My favorite place to be was always Zoology with Mrs. Bernardi she is an AMAZING teacher and does an awesome job making the class not feel like a class and still teaching all of the necessary information. If you want a science teacher I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BECAUSE OMG πππππππππππππππ
Prepared me very well for college. Cant wait for the remodel to be done and for my kids to go to the same school as their parents. Competitive statewide in most of the extracurriculars.
Honestly, I wish I could rate a 0. I attend classes here every day, and I get bullied constantly. There are no signs saying where construction is and if you should find a way around it,, so you always run a risk of getting harmed. Practically the entire school is a hard hat zone but we cant even wear our hoods up. The school is biased towards white, rich, popular girls who are the definition of Jersey Shore with fake blonde hair, bad fake tans, and who are so scrawny you would think they were very ill. There is absolutely no tolerance for open LGBTQ+ people (minus one club that most of us are too afraid to say that we attend.) A Hispanic student gets called out regularly in US History. I have seen teachers participate in bullying, I was forced into classes I didnt even need or want. The school is full of chemicals and general hazards, and everything everywhere smells disgusting. Parents, from a student to you, do NOT send your child to VHS.
This school has so many flaws. The wifi never works, the construction provides the worst learning experience you could possibly imagine, and the teachers are fired or quit randomly through the year. The air conditioning system is horrid. Its either way too cold or way too hot. Sometimes its freezing in one hallway and an inferno in the next. The teachers dont take time to teach the material. The 16-17 school year for me was a major L, thanks to VHS.
Iβm not from this area, I moved from St Louis MO, to Valpo about 1 year ago and donβt like it. First, the students here make you feel so unwelcomed and isolated if youβre not deemed there stupid standards. So much arrogance. Secondly, Status. Itβs so weird why people here care about a status whether itβs your relationship, finical, social, or athletic status. In St Louis, itβs bigger and no one cares who you are or about your success, no one cares or wants to know where as here in valpo itβs so small and everyone knows everyone. Also, I cannot from any bonds with anyone because everyone here is socially impariered, arrogant, or uncomfortably refuses to talk. Plain weird. Educational wise, itβs good. Sports wise, overall well. However, the last weird thing is the policy of taking a day off. If you are caught up in stress or tiredness and take 1 day off they flip nuts. I have never been to a school that cares more about a few days off than classmates making their βlittle hang over last night storyβ a classroom discussion.
Wow, Valparaiso High School has such a great learning environment. Everyday is a surprise to whether Im going have a heat stroke from their lack of an a/c or literally freeze to death due to them also not having any sort of heating. In each hallway, you can enjoy a different odor. For example, the main hallway smells like regurgitated chicken nuggets. Appetizing! On the subject of chicken nuggets, the cafeteria always has food that tastes and smells like its a month old. Another thing is, you will always get to enjoy the unsettling feeling that you might die due to worrying about getting crushed by lights or pipes that stick out from the ceiling due to the lack of ceiling tiles. Last, but not least, you dont have to worry about things getting too quiet due to the loud, monotonous sound of construction that never stops. (:
I will give the school 3 stars but Iβll go over cons and pros.Consβββββββββββββ’ Too much public affection with studentsin front of lockers or in the middle of the hall, not only is it in the way but itβs very rude and uncaring. I donβt care who youβre dating, just move out of the way!β’ Heating/AC is disabled.β’ Itβs techy, but a con is the WiFi canβt support 2,000+ students.β’ Some teachers waste valuable class time talking about News/Politics/Sports. (Save it for another time so the homework load evens out.)β’ Lack of security, thereβs a cop, but almost a good portion of doors in the school are unlocked.β’ Itβs cliquey. If youβre a major sports star, youβre out of shape but can bench 300lbs, or you have a flashy Instagram youβre popular. Other students that are very talented in art, or literature can be very unrecognized and deserve more notability.β’ Laslty Construction, although itβs for improvements itβs a haul, and many chemicals and mildew get students very sick.Prosβββββββββββββ’ Honors courses are very well organized.β’ Staff/ Counselors are helpful, the one in the library I forget her name but sheβs amazing, I also love Mrs. Goss!β’ cafeteria has healthy options and better than expected food.β’ Some teachers even Tutor students which is helpful.β’ Lockers are nicely organized, and so are halls, although class relocation is often a little difficult.β’ Mentally Challenged students are noticed and treated well by peers.β’ Many programs and events!
Better than most school systems in the area.
Sadly, vhs FAILED to start construction over the summer(LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO) and started when school resumed, I think we should take the L on this one. Thanks for making 2,105 students inhale PUTRID air and dust.
The Wi-Fi is the worst thing in the world horrible learning environment just an all-around god awfulSchool
Im going here next year and my sister already goes, and she always tells me things that happen here. By the looks of the reviews and what my sister says, Im AFRAID to go here.
I attended this school, and it was a ridiculous, mediocre and pathetic institution. I consider my diploma from VHS more of a mark of shame upon, than a credit to, my name; and if I have one regret in life it is that I did not leave that foul place and get a GED.There were some great teachers there, but they have all been pressured out by the administration.The place is full of closet racists who cover their ill intentions with politically correct nonsense. They swallow every silly trend that comes their way hook, line and sinker. They promote a disgusting hierarchy based upon ones athletic prowess - which incidentally ruins sports for anyone who maintains their sense of perspective and priorities, or who wants so experience some life outside of school.Whats more, being largely composed of ignorant people, the school has a very explicit policy of giving grades based on work ethic, rather than one that actually reflects the students understanding of the subject. I suppose this is because it is much easier to grade work ethic than a subject that you are purporting to teach, but that you dont understand.It has been a miracle of bootstraps (re)education if I have constructed one grammatically correct sentence, or spelled one word right in this review, and anything I have ever accomplished in my life has been in spite or, rather than because of, my time spent at VHS.
2/10 Too much construction and chemicals in the air and water -IGN
Valpo was never a good school and only continues to get worse.
Once I get cancer from all the asbestos in the ceiling and walls Im suing this half broken school.
My time at Valparaiso High School could be described as one giant L, we lack several things which include: Ceiling Panels, a working air conditioning/heating system and WIFI. That purposes a problem when the teachers make all of there lessons with the use of Wireless Internet.
This school sucks everyone is white and a lot of them say very racist things
Im so glad that now I have to wait until Im 53 to see the next eclipse, but, you know, its alright because every other school system gets to see it at least.
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