South Whidbey High School

Posted January 25, 2008

The academic program is outstanding and the people are all friendly and wonderfully competitive.
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Posted December 14, 2007

I am a senior at this high school and I love it. It's academically challenging, is full of excellent teachers, and is part of an amazing community. It was given a National Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence by the US Department of Education (one of 300 schools nation wide to earn this honor). It is number 1 in the state for its size. It has an excellent arts program, athletics are usually pretty good (with football finishing 2nd in Conference and 12th in state), and there are many great extracurriculars. So maybe textbooks aren't in great shape, who says that text books are the best way for kids to learn? We are living in an evermore paperless world, and I for one think it's better that teachers are opting not to use textbooks because it means that they spend their class time teaching and not simply having their kids read.
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Posted October 12, 2007

I have a student attending this school. Declining enrollment and high administrative turnover are taking a toll on the quality of education, communication, technology available. This area has gone from family friendly to mainly retirement and vacation. While I find the environment to be safe for my child and the overall attitude of the students to be very welcoming and kind, I am not happy with being in the middle of a district in transition. The band program is great. My child isn't in band. Too bad for us. The textbook situation is so bad many teachers opt not to use them at all. Most parts of the website haven't been updated in years. The only of my child's teachers to post online grades and comments is the PE teacher. I am not sure we will stick around this district long enough to send our second child to this high
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Posted April 9, 2007

I have a student attending SWHS right now and another that will start there next year. My overall impression is that it's a decent school, however the text books need serious updating and enough for each class would be wonderful. I appreciate the teachers that keep their online grade books updated so that I can keep track of what my kids are and aren't doing but so few of them keep them current. The teachers have been very willing to meet with me when I have concerns about my daughter's progress. They do what is necessary to help my daughter stay on track or get back on track if she's having problems.
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