.
--Submitted by a student

I am a freshman at ball state right now and spent my entire high school career at Pike High. I have to say when I was there, there were times I couldn't stand the school and couldn't wait to get out. But now that I look back, I couldn't be happier to be a Pike High grad. Pike gave me some experience I couldn't get at many schools. First off, it has many MANY AP courses. I was never really big into them, but the ones I did take challenged me and got me ready for college. The comment below said that if you weren't in an AP course, then you would be in a class full of kids who didn't care about school. This is true to an extent. But if you're a serious minded student, won't you want to take AP courses? And yes, the teachers are very good!
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As a Pike graduate at Columbia University, I grow more and more appreciative of my time spent in Pike Township schools as time passes. While I had numerous issues with the administration and one or two teachers, my overall experience with Pike was incredible. The wide variety of student activities, the rich diversity of people, the (mostly) incredible teachers, these I all appreciated while I was a student. However, I had no idea how fortunate I was to have such a rigorous preparation that has made transitioning to school here in New York relatively easy. Sure, the administration was ceaselessly incompetent and bureaucratic, but that's just proven to be some life experience that comes in handy all too often when dealing with the bureaucracies of college life. Pike did a great job of preparing me for life, and I deeply miss its environment and unpretentious student community.
--Submitted by a student