Alamo Heights High School

Posted: March 19, 2021

Not recommend this school. You have to experience it to believe it

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Posted: July 15, 2020

Not good at all. The stories of how my black kids are treated is not good.

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Posted: July 15, 2020

Racism is definitely a form of bullying. They do not deal with this correctly.

Posted: May 23, 2019

honestly, i’m not proud of it. i’ve been sexually harassed , bullied, basically kicked off a sports team because my ex head captain’s mom is head of district... kids pay their way ; do whatever they want. but i do want to say i met a lot of good set of teachers and students who loved and cared for me all of my high school career. mules up!

Posted: May 23, 2019

some teachers don’t care about homework at all, or even give so

Posted: May 23, 2019

some you can tell hate their jobs. or you have football coach’s who teacher their students absolutely nothing..

Posted: May 23, 2019

not at all. these kids get to do whatever they desire because mom and dad allow them, so does admin

Posted: May 23, 2019

i mean , anyone with a leadership position on an team is usually unfair.

Posted: May 23, 2019

i mean , we have a slogan “dude be nice”. the school makes an effort but the students truly don’t care

Posted: March 2, 2019

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The worst counselors I’ve ever come across.

Posted: March 2, 2019

Posted: March 2, 2019

The brutal bullying and sense of entitlement displayed by many of the students who de themselves as “popular”, and who do receive numerous special privileges that other students do not.
Not only students, but often times it is the PTO members/ parents who do the bullying.
All it takes is a big enough donation to the school foundation to be granted special excessive power to bend rules.

Posted: March 2, 2019

I’m disappointed and regretful that I didn’t move eight years sooner, which was the first time I was beside myself with frustration & disgust with the nonsense that went on with the PTO & School
Foundation donars, as well as the below average education that my children received.

Posted: January 23, 2017

Administration this year are doing much better job.
This is our fourth year at school, and this is the best year so far
Finally more rules are inforced
Dr. Cordel the principal is bringing a great deal of improvement to the school
I am looking forward to a great year

Posted: July 10, 2016

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I feel that every experience is unique. Our experience with AHHS is that it is a very academically challenging. My daughter has spent countless nights and weekends on homework and projects. The grading the system is very tough; very rarely do they have any sort of curve, or extra credit work. She is enrolled in pre and AP classes. Most of her friends have gone on to Tier I schools. In most of her classes, the average grade on test is a mid- to low-B (it’s announced to the class). The reason for the 90+ GPA is that those are weighted GPAs (AH uses a 1.1 multiplier - this is only for class rank). Colleges go with the unweighted GPA. You will find that the average is much lower. I would recommend AH as a great prep school for college.

Posted: January 12, 2016

If a teacher is effective, you can be sure that they no longer work in the district. You have 2 options: teach and get bullied or babysit and hand out A's. There is a very good reason that 50% of the graduating class has a 90 or above average, and it's not because 40% of the students are geniuses or hard workers.

Posted: January 12, 2016

The wealthy and powerful parents dictate that there should be NO homework, so teachers are bullied until they just give in a do nothing. Why not, it's better than being harrassed..

Posted: November 20, 2015

Teachers have it good. They are not supervised enough in the classrooms, and the kids like it, because they get away with so much. The girls do not dress in appropriate manner, no teachers enforce the dress code. Most students use the cellphone in the classroom to be on social media , bad websites etc. teachers do not care.

Posted: November 20, 2015

Regular classes the kids need to be challenged more. It is so easy, my fear that when it comes to college the material is not processed well.

Posted: November 20, 2015

So much cover up for the students in the classrooms . Students do not follow rules and administration and staff are to blame, because they do not enforce the rules.

Posted: January 27, 2015

I couldn't have asked for a worse experience as well. Just to explain my experience in a nutshell, I don't think I have ever seen teachers and students this lazy before in my life. Everyone who says the Alamo Heights academics and teachers are exceptional must not have been to any other schools. Truthfully, the teachers are not dedicated to helping you become better students. In addition, the academic standards are VERY low. Not to mention the social aspect of the school. Alamo Heights is easily said as a complete bully and clique hotspot, and that's the truth. I have encountered MANY people leaving not only becasue of the poor academics, but the people. This school claims to have strict dress code policies as well. I think you could ask anyone in the area and they will say that they have never seen anyone wear those short of shorts, or that see through of a top before than at Alamo Heights. VERY insufficient and lazy middle school experience concerning teachers/faculty, academics, and extracurricular activities. Eventually I switched just before high school so I could atleast try to get in to a good college.

Posted: June 23, 2014

I couldn't have asked for a worse high school experience than what I got at Heights. Sure, the academics are solid; but that doesn't make up for the fact that the people are shallow and flat out rude. Despite coming from money, these kids never once accepted me or gave me the time of day. They never reached out, or ever included me in anything in the entire 6 years I was in Alamo Heights ISD (jr. high 12th grade). I always seeked their friendship; but they never wanted mine. It s not just the students that I'm calling out; it s everyone: the students, the stuck up parents who raised their insolent, snotty children, and the teachers/faculty who only cared about the school s reputation and not actually trying to shape their kids into decent people. They all have attitudes. If there s one word that I can use to describe Alamo Heights: it s fake. NOTE to everyone: If you didn t grow up here (your whole life), then it s difficult to fit in. I basically was invisible every day at this school. No one ever noticed me. I'll never move back to Heights nor will I ever raise a family here. It was a huge disappointment, causing me nothing but depression and grief throughout my childhood.

Posted: May 25, 2014

As a HISPANIC former student that did NOT come from a wealthy background (hard-working, lower-middle class), I will say that I am so thankful I attended Alamo Heights as it prepared me and my siblings very well for college (3 of us ended up at Top 30 universities) and the real world. I think it prepared all of us to learn to compete and not expect anything to be handed to us. My teachers always encouraged me to try my hardest and do more. Even as a kindergartener, my teachers saw my potential and encouraged my parents to have me take a test to be in the HEIGHTS program, a program in AH elementary schools for gifted students. I finally passed the test in 2nd grade, and my teachers continued to push me to do better in my GT/Pre-AP/AP classes in middle school and HS. I ended up graduating in the Top 10% of my class and got accepted (with scholarships) to a number of Top 25 universities. Socially, I had a lot of friends, and while there were definitely cliques (like at any HS), I think by Junior year, most of the groups got along. I can honestly say that if I ran into any single person I graduated with today, I would feel comfortable catching up and having a conversation with them.

Posted: April 5, 2014

This school has NOT earned the highest TEA rank which says EVERYTHING. Academics are WEAK, the achievement gap is HIGH, AP class scores DO NOT match up with AP test scores, grade inflation is ULTRA-HIGH, I suspect that most students make it into college, but CANNOT stay past their freshman year, family name and income dictate grades, punishments and advancements. Moral character is DISMAL!! When someone tells you that they are the best in SA and that you should send your child to school there, ask, "Why are they not ranked EXEMPLARY?"

Posted: February 24, 2014

I graduated from Alamo Heights High School a long time ago and returned for my class reunion and realized it is still the great school I attended so long ago. It prepared me for college and for life.

Posted: August 21, 2012

I am content with the academics at the high school; however, there is a lack of variety regarding the types of classes offered, especially languages. The teachers are EXCEPTIONAL. There is a lot of "clique-iness", so to speak, but as mentioned before, it certainly helps kids and teens to develop social skills.

Posted: January 31, 2011

I currently go to this school and I find myself sitting at a public library trying to figure out my homework. It is 11:00 AM and yes, I did skip school. It is not normal for me to do this but since I do not understand what my teachers are trying teach me, and succceessfully failing at, I give no moe effort into understandind my them since either they are busy during lunch or they never get to school on time in the morning. I never get a chance to talk to them and ask questions. Why can't the get this?!

Posted: November 8, 2010

I moved to AHISD in 6th grade and thank God every day for making that happen. The teachers are great, everyone is smart and comes from a good family, and you don't have to be scared of anyone. We are the only school in San Antonio with no police department because we have no fights or anything.