Bowie High School

I will be going into my sophomore year this August. I really enjoy Bowie. I have a lot of friends there and most of the teachers are good (but not all!) The only problem I have is that they give us such a large workload. I am ALWAYS swamped with homework and I get super stressed out. On a typical day I spend about 4-5 hours doing all of my work. It's extremely competitive here and you have to work really hard in order to get a good ranking!
--Submitted by a student

My daughter is a 2011 graduate of Bowie and I felt that she received an excellent education and that the teachers and administration strive to provide high quality instruction and an abundance of excellent extracurricular activities to enrich the coursework. The band, art and athletic programs are fantastic and my daughter graduated with several scholarship offers from schools around the country. Her class was extremely competitive and set a new scholarship record for AISD by testimony of the Superintendent.
--Submitted by a parent

Among the more excellent schools in AISD.. .I'm disappointed in the budget cuts effecting Latin, German and some of the more important developmental curriculum. But nearly all schools appear to be suffering this crunch...
--Submitted by a parent

I have two students at Bowie, a senior and a junior. I am surprised at the level of disappointment with the teaching staff expressed in other reviews. My children have had a number of excellent teachers at Bowie, several of whom I believe will serve as inspiring figures for them for the rest of their lives.
--Submitted by a parent

They have a great football program-my son loves it!
--Submitted by a parent

Best students, best faculty, best parents! Go Dawgs!
--Submitted by a parent

The administrative leadership and knowledge is disappointing.
--Submitted by a parent

I attended Bowie for my freshman and sophmore year and I could not have had a worse experience. Bowie puts students under so much stress that it was hard to keep my life together, I found this with myself and my friends. As if this being a confused teenager trying to find yourself in the world wasn't enough, Bowie would give tons of homework and I felt as if the teachers really didn't care about the students well being.
--Submitted by a student

I'm a junior at bowie and i would like to say that yeah, bowie is a good academic school, but the work load is too much, the teachers dont really seem to care, and they are either unprepared or unorganized. they usually give a lot of busy work. the band is excellent though!
--Submitted by a student

As a graduated Bowie Alumni and current Longhorn I would like to say that Bowie does an excellent job at prepping students for college coursework. I was involved with Football, Student Government, and Who's Who my senior year... Bowie is in the top tier when it comes to student organizations and involvement. Events such as Mr. Bulldawg and the recent success of the Football program serve to make Bowie an exciting campus. There is currently tremendous growth in the area. Overall, I never felt threatened and graduated in the top ten percent of my class. Get your student involved and he/she will not be disappointed with James Bowie High School.
--Submitted by a student