Hazelwood West High School

I am senior at West and a complete product of the Hazelwood School district, as in my entire K-12 education has been at Hazelwood schools. West is one of those schools where one student's educational experience may be completely different from another student's depending on who and what they associate themselves with. West isn't a perfect school by any stretch of the word but then again, what public high school is? I can safely say I am well prepared for starting college this fall and I already have many of my generals done because of West's participation in the SLU 1818 program and AP program. All in all I wouldn't be discouraged sending your child to West, it really is a pretty good school despite it's portrayal in the media.
--Submitted by a student

Could be better, but could be worse. I've been a student here for two years now. There are a few teachers who are really bad at their job, but there are a number of exceptional teachers with excellent guidance. Students have a lot of choices as far as courses go. The administration is a bit iffy with the new principal however. The school's activities directors are also very sports-centric and tend to cast aside the fine arts and drama, and don't even give a hoot about the science clubs or robotics team at all. Overall, there's nothing amazing about west, but nothing extremely terrible about it either.
--Submitted by a student

This school is awesome and I love the new principal. I am a senior this year and I've went to this school for my of my junior high life except 8th grade I moved, but other than that I've always been good to the teachers and everything
--Submitted by a student

Trust me, with your new principal, good luck. You're going to need it. At his last school, the guy disbanded the tardiness policy so that every student could be late for every class everyday without any discipline. His reason? It gave his staff too much work to do, disciplining 12 out of 2000 students for being late to one class. He delayed final exams with one day of classes left because he messed up making the final exam schedule. He had to have a math teacher make up a daily schedule. Students still tell me how many of them aren't even attending Saturday morning detention because they know nothing will ever come from it.
--Submitted by a teacher

My daughter attended a private school and when it no longer became affordable for us we had to place her in Hazelwood West. She was there for approximately 2 weeks and never went back. This school is rediculous!! The teachers are oblivious to the students and what goes on in this school. My daughter did transfer towards the end of her Junior year and she was given no books or any assignments at all. The teachers that she had told her that as long as she passed the end of the year tests she would pass the classes. How in the world is she supposed to pass a test with no books to study from and no knowledge of what the test is going to cover? She also did take the ACT while still attending her private school and scored a 24 her first time. I don't feel she would have done this well if she had been a student at West for her entire HS career. As a result of this rediculous school she is going to take her GED and start community college instead of enjoying her Senior Year! As far as I am concerned this school is a complete waste of time for any student.
--Submitted by a parent

My child has really been enjoying her experience at Hazelwood West High. The teachers are very involved and concerned with the students' learning environment. The administrators are effective with handling daily issues. The students have a large variety of activities to participate in.
--Submitted by a parent

I have been going to west for two years i really like it
--Submitted by a student

of course im going to say that i love this school.....ive been here since the 7th grade and never had to move at another school and so this made the transition to being a freshman was fairly easy...now im a senior and kinda sad to go....the teacher are great although some are very unorganized and their teaching methods i do not prefer the school is really crowded and this make transition b/w classes very hard....but my 6 years here have been more than ok so i cant complain
--Submitted by a student

I am too a student at Hazelwood West at I love it! I went here in 7th grade but not 8th because the school went to grades 9-12. Now I am back at West as a freshman and i'm glad I am. they treat their freshman very well. the teachers really care about your grades. the new principal is doing an amazing job. I feel safe at school and the SRO officers are really great and are on top of things. I love West! Go Wildcats!
--Submitted by a student

Im a student here and i think the school is okay. The people in ti are trouble makers but we get along and try our best.
--Submitted by a student