Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High School

Cooper is not as great as it used to be. Compared to other districts and schools, Cooper cannot stand up to them. The students are rude, the teachers are occasionally good, but a lot of them are unfair. The leadership of the school is running too strict because of the bad behavior of the school. Unfortunately, students like me have to deal with the newly enforced rules as well. Most of the students don't care about their grades, so thank god for the IB program.
--Submitted by a student

Cooper is a great program lead by great staff. Most students at Cooper like the school even though cooper is not the best school I would recommend going there to get a great attention from teachers and coaches. Teachers care about your success and help you stay on top of your task. The IBMYP program is one of the best honor programs in the nation and it's available for almost every class at Cooper. The English, Science, Math, Art, and Language departments are recommended to their clear information and wiliness to help. I'm glad to be a cooper student who came to the US in 2008 and learned the language by great ELL teacher that cared about every one and made sure that students will succeed when they leave Cooper's doors and move on in life. Go Hawks!!
--Submitted by a student

Cooper can be an AMAZING school as wrong as you stay on the right path. All of the teachers are ready to help students succeed. There are many opportunities for extracuricular activities and help from teachers. I absolutely love Cooper!
--Submitted by a student

I would recommend this school for academic-minded teens who can take the demanding college-level curriculum of its International Baccalaureate program. For that smaller subset of the population, Cooper functions well enough. IB students are insulated from the larger school in many ways. Unfortunately the larger atmosphere here, as one basically expects from a big public school, is jarring and at times almost dehumanizing. My own teens openly say they think African American kids are treated poorly a lot of the time. Cooper's current Principal, Mr. Favor, is a genuinely caring individual who is sincerely fighting the good fight in those areas. I've had reason to interact with him once, over a staff conflict, and he proved to be a thoughtful guy who addressed my concerns fairly.
--Submitted by a parent

Cooper is amazing it has made great things in my life. I got to meet some amazing friends and teachers, mr favor is a reallly cool principal and i'm happy to be a part of cooper and i plan to graduate from cooper and have an amazing 3 yrs that i have left. Im a sophmore now there and my freshmen year went great.
--Submitted by a student

from personal experience, Cooper was good to me and I'm glad to have attended all 4 years. It's sports TEAMS could be better, but the attention shown to the athletic department could be diverted to it's more succesful arts program, where funding is needed. overall, Cooper is an excellent school. Go Hawks!
--Submitted by a student

For those that think that Cooper is a poor school, then possibly they aren't looking in the right areas. Cooper is one of the few metro schools that offers the IB program, and is one of the few schools that highly succeeds at it. The academic levels of those enrolled students is far beyond subpar, and the IB program and the teachers involved are mainly to thank. Though I will agree that certain leadership problems have hindered the schools progress, the new principal for 2005-6 appears extremely promising as he believes in fine arts as a focal point of high school education, rather than just sports. As for sports going to shambles? Would you rather have your child have an education, or some trophies? If you're looking for the trophies, please, send your child to Armstrong. However, for a child willing and wanting to learn, Cooper is exceptional.
--Submitted by a student

Cooper is not as good a school as it used to be. For the past two years, it has suffered from poor leadership. The current principal is leaving, and the hope is that the new one will help provide the needed leadership. There are some very good teachers at the school, who are hampered because of political correctness. Aside from Wrestling, Lacrosse and track, the rest of the athletic program is a shambles-a shadow of it's glory days. My son has had 8 counselors in his 4 years at the school, he recieved next to zero help from the guidance office. Cooper High School is a poster child of why parents are taking their kids out of the Robbinsdale school district and going with private or home schooling.
--Submitted by a parent

Robbinsdale Cooper is in y mind one of the best schools in the state. Kids where very hepful to me when came to the school. They have handful of experienced teachers that know how to work with students. Even though they don't have good sport teams they still can give kids a good education to give them a head start in life!
--Submitted by a student