Petaluma High School

The school has a lot to offer students. It has it problems just like every other school. I see a great future for it’s students who want to do things… the teachers have for the most part a great interest in their students.
It would be great to see the school cleaner then it is…

I enjoyed my time at PHS for the most part, I made a great group of friends (granted we have been friends since preK) had fun learning, and athletics are actually quite good.
I got into a great university, and well let’s face it, HS sucks, but my experience makes me look back with fond bemusement at all the experiences.
From my friend getting bitten by a 12′ python to a beloved sociology teacher telling us to stay off of page 2. HS is where we create unique memories, both good and bad, it’s just how you learn from it that defines your experience.
Did I get picked on? Yes. Did my psychology teacher chase down the student that knocked me off my crutches and drag him to the principal’s office by his ear? Yes.
HS is an experience. That’s all I can say. :-)

As a parent of three children of which two have graduated from this institution, I wish I had the foresight to have taken my children out and put them in either a home-​school or a school that is not teaching an «Alex Jones-​like/​Ward Churchill» curriculum. My just graduated daughter had spent the four years being picked on by teachers, framed by the Wildlife teacher, and was taught that Hitler was misunderstood by a «teacher» who openly supports an ideology that is anti-​semitic. The guidance counselor was mentally absent in what would be best for her so I finally had her switched to another one for her senior year.
At the graduation ceremonies, I along with most people in the bleachers were disgusted when two recipients of a special award would have their speeches in two languages. The English they spoke was not clear and concise but when they spoke in Spanish, it was loud and clear. The parents sitting with us stated, this is our tax dollars at work.
I and mostly others do not mind languages, however, enough of appeasement. American English is our language — if a student and his/​her family fails to understand this — they have no business being here. That is law!
The principal also should not have brought up his favorite politician and make the graduation a political statement. Not everyone agrees with Barak H. Obama nor does everyone believe he was eligible. I’m not a Bush fan either, however, a Principal should not be showing his bias but should be giving a better speech for dedication to students and the hard roads that lie ahead of them. Perhaps that is also why many students decided to throw the tortillas and beachballs — especially during his speech.
In closing, most of us know the facts about American and World History. Most of us also know what a good teacher is compared to a teacher who is «tenured» and is a lousy one. If Petaluma High gives to parents two pages of a dress code but does not enforce it, why bother? Why does Petaluma High have «educators» who have problems with students with learning disabilities/​handicaps? Should a teacher who puts up barriers (physical barriers) so she doesn’t have to see students who may not look like a tv starlet and has tenure be better than one who doesn’t have tenure but includes all (with and without disabilities)? What about educators who have no idea what facts are in regards to true History and current events but will teach the innocent children an Alex Jones/​Yassir Arafat revision? Why teach geography that is totally incorrect? To these and other questions, we will never get answers.

A counterpart to the disgruntled student (who must’ve been disgruntled a lot, she dissed the other high school in town too). I didn’t go here, I sent my daughter here. Who excelled and had great teachers. She went from here to Cal (as did 2 of her classmates) so you know that the students can get into the elite universities.
Good strong academics, a nice social scene and a nice tradition. Counselors were great and the physical plant’s been upgraded. You can’t go wrong sending your kids to either here, or their cross-​town rival, Casa Grande.

Highschool wasn’t the best of times for me, socially… or academically. Come to think of it high school sucked in all categories. And I cannot thank this place for making it any better. But I guess it wasn’t the schools fault. And some of my teachers were pretty tits. The alumni from my graduating class is a joke, and I still fucking hate most of you… even if I say hi and smile in your general direction. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to the 10 year reunion… or any of them for that matter… I’m sure if I start feeling nostalgic I can just go to McNear’s on the day before thanksgiving and see everyone and not have to wear a «Hi My Name Is» sticker.
**flipping you off**

no one reviewed the high school yet!!! i guess i loved/​hated this place. i was on drugs the majority of my time there, but i loved a few of my teachers. Mrs. Archibald, Coach Johnson, Mr. Write, Mr. Riesling, and i feel bad that i can’t remember my favorites name, he taught history and died around 1999? big guy everyone loved, taught in the portables? oh well. i think i only still talk to 3 people that i went here with and that’s more than enough.
kinda sucks that they did ALL the renovations and new buildings after i left but oh well. it worked for me.
i only went for 3 years then took my CHSPE to go to the JC.