International Polytechnic High School

This rating is specifically on my experience with the office staff and a phone conversation I had with the registrar Shelton. She was completely rude right from the start and and it actually continued to get worse as the conversation went on. Not a very good first impression of the school especially when she’s the first person you get when you call.

Great teachers, good people that fill the school, quiet atmosphere. No sports but you learn to live with it. It’s located on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona and select juniors and seniors are eligible to take college courses at Cal Poly.
The school is now home to a new facility which is quite nice, even though the old portables were better in my opinion (proud alumni lol). Only drawback for me was the way the math department was run (when I attended). I felt like I wasn’t challenged taking algebra 2 and «algebra review» as a junior and senior respectively; especially since I was a transfer student who previously took algebra 2 at my previous school. The curriculum is designed to keep students somewhat even by having everyone follow the same coursework… which is cool and all, but I just wanted more of a challenge and felt like I shouldn’t have to spend extra time out of my day attending the courses I wanted at local JC’s or through Cal Poly. It was just odd coming from more of a traditional high school to a project based one where everyone stayed on the same course.
The projects that were assigned every year (for me only junior and senior) were built to challenge students on more real life situations. One thing that I really benefited from this school was my development of public speaking and realizing how important teamwork is due to the amount of speeches as well as the semester long group projects assigned.
All in all good school… just don’t give into procrastination here as it tends to grow on some students.

As an iPoly alum, I can vouch from personal experience that this school is a unique, 5 star worthy high school.
The school offers tremendous resources that allows their students to excel in academics, community service, and even public speaking. By taking classes at Cal Poly both my junior and senior year, I walked into college satisfying many G.E.s and enrolling in as a standing sophomore. Working in groups throughout my four years has made it much easier to interact with diverse students at college. On top of this, the teachers truly care for their students. I’ve had teachers miss their lunch break to help me with essays, tutoring, etc. The environment is just plain wonderful. And while I can go on and on, i’ll sum it up by saying I’m grateful I came to iPoly.