Sam Houston High School

I am a 2010 graduate of Sam Houston High School. From my experiences going there, it's an okay school as long as you stay out of trouble. A lot of the students there were trashy and ghetto, and there were fights all the time (sometimes there were up to three fights during one lunch period). There's a huge teen pregnancy problem, and most of the students come from low-income families. Still, if you are a current student, or have a child who's currently attending, then I would strongly recommend becoming involved with as many extracurricular activities as possible. There are a great many students who are hard-working, apt academically, and who manage to represent the school well.

There's never a bad school but there's always great students. Teachers at Sam Houston HS do their best to prepare us for our future, is always up to the students to take that knowledge shared to us. I'm from Class of '04, honored graduate and all I have to say about Sam Houston is that is the best school I could have gone to.Thank's to all my teachers & I miss the halls at Sam Houston where there are no strangers. Go Sam!
—Submitted by a student

That's not exactly true what the previous reviewer said about taking exams when they returned from Christmas. The final exams are actually about 2 weeks after the kids return from Christmas.
—Submitted by a teacher

My son is special ed qualified and in general pop. because he's not "skills class" qualified. DO NOT expect any of the teachers to read their IEP and BIP no matter how many ARD committee meetings you go to & decide what accommodations to have. We have 2 years of wasted Spanish in which he was 1 of 3 kids that DID'NT already SPEAK SPANISH fluently. The teacher DID NOT teach at their level resulting in F's both years. The 2nd year I requested his principal put him in the "ESL" class for his foreign language credit and was told "but he already speaks English" That is no different than these kids receiving a free foreign lanquage credit for Spanish, They also have a class called "Native Spanish" They have 2 classes, what a joke. The lack of interest in helping kids with special needs shows me these teachers are there for nothing more than collecting a paycheck. This school rating should be 0 out of 10. Before Xmas instead of taking exams, they had "movie week" & when they return they will take exams. Does that make sense?
—Submitted by a parent

To the previous person who posted.... Sam Houston High School is in Arlington, Texas - which is between Dallas and Fort Worth in North Texas. We are about 250 miles north of Houston, Texas.
—Submitted by a parent

This is a great school. The teachers are vary but overall they are very helpful. What I like most about our school is you can be yourself. When I was a freshman one of the MAC teachers mr hine made you laugh while you learned. ms mcreynolds has been the best princpail and I will miss her when I garduate. I am going to miss mr moffitt miss Lopes. Good bye Sam Houston.
—Submitted by a student

it is an excellent school for my son all these rumors my son told me were'nt true its a good high school for kids no bullies fights or anything bad about it that will harm your child
—Submitted by a parent

Im a freshman at Sam and so far I like it. It's a good school with good teachers, but like in every school there's teachers that get on your nerves sometimes. I still like it. This year the Lady Texans are going to rock at soccer! Go Sam!
—Submitted by a student

Sam Houston is the best school ever... It might be 'ghetto', but it's the most welcoming school you could ever go to.
—Submitted by a student

This will be my 25th year at Sam out of 37 years of teaching so obviously I must love it. We have wonderful leadership in our principal, Beverley McReynolds. Our kids are the best! Our teachers work harder than any to give our students the best opportunities to succeed! I was the drill team director for nine years and now am the Business Dept. Chair and the Senior Class Sponsor. When someone has something negative to say regarding Sam Houston, the first question I ask is when was the last time they walked the halls of Sam. In every case, they have never been there. So how would they know?!
—Submitted by a teacher

Im currently attending Sam and am proud to say im a Sam Houston Texan! the school may be burried in a bad rep. but thats just those shining dull stars who diss the teachers and hate their life. even attending SHHS gives you so many oprotunities that other schools fall short. scholarship programs come free or at little cost, and the students are given many oprotunities to suceed (mostly by the many passionate teachers) all it takes is a dedicated student and there are plenty of those at Sam Houston! only con i see is the parents lack of attention to many of their childrens lives but that has nothing to do with the school and its spirit level (which seems to be falling) but so many students are trying their best to represent Sam with the biggest pride in the school,Go Sam!
—Submitted by a student

sam houston is a really good school
—Submitted by a parent

Idk why my school gets a bad rep. I like it and its real fun. Plus the teachers are soo nice
—Submitted by a student

I don't know why this school gets a bad rap. It's just a normal high school, sweet kids, and extremely dedicated teachers. A lot has to do with individual student motivation and parent support. Teachers can't work magic, but the teachers at Sam almost can.
—Submitted by a parent

The last person to post here, obviously, didn't get a very good education at South Grand Prairie (two words), either. Notice the misspelled words and poor sentence structure. Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me.

It was an utter waste of time , I wish I just droped out and got my GED than to have wasted two years in that hell hole they call a school. The teachers were way underskilled and I belive they were not up to standards to teach anything. I honestly learned more in a trimester at South Grandprairie then I learned in the whole two year durration I was there. Thank god I did not have to attened that school for four years. The teachers do not teach well the students are disrespectfull. I was in Advance placment there and I astonded that people from this school pas the AP test the only way I learned was self study over the topics. How this low standrad school is an IB school is beyond me. 1 teacher there was excellent and that wa ms applequist she was the best teacher :)
—Submitted by a student

A lot of bad rumors that are not true, smart kids, good programs, and an ib school.
—Submitted by a student

i would have to say that I am attending Sam and that every bad thing people say about it is NOT true! Sam is a awesome the teacher are very dedicated to their work and the students are determined. And as for our sports we are winning in soccer and we are proud of that and Im proud to be a texan! Nobody should be judging the school just from silly rumors its all ABOUT SHHS!
—Submitted by a student

I attended sam for about 2 months and I enjoyed it very much, but im not going to deny that in the school that i am in now there is more competition. The teachers at sam are very friendly but more strict. I felt that all my teachers were well qualified and they treated all their students equally, and for as it being 'ghetto and that the students are disrespectful' i cant name one public school that doesnt have rude people and it isnt ghetto, there is just more diversity. (For the parent who wrote that, i find it to be very immature and offending for you to say.)
—Submitted by a student

this school is absolutly horrible the kids here are very ghetto and disrespectful to thier teachers. also the teachers sometime do not like the kids an don't treat them the same as other students in the class this is why i think this is a horrible school for any student to go to that really wants to suceed in life not jus get by
—Submitted by a student