Cherokee High School

I am pleased with the dedication the teachers and staff of Cherokee have towards my sons education.
--Submitted by a parent

it is a good school, i just moved from gate city high.
--Submitted by a student

No air conditioning for when you have to run to your next class without time for your locker so you end up carrying a 50lb backpack everywhere, and no mercy for when you arrive late despite skipping locker privileges. this school is horrible, sending freshmen students all around the whole school, both floors, both buildings, without a map, and without supervision. in addition, i was mis-scheduled in a class and had a teacher who let me out of summer reading work because of it, no questions asked. i feel i deserved the break, but it was still far too easy to manipulate things. this school cares for the wrong things, installing projectors into every class for teachers to easily give news, but taking no care for the students themselves.
--Submitted by a student

we moved here from ky, my son loves cherokee he is in rotc, he had great grades, he is in advanced classes and made good friends. He enjoys it hes even going to ledership camp this summer, and they have vocational school there too Im happy!
--Submitted by a parent

I have had children that have went through this school. It did not prepare them very well for college even though they were above average students. The principal(s) operate on keeping the politically correct happy, not on improving the standards of the school
--Submitted by a parent

This school is average among towns of this size. As usual, politics and prestige play a huge part in the success of your child. Administration does not seem to want to raise the bar for our kids and set standards a little higher.
--Submitted by a parent

Cherokee High School is dirty, degrading and depraved of any kind of educational standard. Some teachers stand out, and I find myself asking why are they stuck here, they should be elsewhere teaching kids who actually care where they end up in life. Kids here seem to just want to get by, there are no real social 'clicks' but the ones that exist are brutal, the bullying and the name calling and the threats via: friends, phone calls, and text and/or myspace messages is out of control. The school is very unsatisfactory, I feel in no way prepared for college, they taught me what was on 'Standardized Tests'....that's all. Nothing more, just what it took to get by, and I find it a shame that the school is so poorly cared for, looked at by the higher body, and board.
--Submitted by a student

As a former student I am very familiar with cherokee high. From personal experience I have found that cherokee fails to prepare students for higher levels of education. I have watched student after student fail at the college level and I credit some of the blame to cherokee's condition. There are a few bright spots involved with this school, but for the most part they are just interested in getting students by. There is definitly nothing special about this school's academics and the test scores prove it.
--Submitted by a student

I consider Cherokee to be an average high school. As with any institution, the quality of teachers varies. I took mostly honors courses and found that I had several outstanding teachers who really cared about me and pushed me to further my education beyond high school. In my experience, parent involvement was not a prominent part of Cherokee's activities- the school needs parents who are willing to become involved. If you are a parent, I encourage you to do so. I was a member of both the marching and concert band for 3 years. The program does participate in music festivals, although the ensemble size is not comparable to those of larger schools in the state. I had friends who belonged to choir- the director and the program are outstanding. I am not an authority on sports, but some people- teachers and students alike- seem to take them very seriously.
--Submitted by Jessica Y, a former student

Cherokee is one of the finer schools in the entire state. Those who condemn could not handle it. I would not allow my child to go anywhwere else.
--Submitted by a former student