Oak Harbor High School

Posted: February 25, 2019

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Posted: February 25, 2019

horrible. My student has been overly disciplined for skipping one class. The Associate Principle tried to have my daughter enrolled in the alternative school instead of working with her schedule requests and attendance issues. If I hadn't been on top of the matter, even after telling him that the alternative school was NOT an option, he would have been successful. Even the teacher at the alt school didn't understand why we had to talk to him, he'd told the Ass. Princ. and the counselor that she could get the same services at the high school. The Deans have tried to have her put in juvenile detention even AFTER she made a complete turnaround with her attendance and grades. There is a psychologist on staff supposedly but when my daughter mentions she's having panic attacks, she's sent home with a list of counselors in the community. She has never been informed or had the services of the psychologist offered to her. I've been told that my daughter's teachers all say she is disruptive when she's in class but NONE of them have ever reached out to me to discuss this or try to correct the behavior, so I honestly doubt it's accurate. The attendance secretary is nice but I've had to repeatedly ask her to correct records that she has marked wrong.

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Posted: July 28, 2017

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Posted: July 28, 2017

We love this high school. They have more options for academics, arts and sports than any other school in the state. All of their teams and clubs are top tier and win awards and championships regularly. They have a huge selection of AP classes and regular classes. It's has been a great experience for all 3 of my very different teenagers

Posted: April 22, 2017

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Posted: April 22, 2017

The School district is Amazing. I have 3 daughters that graduated and went on to graduate from college. They were very well prepared and having AP classes
helped. 2 from University of Washington and 1 from Saint Mary's
in California. They all had a great foundation academically as well as
sports. Oak Harbor School District is known for their National award winning programs.

Posted: June 19, 2015

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Posted: June 2, 2014

We are very happy with this school. They have high expectations for students, excellent school communication, a wide variety of student programs and activities, and are very organized and on top of things. We'd definitely recommend this school to others!

Posted: February 27, 2014

Like most public schools, they push the kids through, collect the money and ask for more. No accountability for employees and blatant lies to parents. The whole district has this issue, to bad there is no other options for parents and children.

Posted: January 13, 2014

Oak Harbor HS is one of the best I have been to. The staff and the Administration care. There is a great level of parent involvement and school spirit. It has been a very easy transition for the kids

Posted: January 29, 2013

One important note:the school was completely renovated in 2010 so all prior reviews on the facilities are not completely valid. This school is competent, and beautiful. Offers a wide variety of award winning career and technical training: auto shop,metal design,CAD,culinary and video production. The school website will reveal many AP courses (13). My child took 5 over the course of 2 years. He scored a 4 on AP-History and 2/1 on the AP physics, language, calc, and World History; so not stellar performance. Can't necessarily blame the educators,but want to note that he received A's in regular class room; possibly due to the RE-DO policy. I am not impressed with the English instruction - see parent Nov 2010 review, still holds true today. Only major complaint is the fact that my child will receive A's on work that I would evaluate as B- or below. There is hardly any homework, and the school implements a "RE-DO" policy that hardly encourages the kids to try hard the first time around. As with any school, there are great teachers and teachers that should have retired long ago,who have lost their zest for education. Staff parental communication is hit or miss.

Posted: March 17, 2012

I enjoyed this school. I just graduated last year, the first class to graduate from the completely renovated school. The hallways are slightly bigger and classrooms are too, but I think they could have better shaped classes and all indoor hallways. All of the teachers and administrators are interested in the well being of students and their success. I felt very close to each of my teachers. I think it helps that many teachers are in their 20's or 30's, and are coaches and club leaders, making them more relatable to students and more access-able. The perception that "drug use is on the rise" can be misleading as the students move through the grade levels and more people are exposed and start using. But no one knows how many people in each grade are using drugs except if they see them using. accusations and surveys cannot be an accurate representation because nothing is honest. I think that the career and tech classes and AP classes prepared me well for college and the school definitely works very hard to prepare students for a future that will be productive. Some rules seem unreasonable from a student stand point, but they are not up to the school, rather the district and state.

Posted: October 19, 2011

Our family is very happy with OHHS. A lot of schools are cutting important programs like AP and career and tech. Others are eliminating sports and activites. OHHS has maintained very strong programs in all these areas. Plus, the school facilities are amazing! We are impressed!

Posted: February 15, 2011

This school has so much potential, the facilities are fantastic but true to the entire district, appearances are more important than substance. Teachers here are generally uninvolved and uninterested, administrators are worse, a large number of students are miltary and fairly transient, only here for a few years so the staffs accountability level is pathetic. The english and math departments are rediculously lacking. Example of staff involvement.. the last teacher or staff post here was dated 2006.

Posted: November 17, 2010

the new building is nice, but the curb appeal doesn't bring excellence into the classrooms. I would say from watching my student, the English dept. is extremely lacking. There is little accountability to be held by the teachers and unless you have a very proactive teacher, students slip through the cracks. Thankfully our student has been blessed with 3 good teachers the past 2 years; teachers who try different teaching methods for different students and work with the parents for added success. Other than that, if it wasn't for additional home-schooling, my student wouldn't even know how to use punctuation, capitalization or proper grammer. It's hard to only blame the middle school, when the high schools giving him A's on such work.