West Point High School

I am student teaching at West Point High School, North Campus. The faculty and administration are doing their jobs by creating a safe and productive learning environment. However, teachers cannot make students excel. The overall demeanor of students and parents is one of hypocrisy and laziness. How can teachers and administration be responsible for nonmotivated students when parents of these failing students will not even return a phone call from faculty? There are tutoring programs for every subject on every grade level. I have seen one student come for tutoring out of almost a hundred that I teach. Community and parent involvement must improve for anything in the school to improve.
--Submitted by a teacher

I am a teacher at this WPHS-S and we have a fantastic faculty and administration, but we have a large number of students that want to succeed on a higher level. I am very proud to be part of this school district!
--Submitted by a teacher

This is not the best school. Many of [the teachers] are not interested in putting in the extra time outside of the classroom to help the child get a better understanding of what is being talk. I would not recommend this school to another student because it is definately not the best.
--Submitted by a student

I am a student at this school, and the school is okay. However, we focus more on football than any other sports. The other sports have losing records, and coaching changes are rare. As a school, academics is approving, but last year i could only take one AP course because the AP courses were scheduled at the same time. The high school also refused to hire a teacher for the gifted program. There are some positive aspects of the school. We have a fair principal who is working hard to make the school better in all ways. We have at least one great teacher in each subject area, and the school's curriculum is pretty good. Overall it is a safe environment for students, but parents must be more involved.
--Submitted by Shaurita Hutchins, a student

This is my first year with this school and it was a very positive experience. My daughter excelled much more at this school than the previous school year.
--Submitted by a parent