Dekalb High School

This is the best school around for TOP education! The teachers here are great and will help you with anything.
--Submitted by a student

I do not believe that this school is sub par! I also do not know where people are thinking that it is "in style" to be pregnant! I would call a teenager getting pregnant "bad parenting." I do not see how you can blame the teachers for these teenagers actions. They are only at school for a short period of time. I can honestly say that I am PROUD that my kids go to DeKalb. I have a Daughter that is an academic honor student. She just got accepted into a College that is very hard to get accepted to. I am sick and tired of people always bad mouthing DeKalb. I know for a fact that the probems we have, other schools have as well. I am glad that my Daughter is getting the education she needs at school and the discipline and guidance she needs at home. If you think the grass is greener on the other side then go there!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is sub par. The faculty glorifies the students who are involved with drinking and drugs and sexually active. Being pregnant is "in style" and the athletes are the biggest offenders and only get slaps on the wrists and are allowed to continue to participate. Sends a very negative message to the kids who are not involved with drinking and such! If they actually look at the problem it would be to profound for them to adress so they sweep it under the carpet. The staff is in denial and some have even favored these kids and laughed along with them. Seriously need responsible staff and coaches that are more mature than kids themselves!
--Submitted by a parent

This school has no minimum standards. If a student fails a class or is written up for a discipline issue, its the teacher who is punished. The teachers have learned to stop failing students regardless of their performance and do their best to ignore discipline issues in and out of the class. Even the best students are pulled down by this attitude.

I am currently a student at Dekalb High School. I think the teachers here are pretty good. I have learned a lot these last couple of years. Recently I learned that we are not allowed to have holes in our jeans this year. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with this rule. The only thing that upsets me is that I didn't know of this new rule until I had already went school shopping. Most of the jeans at stores already have holes in them and so it is annoying that we can no longer wear the new jeans we bought to school. This is not a big deal though, I just wish students, like me, could know about changing rules ahead of time. Overall, I think DeKalb has a good learning environment and I am happy to be a student of DeKalb High School!
--Submitted by a student

This school has done a lot for me only in my freshman year here at DHS! It offers a lot of oppertunities for many types of shcolarships, jobs, community activities, sports, and many other great things. I love the educational expierience here at DeKalb High School:)
--Submitted by a student

The MiddleSchool is greta have been doing a wonderful job with my daughters first yr. Is an issue with the neighboring high school though. There is a sherrif stationed there who seems amused with HARRASEING parents..Mind your step just driving into that parking lot@!@!
--Submitted by a parent

DeKalb is horable school. The teachers are so easly distracted its no wondeer the childrens test scores are so low. The principals dont care about the students alls they care about is if the children take food and drinks out of the commons. DeKalb also plays favorits to the jocks, preps, and rich kids, they dont care about the 'normal' kids. If you ever go there and just look around you will see kids getting bullyedbecause they donot fit in to the three favorite grups. The L.D. children are picked on and teased and bulled by the favorits and when you try and tell a teacher or someone with higher athority the kids only get a slap on the hand and get told dont do it again, like that would help make it a better learning enviremant.

I was a student at DeKalb myself and now I have three high school students. Dekalb is a good school. I have had the opportunity to see other schools,their curriculums, their student products, and to see how their students perform at a college level. DeKalb stacks up well to other schools. I feel there is definite room for improvement but we do well overall. We have a great music department, athletics are among the best in the state and academics are competitive and improving. To make changes you must have a solution and vote correctly and voice to the board and principal and be involved. Good kids and students start at home. Julie R Stackhouse
--Submitted by julie stackhouse, a parent

I wish people would understand that teachers are pretty similar in any school system. Sure there are differences in all educators, but from my experience they always followed the guidelines set in front of them as well as met standards. I had many teachers who cared and were devoted to my education, which motivated me to excel in college. I had great teachers in every aspect of learning. The comments regarding the difficulty to make friends are false. The school has 1200 students and if someone can t fine a friend that is no ones fault other than there own. Maybe the parents saying these things should take look back and see if they raised their children in a social environment. Also, athletics have earned the right to have so much importance. Extracurricular activities are excellent. Look at the music department. There are many ways to get involved and achieve success.
--Submitted by Michael Knowles, a former student