Summerville High School is the largest school in the state and has great kids and great teachers!!
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Posted by a parent on 10/01/09
I am a former student and graduate of SHS and the four years I spent there were great. The teachers are very helpful and concerned with their students.
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Posted by a other on 02/24/09
First of all, Summerville High School has an extremely large student body. Many of the teachers are either not interested or overwhelmed or just bad teachers in general. I am an honor student who always had at least a 95 average in English, but when I moved, I began classes at Summerville, my grades
... Read more slipped to barely passing. It was nothing on my part, the teacher was lazy and simply didn't teach. There are some really great teachers who put their all into what they do, but most (esspecially with cp classes) don't help their students to excell. The guidence counselors are impossible to get intouch with! As a senior, I think that was one of my biggest disadvantages here. The school tends to obsess over little things such as IDs and dress code violations, which in the end results in the lack of intimacy in the classroom. Read less
Posted by a student on 02/21/09
this school has way more advantages than others and has a willing of doing good to the students that go to this school!! great job and keep it up
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Posted by a other on 11/17/08
Summerville High has been a great high school for my three children. One graduated and is now in college. I also have a sophomore and senior attending the school. Yes, it is over crowded, but it is the size of a small college campus. I feel it will help prepare my children for the college experience.
... Read more Parents need to be involved with their children. Supporting, following-up and most of all communicating with the teachers. This goes for ANY high school. Like most things in life, you get out of it what you put into it. I am pleased with the education my children have received in Dorchester District Two, thus far. They are not perfect, but do a great job, overall. With the increasing amount of discipline problems with children now days, and lack of action a teachers is able to take....I don't know how they do it. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/07/08
I love Summerville High School. I attended Summerville for 2 1/2 years, and loved every minute of it. I would recommend it to anybody who enjoys not only the academic part of school, but the social aspect as well. Most of the teachers are fun and well qualified in the Honors or AP programs, but CP is
... Read more rather hit or miss. If your child is well disciplined and understands what it takes to perform well in school, I recommend Summerville High. If they need a teacher all over them all the time about keeping up with school work, I recommend Pinewood. Read less
Posted by a student on 10/24/08
Overall it is a good school. Over crowding is a major problem (3500+ students) and with continued influx of folks to Dorchester II it will continue that way for sometime. The kids and the parents are the ones who are responsible for making sure a good education is received. If there are problems with
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Posted by a parent on 03/07/08
Summerville is a great school. opportunities are endless and the environment is terrific. It is basically based around athletics, but you don't have to be an amazing athlete to be someone. Alsowhoever says you have to have lived here your entire life to be known is wrong. I run on the track team and
... Read more all the coaches know my name. I moved here a year ago. everyone has a possitive attitude and anyone who goes there should love it. Read less
Posted by a student on 03/06/08
This is one of the worst schools ever. I have attended Summerville High School for 2 years now and I am very unsatisified with many aspects of the school. First of which being the overpopulation. there are around 3,500 kids that attend Summerville High School. Secondly, many teachers are extremely slack
... Read more and unqualified in the teaching field. Thisrdly the school is filled with many kids who dont care and are just waiting to be hold enough so that they can drop out. Read less
* In 2007-2008 South Carolina used the High School Assessment Program (HSAP) to test grade 10 students in English/language arts and math. The HSAP is a high school graduation requirement. The HSAP is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of South Carolina. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
3,200
Students per teacher:
19
Full-time teachers:
170
Number of classrooms:
138
Vocational Education
Drivers Ed, Keyboarding/Typing, Phys Ed, ROTC
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
English
Speech/Debate
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Advanced Placement
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Before/After School
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Gifted and Talented
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
Vocational and/or technical courses offered within a comprehensive school, usually a senior high school.
Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
Programs offering GED or equivalent courses for adults within regular schools, whether classes are held during evening or daytime schedules.
English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
Summerville schools — Summerville High School is located at 1101 Boone Hill Rd, Summerville SC 29483. 1101 Boone Hill Rd is in the 29483 ZIP code in Summerville, SC The school district for Summerville High School is the Dorchester County School District 2. Summerville High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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