Great teachers, students, and community involvement. A beautiful location and setting for continuing education of our children.
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Posted by a parent on 10/05/09
Outstanding, dedicated teachers, awesome, innovative principal and wonderful dedicated coaches lead a great sports program.All factors together create an exceptional school.
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Posted by a parent on 09/16/09
Overall, the school does a medicore job balancing the needs of a diverse student population.
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Posted by a parent on 01/03/08
This school needs to focus more on teachers and academic success instead of physical improvements on campus. In other words, I don't understand why this school worries about buildings instead of a shortage of science lab materials and computers that do not work.
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Posted by a parent on 05/04/07
As yet I have had no problems with this school and have been impressed with the changes and improvements that have been brought about by the new Principal.
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Posted by a parent on 04/28/06
This school administration seems to be more concerned with how they look than the students they serve. Bullying and putdowns are rampant and there doesn't seem to be much control with conflicts that arise on the campus. Many of the teachers need to put more emphasis on accomodating the varying learning
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Posted by a parent on 12/30/05
I am very pleased with Aptos High. Any time I've had a question, I e-mail, and get a response before the end of the day. Tons of Parent involvement. Wonderful Principal.
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Posted by a parent on 11/04/04
My son is currently a sophmore at AHS, I'm pleased with his academic class loads, he is able to take as many accelerated classed he feels he needs to. His sophmore class boasts over 80 students who are in CSF membership.I feel this school holds the best hope for my son in this district. It is cetainly
... Read more not a perfect school, but if you have an academically oriented student it by far better than the other choice. Many people do no not like the segregated atmosphere at the school. I have been on campus many times, and students who are in teams or clubs mix as well as anywhere else. The students who do not have a reason to intermix tend to stay with familiar peer groups. The situation exist in every school I've ever atteneded or been associated with, including my own back in 1969. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/03/04
The school is very segregated, with the mexican americans on one side, the mexicans on another, and the white kids on the third. I often found myself applying several times for their honors and hard classes and getting ignored. If you are latino and are planning on taking the hard classes then be prepared
... Read more to insist and insist and reaply every year because you are misteriously routed to the normal class path. This a very disciplined school, however, and you don't see very rebellious kids, or fights, and gangs are a myth made up by people who think that a group of mexicans is automatically a gang. Endless hours are wasted doing nothing but that is a problem with the overly long 7 hour school days imposed by the government and not with the school. Do yourself a favor: homeschool. Read less
Posted by a student on 05/20/04
I went too Aptos high for most of my freshman year. Befor I left cause of lack of leadership from the office staff and the vice principals and the bareley their princiapl. If you had a problem they did nothing about it so you had to bother them until they finaly did somthing about it whitch was basicly
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Aptos schools — Aptos High School is located at 100 Mariner Way, Aptos CA 95003. 100 Mariner Way is in the 95003 ZIP code in Aptos, CA The school district for Aptos High School is the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Aptos High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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