Southwest High School

I liked it overall. Great fine arts dept. as well as a wide variety in clubs, sports, and even career classes like culinary arts, auto collision, wood shop, FFA, cosmetology..list went on :) Even though there's a few bad apples, there's plenty to keep us out of trouble. The more involved u get in school spirit the better the experience. Can't wait for my son to go here
--Submitted by a student

i think the school is great ,great leadership from the principal to the teachers.perent involvement is great.
--Submitted by a parent

The Fine arts department is amazing ! everything is so up to date and advanced for a highschool :)
--Submitted by a student

i think swhs is awesome. i loved it there. i played basketball and ran track and it was the greatest experience i ever had. my teachers were great. ms.chapa i love you.coach avery was the best. coach almanza i miss you=] but yea whatever some parents think its bad. its so not everyone is concerned about the students futures. attend and you will find out.
--Submitted by a student

Ms. Fey is the best principal in Bexar County. She was born for this job. She absolutely loves her students and wants them to succeed. She expects my daughter to work and act like a young adult......and guess what, my daughter is finally doing it. Ms. Fey has changed the whole atmosphere of this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a good school that should be setting its sights a lot higher. The administration is more concerned with teaching for the TASK test than they are in preparing my kids for college and universities. If the schools would concentrate on quality education instead of worring about the TASK, the test scores will come up. We have been down grading our curiculums so that students won't fail and what we need to be doing is upgrading the curiculum so that they will be prepared for higher education.
--Submitted by a parent

Southwest High School is fortunate to have one of the most caring principal when it comes to students. She has a proven success record of demanding excellence in teaching, and that is just what all students should get; no mediocrity is going to work for her; she expects for everyone to get the job done right, efficiently, and effectively and she is a strong supporter of teachers and their efforts; teachers will find that if they do their job, plan effectively, and provide for students' individual needs, that she is a true supporter, friend, and mentor. Go Dragons.
--Submitted by a teacher

Southwest is a very family-oriented high school, almost to a fault. I attended Southwest, graduating in 1975,and have a child attending there. I am worried that the academics may not be as helpful for college prep,as they should be. The school board and administrators dont seem to be very demanding of the coaching staff at any grade level. There does not seem to be a demand for excellence placed on the students and faculty. It is a very friendly school. WMy overall impression is that it is a good school that should be better.
--Submitted by David Mahaffey, a parent

It seems the new principal is more concerned with policies and administration, than about what is best for the students. Counseling is also very overloaded, not enough time for students unless they are a problem to staff.
--Submitted by a parent

Southwest High School Is finally cleaning up its act. All this year there has been changes in Administration There has been Assistant Princils who have quit.A new princil has come in.Even a new Super Attendent.They are finally getting there act together.
--Submitted by a parent