Prepares kids for college. Students are there because they want to be there, not because they have to.
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Posted by a parent on 11/03/09
The number one high school in the state of California has an awesome Robotics Club! Amazing students, dedicated teachers, supportive administration, dynamite parents and devoted community volunteers make this school like no other.
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Posted by a other on 10/05/09
I was concerned about my child transferring in from a private school to Whitney. I heard many wonderful compliments from other parents and alumni. However, any school, especially an academic selective school, is going to have some dissenting opinions. Whitney High School has surpassed all my expectations
... Read more and my concerns have been eliminated. Many of the problems stem from overbearing parents that have unreasonable expectations for their child (too many think THEIR child will be the one that gets into Harvard, Princeton, or Yale). The other issue is that there are students that really are not ready to handle the academic load and discipline to compete in an environment where everyone else is just as capable. Whitney is very supportive of the students and are there to help them to be successful. Best decision we've made for our child! Read less
I am a current parent of a 7th grader at Whitney High School. I have mixed feeling about the school. I was told how fortunate my child is to be selected to attend such a great school. Education is very important, but being in an envirement that you feel comfortable and feeling like you really belong
... Read more can just be as important, or being in a school that is well deversified. Feeling like you belong can add to the sucess of a student. Having parent that can actually help you with homework can make a difference in your EDUCATION! Having Money to send your child to the best tuitors and academy enrichment programs can put you in the first priority list for treatment. Concerned Mother, and feeling lucky... Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/08/09
First off, the high standardized test scores are not a direct result of the teaching staff here but, rather, because this is a magnet school where students take a test to gain admission. This means that students here were already scoring well on standardized tests prior to entering WHS. However, due
... Read more to the nature of admission, what you get is a student body that is terribly homogenous and extremely type A. Unhealthy amounts of competition is encouraged and the end result is that it is actually much more difficult to gain acceptance to the college of your choice. C level efforts at WHS would earn A+'s in 'normal' high schools (trust me), and, when colleges are choosing students based upon how they did compared to their high school only, it becomes apparent why colleges have trouble choosing your child amongst other WHS students who are exactly the same. Read less
Posted by a student on 02/21/09
I was a student at whitney high school from 7th to 12th grade, and from the moment i walked through the double doors leading me to the orange locker-lined hallways, until the moment i walked across the stage accepting my high school diploma, i was constantly being pushed, and challenged by all of my
... Read more teachers to be the best student, and the best all-around person i could be. Although i constantly complained about the amount of work we were expected to do and research papers we had to write, it really prepared me for college at Loyola University. while some juniors in college worry about an 8-10 page paper, I don't even break a sweat because of the 8-10 page papers my teachers in 8th grade were training me to write. =D Read less
Posted by a student on 01/15/09
As of the 2008-09 school year, Whitney High school no longer offers AP English Literature. The school will only offer the standard level English for its seniors. The talk among most seniors is that this change was made to protect seniors who are not interested in pushing themselves by taking the hardest
... Read more level classes available. By getting rid of AP, Whitney has essentially leveled the playing field but at the expense of not pushing the communities most talented students with the most difficult coursework. Read less
Posted by a other on 10/12/08
I am a current student at Whitney and it rocks to be here. I have great friends and the teachers are really nice.
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Posted by a student on 05/19/08
This school is the most awesome school out there. Usually, students just think of their teachers as teachers, but here at Whitney, students think of the teachers as friends and there are so many curricular activities like Faculty Follie where you see the teachers act crazy for only two dollars and all
... Read more those ticket earnings goes to senior scholarships. Everyone in this school is super friendly and nice and you can immediately make friends on your first day. I can't wait to spend the next 6 years of my school life in the best school i have ever had. Read less
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Cerritos schools — Whitney High School is located at 16800 Shoemaker Ave, Cerritos CA 90703. 16800 Shoemaker Ave is in the 90703 ZIP code in Cerritos, CA The school district for Whitney High School is the Abc Unified School District. Whitney High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 7 - 12.
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