Gardena High School

I heard there are at least several fights on daily basis and staffs are not only not quick to stop the fight but try to cover up. If what I heard is true this place needs an investigation. This doesn’t sound like a safe place for kids who actually wants to learn.

I went to school here and it was pretty cool. It has a bad rep. There are bad crowds but its all about what you make of your time there. I had a great group of friends, we stayed out of trouble. If your kid stays out of trouble, they’ll have no problems here.

I currently attend this school and it isn’t as bad as the media, and most people make it seem. The campus is very green and it has a great atmosphere. The students aren’t the best but they do what they can. They have a college and career center and they really do help students out a lot.

I was only here for summer school of 2006 and I COULDN’T STAND IT! I was sad that I was leaving my friends in Peary Middle School my 7^th grade year to go to Stephen White and Carson High due to me moving. I used to bitch so much about it, but you know what… I’M GLAD I WENT TO CARSON HIGH.
Oh my god I don’t know what the deal was but I needed to take Chemistry, but I HAD TO GO TO CHEMISTRY B FIRST THEN CHEMISTRY A! That didn’t make any sense! I couldn’t understand both my teachers, Mr. Nsor and Ms. Daniel (only chem teachers in Gardena). Stupid students would straight up disrupt class and asked those teachers to give them a good grade… WTF?
Then the friends I wined about, TALK SHIT! Everytime I was in the group they would have some comment or smart remark to say about other people they didn’t like and it SPREADS ACROSS THE WHOLE SCHOOL. THIS IS A DRAMA SCHOOL! But thanks to college they’ve stopped that, so I’m glad for that.
The environment was very moody.
1. Like MOST not all the teachers didn’t seem to care about student’s education. (experiences from friends)
2. DRAMA
3. I heard there was 1 good counselor
4. Dirty bathrooms and lunch area
KEY CLUB!
Throughout my high school years, even though I went to Carson High I still went to Gardena key club events just to help out my friends. I believed in 2007 thats when it went to SHIT. From asking my friends alot questions about key club, if you weren’t KNOWN or POPULAR you will not become President or any of the staff. Like honestly two of my friends were competing to be President and mostly everyone didn’t like the other person so the rumors spread to not vote for her… (DRAMA) Then people who were part of key club or suppose to help out never listened to the staff and always argued with the President about stupid shit. Everytime there was a banquet less and less people come because it wasn’t organized properly.
Other than that, I really hope there will be a turning point for this school, because some of the Gardena students are coming to Carson for better education.

Over-​achiever in high school, so I spent a few summers here taking classes. This was in the 2002 – 2004 era, so I don’t know how much the school has changed.
Cons:
–they need to notify incoming students whether they got admitted. I didn’t get notified so I waited in a long line at the main office just to find the claases and names posted outside.
–I don’t think teachers care about educating their students here. Sure summer was a breeze. No homework and easy grading is what you get here. The books are your teachers here. Copying everything from a book is boring… but hey, least I got all A’s.
–is there a lunch area here? everything looks bad. Everything is tagged and broken. Burned tree bushes… nasty bathroom. I guess I’m biased since I went to a college-​prep high school.
Pros:
–diverse student population? You have your jocks on one side, the goths hanging out in the shady areas and the geeks in a hidden corner. Never saw any clonficts. But I was pretty amazed to see a lot of teens smoking.
Yes, your typical LAUSD school. Glad high-​school is a thing of the past.
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