Dickinson High School

I have friends who go here and they say that they really like DICKINSON and that they have wonderful teachers who love doing what they do best, so for you parents out there who try to do anything to keep your child as a friend is a sorry excuse. Don't try to be your kids friend because then they'll use anything to get you to fall for it, be a parent first and put them in tutoring because there are programs at the school to help bring up your child grade. Let's not forget you once used a sorry excuse to leave school like..."Mom I vomited come get me." or wake up saying this in the morning,"I don't feel good," and then when your parents go get dress you pretend you threw up." So saying that you had used excuses plenty of times to get out of school or to save yourself from getting in trouble. Because I had. Well I will be attending DICKINSON myself next year for a dual credit class. Be a parent first not a friend!!!

This school has some excellent AP/preAP teachers. As the parent of a sophomore I have yet to encounter or hear about any drug/ or violence issues that cause me any concern. Nice well maintained campus with many new facilities. If your child is a dedicated student they can get a lot out of their education here.
--Submitted by a parent

I am in the current senior class. class of 2012! This is a great school to be in if you take all AP classes and are willing to do the work. However, if you take regular classes, you get stuck with all the people that don't really care about an education and are just there for other reasons; regular are classes are going to be like these wherever you go. This year my sister graduated from DHS and will be attending the Business Honors program in the university of Texas at Austin. And I plan on attending an Ivy League Institution. Going to Dickinson has not hindered us in any way. Actually, it's because of all the great, extra- opportunity programs and great advanced placement teachers that we have been academically successful. Our parents didn't even finish High school in Mexico. And I have to say, Ive attendedd DISD school all of my life, and not once have I seen any sort of drug or heard of anyone using it at school. If your kid is using that excuse to justify his failure at school, don't use it to justify your failure as a parent.
--Submitted by a student

Terrible school pulled my kid out as fast as i could. The teachers dont care about there education and the crime is bad. It was a constant battle to keep my kid on track and away from drugs. Do not enroll your child here.
--Submitted by a parent

My child hated this school. He had very few friends and even the ones he did have were terrible to him. The teachers do not care for the students and the school has a drug problem i would not recommend this school to anyone.
--Submitted by a parent

I am trying to get my kids out! As a parent of three students at the school I would urge other parents to not enroll their children in this High School if you have another choice. While school is what you make of it, and like all other schools there are good and bad teachers, this school has a very bad element to it. They have a terrible drug problem and crime is terrible. It has been a constant fight to keep my kids on track because of the influences they are exposed to here. We are actively looking for a way out.
--Submitted by a parent

First of all let me say that all of the Dickinson High School bashers, are wrong. Dickinson is such a beautiful campus. It is growing so fast and is really giving the city of Dickinson a name. Yes there are areas in dickinson that are unsafe and eyesores but every city has them. Dickinson has so much to offer. There are plenty of extra curricular activities to do. Plus the high school has so much spirit :) Go Gators! I love this high school, every part of it. The hole book situation..... we've/ I've always had books. Never in my elementry through high school years have I not come home with books. Actually every year I get too many books from english, pre-cal, chemistry, US history and spanish. The first day of school I get over loaded with books. Maybe class sets are not as avalible but homework will not hurt.Ilovethedickinsongators!
--Submitted by a student

As a former student, and now parent of 3 students that attend DHS, I love it. DHS, like other public schools is what you make of it. The teachers at DHS are wonderful! I believe another parent wrote that the kids just don't care. I think she is right, but they have special/advanced classes for those who do. I have 3 children at different levels in the school system and they keep their attention. Just because you have rebellious kids does not make a bad school. You have those in every school, even the private ones that you pay an arm and leg for. As far as text books, they have them, but what do you need that for when all public schools are so focused on TAKS. Public schools no longer teach the same way, no more need for the text books. Thank our state for that, not the district.
--Submitted by a parent

As a former student of DHS, i am proud to say that the year i spend in the paint chipped crowded hallway were the happiest of my life. We had teachers who cared, a great variety of after school activities and personally i remember being given another chance more than once when a teaher or principal saw that i needed a break. I would do anything to be able to go back to my high school years at DHS. GO GATORS! S Hayslip
--Submitted by a student

I am a student at Dickinson High School at this moment and there is nothing I dont like about it. It is a great atmosphere to grow and learn in. Now it may not be rated the best school in Texas but it sure is great for me the only thing i dont like is some of the dresscode.
--Submitted by a student