The teachers were great, the curriculum when I went there was broad and put together well. I enjoyed my four years there and wish those same great teachers the best.
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Posted by a parent on 09/20/09
Righetti was selected as a California Distinguished School for good reason: The staff has workded very hard to implement innovative teaching strategies aligned with content standards. They have worked on developing professional learning communities to improve insturction, assessment and student outcomes.
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Posted by a parent on 08/03/09
The parents/students that say this school is poor are likely just mad that their kids/they performed poorly. I just graduated from here and am going to Yale after four wonderful years at Righetti. If you enroll in the advanced classes, you will not get a 'bad teacher' of any sort. I took a few college
... Read more prep courses and didn't get any bad teachers there either. My graduating class alone had about 13 acceptances to UCLA, 9 to UC Berekely, 1 to MIT, 1 to Caltech, 2 to Stanford, 1 to Columbia, 1 to Yale, and 1 to Rice (many other colleges, both private and public, also accepted students). Anyone that complains about this school is likely disappointed that it holds itself to a high standard by expecting students to take responsibility (reference to the parents complaining about their kids failing) and to do actual work, simple as Read less
Posted by a student on 06/25/09
Your Righetti High School experience is what YOU as an individual make it to be. Nothing will be handed to you on a silver platter, that's for sure. But if you want to get the best education you can get, you'll get it if you work for it. That's life. Nothing's going to get handed to you. The only
... Read more problem with this school is that teachers and students are caught on a vicious cycle: Students aren't excited about learning because teachers aren't excited about teaching and vice versa. If it could all stop, the school would be a much better place. I personally like Righetti very much, and enjoy all of my classes, despite how many people don't enjoy it there. Read less
Posted by a student on 12/02/08
I was a student and it had very low standards for their education and they focused on having everyone in class no on having those who were there learn anything of use
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Posted by a other on 11/13/08
Im a student and I love it over their I made so much more friends then I ever had and a lot of the teachers are very supportive of their students helping them reach their goals or making them.
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Posted by a student on 08/12/08
Righetti is definitively going to get better as time proceeds. With our new solid administration, more organization will be established. Mr. Molina is working for the kids and is a good leader for Righetti. I would have to say that the staff is very friendly and that students with initiate will go far
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Posted by a student on 06/01/08
The school is definatley over crowded. Im a junior at righetti and have been here for every yrear but my freshman, and ive like the students, but not many of the teachers. They dont show that they care at all, and the administration is very non existant. You have to be a parent that is yelling or a asb
... Read more student to ever get noticed in the office, and if you do get noticede, they act like your a criminal for even going in there. If i were a parent, i wouldnt send any student to this school. Read less
Posted by a student on 03/13/08
Being a senior at Righetti, I've seen almost everything here. Some of the teachers at the college prep level are a little weird, and sometimes have trouble managing the number of students they have. However, high school is the last opportunity that students have to learn to manage their own lives before
... Read more it's no longer a choice. Most teachers are willing to discuss grades the moment they are asked, and are truly in it for the kids. If a parent doesn't know their child is failing, or that they're hanging out with the wrong crowd, it's because they're out of touch with their kid, not because of the school. That said, we have an excellent AP program, great athletics, help with college admissions is readily available from the very first year, and guidance techs are more than happy to help set you up with the right teachers if you ask. Read less
Posted by a student on 03/04/08
I'm a senior at Righetti, and I love it. It's a big school, so it's easier for lazy students to slack off and blame their teachers for their failing grades. But I've taken about half AP classes and half college prep, and I've never had a horrible teacher. You just need to know who to talk to about what
... Read more classes you should take and what teachers are good. Of course every school is bound to have some bad teacher- that's why you need to do some research to see who's class to take. I've loved 90% of my teachers and most of the administrators. But if you're kid is a slacker or a trouble maker than they'll probably fall behind quickly. Send then to a therapist, not a different school. Read less
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Santa Maria schools — Ernest Righetti High School is located at 941 E Foster Rd, Santa Maria CA 93455. 941 E Foster Rd is in the 93455 ZIP code in Santa Maria, CA The school district for Ernest Righetti High School is the Santa Maria Joint Union Hsd. Ernest Righetti High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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