C. K. McClatchy High School

Great school! I will be graduating in 2016. For my four years I’ve been in the HISP program.
I absolutely love the school. There is over 40 clubs where students can find something they are interested in. In addition, the school offers various academic programs: HISP, AFJROTC, Criminal Justice, Law and Public Policy.
Mcclatchy offers a number of different services that allow students to get the help and information they may need. Most of the teacher are quite helpful and many have had interesting jobs before choosing to teach, which allows them to have greater wisdom that they may share with the students.
In my 4 years, I’ve made multiple friendships and connections that will be useful in my life. At this point I feel as if I am prepared to go off to college and start the rest of my life. I’ve made multiple different contacts and references that will be handy in one way or another.
This high school is by far one of the best schools in the district, if not the best. It offers clubs, extracurricular activities, sports, AP Classes and electives that really help one find themselves and be able to excel. The environment on campus is so joyful and full of spirit. Plus, they have their own aspects that make the school unique. I can’t imagine my high school experience being any better than what it’s been.
Go Lions!

This review is not about the education you can get here. We came here on Sunday for the grounds. This is the perfect place to sit on a nice bench and enjoy a donut or drink on the weekends. There are plenty of garbage cans you can use so there is no excuse for one to litter. The drinking fountains are easily accessible and give out cold water at a level you can actually drink from there. There is plenty of parking so if you want to eat across the street you won’t have to hunt for a space. I saw several families park and take the whole group across the street to the Mexican restaurant. We brought our dog and took her for a walk. This is so much better than taking her to the park on the weekends where you are surrounded by dogs. Around back they have a lush field. A football practice field, 2 soft/​ball baseball fields, and a soccer field. It was small, but nice.
We will be back.

This school is impacted and cannot provide educational services to its students – do not send your child to McClatchy High School if he or she needs any kind of «help» in school – you know, like actually being taught material. There is zero communication from teachers to parents, so don’t expect to be alerted that your child is failing until after he or she has failed said class. If your child struggles academically, your only hope is that he or she is also a behavioral problem because those are the only students who get any attention or intervention. Your quiet, well-​behaved child will be left to fall through the cracks. Hopefully your child will not be assigned Mr. Klopp for a counselor since he doesn’t seem to have any idea as to what’s going on – with your child, the school, credits for graduation, absolutely clueless. His philosophy is to let freshmen fail and they can «make up the credits later.» Yes, that’s right – fail freshman year and roll right in as a sophomore after having learned nothing for a year – it’s no problem! This isn’t a school. It’s a daycare center for teens. The administration is clueless and unhelpful and absolutely demonstrates zero concern for anyone who isn’t in HISP or an athlete. If you are a parent and are thinking about enrolling your child in this school, just know your child would get more of an education sitting at home with $ 10 worth of used books and a pencil – however, if your child needs weed, some sexual experience, or a good fight, send him or her on down to McClatchy High School where your tax dollars are hard at work…

Well here it is a couple of years later and said freshman is now almost half way through her junior year. So far, we have been pleased with the responsiveness of teachers via email and of course our daughter’s experiences with the band program. With the exception of one bad experience with a surly campus monitor who had worked a football game and obviously has issues of his own, we have had no issues with the campus or administration so far. Even in this situation, we received prompt response about our concerns from both the administration and the band program teacher.

The school itself is great, my daughter attended and graduated last year with a great GPA. A lot of the teachers are great, then you have the hand full who only arrive for the paycheck and never email you back or update the grading website.
However, the huge problem at the school is the administration, Mr Lambert, Dr Godina and Mr Guevara. They are so involved with chasing down parents who dont care that they make it difficult for parents who DO care, to advocate for their childs education! They have their ‘favorites’ and everyone else should fen for themselves?!
I have 2 children and I have had amazing experiences with staff at their elementary and they Jr high, Sutter Middle school. I never dealt with an administration who really has no connection with their students, like this one. I am appalled by their lack of compassion and professionalism.
I am so glad that my daughter has already graduated and I no longer have to deal with these people and send my child through the doors of this school knowing that I am putting her in the hands of this administration.
I refused to send my younger son there. He is now at Christian Brothers where the staff and administration actually ‘care’ about the success of their students… every student, not ‘favorites.’

The school is renowned for its academic excellence as well as the amount of famous alumnae it produces over the years. It is a very prestigious school, both in the ranks and in the streets.
I have once attended this marvelous school. My family often saw it as a high-​ranking school with prestige because of its age, as well as its look from the front view.
The reason why I give this school 3-​stars is because of the high school experience. McClatchy is small in terms of size and was never meant to be made to contain over 3,000 students. Compared to schools like John F. Kennedy or Hiram Johnson, which are standard-​sized American high schools, the true high school experience is never reached in McClatchy.
There is no way McClatchy can change their high school design, because of the age, as well as the planning the school was developed.
The pride in McClatchy is also slowly diminishing. The school used to offer a fire science program in which helped the recruitment for firefighting occupations. It used to offer a class in car mechanics. And lastly, a lot of the vocational classes in CKM had been either cut or no longer exists.
Nevertheless, CKM is a good school, I wish it could’ve been better for me.