Sam Houston High School

Went to school here in the early 80's as a junior. I was given work that I had studied in 6th grade! Hope this school has improved since then.

The students are extremely ill-behaved and instead of dealing with the students for fighting or being offensive, the teachers instead write them up because they aren't wearing purple lanyards or they're jackets are zipped in the middle instead of all the way up or down. In one class, the teacher let her students grade their own paper then tell her what they made, most of the students lying because they had no idea what they were doing and the teacher refused to explain the problems when asked. "Teaching" means, in some classes, simply reading out of the text books to the students, not really knowing what to do. There are plenty of kids who will proudly tell you about how high they are, how many months till their baby is due, or how they made the French teacher cry. If this is your cup of tea, then by all means, send you kid here to learn how to be a drag on society! In short, no discipline, misplaced rules, and minimal teaching standards. This place is terrible
--Submitted by a teacher

What more can you get out of a public school? They have lots of options for all kids. As for drugs, they are everywhere. Teach your kids right and hope they make the right decision. No complaints at SHHS so far!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is thoroughly unacceptable. Although I only attended for a few months, as an outsider I had a clear view of the terrible aspects. An excessive amount of classtime is used just with teachers punishing dress code infractions, a system I find ridiclous for this reason: I assume the school has their resons for being uniform. What these reasons are is unimportant, because it is permitted to wear jeans on Fridays. If these rules do not hold true on Fridays, then they cannot be considered valid for the rest of the week. Next issue: ridiclous classes. In the majority of my classes, we either were given very little work, busy work, or the teacher intended to give work but spent the classtime bickering instead. Hint to adminastrators; If you treat students as young adults vs. as inmates, they will behave in a mix of respect and maturity/ independance.
--Submitted by a student

I think this school is in the top3 in the parish; I am a college student now and wish my whole school career could have been as good as my high school years at Sam Houston.
--Submitted by a student

I am a college student who graduated from this high school. I must say that I was well prepared for college thanks to the teachers at Sam Houston.

I currently attend sam houston (class of 2009), and I personally think that it is a great school with good teachers and a good environment....Not to mention great sports. Go broncos!
--Submitted by a student

This school is not perfect, but no school is. The teachers care a lot about the students, but they do not get much parental support. I did my student teaching semester at SHHS, and I thought there were some pretty amazing students and teachers at this school. There are much worse out there. I know b/c I am teaching at one that is much worse. Go Broncos!
--Submitted by a teacher

I feel that some of the previous reviews may be misleading to an outsider. Naturally, it is best if a student would describe the quality of the school now, not before, and from the perspective of a person who actually attends the school, not a parent. I am a junior at Sam Houston High, class of 2008, and I believe that it is one of the best high schools around. Our teachers, for the most part, are very involved with the students and are eager to help. We have varied degrees of classes ranging from AP for college credit to SPARK to honors to T&I technical to regular. Because of this variety, it makes it hard for a student concerned about his/her classes NOT to get a good education. Our extracurriculars are lacking outside of sports, but, overall, Sam Houston is a wonderful school!
--Submitted by a student

I was in SHHS c/o 2002. I don't understand why people think that it is 'so bad'. The comment about the drugs being sold everyday and every kind is not true. My little brother is a sophmore and if it was really that bad I'd be the one to tell my dad not to let him go there. The teachers aren't always in the best mood but then again you deal with what we put them through on the daily basis and see what you'd be doing. And honestly, I don't think there is anyone that has ever been perfect in school. Over all I don't think you can find a better place to send your children, or find teachers that care as much as the ones at
--Submitted by Vanessa, a student