School spirit, teacher quality, extracurricular activities, school safety, discipline and parental involvement are awesome!
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Posted by a other on 08/03/09
The principal is really trying to bring this school to a higher standard. He is hard to reach at times. Right now if my child was not in ap and honors classes, I would be somewhat displeased with the academics. Some of the guidance counselors are excellent like Ms. Stuekenjuerken. I think the school
... Read more is going up. The principal needs to continue weeding out the poor teachers that don't care about the students. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/01/09
Very good ROTC program, it is in the top 10% of the USA and the best in Mesquite. One of the only problems is that most of the teachers are not strict enough on dress code.
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Posted by a student on 05/29/09
I agree with one of the readers - the principal does not return phone calls from parents and it was like pulling teeth to get the counselors to call back. The teachers are pretty responsive though - I will give them that. The band program is good, but it could be better if the directors would deal with
... Read more all the drama that always goes on. My child dropped band for next year because after 2 years, they would not respond to my child's complaints after many discussions with all of them. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/01/08
It's a very nice school, with great education. It's just a little crowded.
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Posted by a student on 01/06/08
As a student of john horn high school. I like it to go on the record that it is an outstanding high school. Our principal,Mr. Perkins is highly concerned about the well being of the students and the overall quality of our education.As for the teachers, our staff of qualified teacher are detrimental
... Read more to our success as a school, as are our extra-curricular programs.Quite frankly, we are receiving a quality education from a outstanding group of educators and administrators. 9th grader, John Horn high school Read less
Posted by a student on 11/10/07
The head principal has no time to deal with parents when they have concerns. He won't take time to e-mail or return phone calls. This says alot about his leadership. Horn is losing ponts everyday. You have teacher who don't care about the children.
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Posted by a parent on 09/18/07
The only good thing about this school is its band and orchestra program other than that it is possibly one of the most horrible schools
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Posted by a student on 09/17/07
The school is good but the athletic programs aren't the best.
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Posted by a student on 07/07/07
The school is over crowded. The only good thing this school has going for it is that they are strict on the uniform standards. There are lot of kids who run around in rough groups.
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Mesquite schools — Dr John D Horn High School is located at 3300 Cartwright Rd, Mesquite TX 75181. 3300 Cartwright Rd is in the 75181 ZIP code in Mesquite, TX The school district for Dr John D Horn High School is the Mesquite Independent School District. Dr John D Horn High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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