wonderful teachers that do anything they can 2 help you learn and pass
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Posted by a student on 01/10/08
Birdville High School is a top notch school. The teachers are amazing and work with the students to achieve the best possible results. The fine arts department is amazing, especially the band. the band has been to the all state contest 3 consecutive times in a row and twice making the all state finals.
... Read more Any parent who is interested in their kids being in a well organized, highly successful program should definitely look into this school and its band. parents can easily get involved in the school and can even look up their kids grades from any computer with a special password given to them by the school. overall Birdville is a great school. Read less
Posted by a former student on 09/25/06
Birdville is top notch as far as I'm concerned. I have a child who currently attends and is doing extremely well socially and academically. All of his teachers are supportive. And the programs he is involved in give him the self confidence and growth he needs to be successful. Kudos for Birdville!
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Posted by a parent on 08/25/06
Our kids aren't safe at BHS! Fighting & bullying has increased dramatically in the last 2 years. Fights continue inside the school for sometimes more than 30 mins. before any teacher or administrator is even aware of it! Obviously too many children, not enough teachers and zero concern for the safety
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Posted by a parent on 07/13/06
Birdville High is going through a change in leadership. The exiting principal was charasmatic and I am uninformed on her reason for leaving. BHS has a strong emphasis on athletics and band. Academic programs seem to take a back seat. I would summarize by saying that BHS is a good, but not great school.
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This is the newest high school campus for the Birdville School District. It appears nice and well groomed but I sense the expanding neighborhood to the west will strain the resources immensely within the next few years. Currently I am satisfied with my child's academic performance although I do wish
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Posted by a parent on 04/26/05
I would recommend BHS to any parent thinking of enrolling their child. Level of instruction, parent involvement, wide range of extra curricular activities are ALL exemplary. I can't say enough about Birdville and the staff there.
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I attend Birdville High School as a sophmore and believe it to be a very nice campus. Wonderful staff and students. I don't feel as if we're lacking in academics, although every teacher in the state of Texas if forced to teach to the TAKS test and nothing more. So to be frank, I think they're limiting
... Read more our education due to the inforcement of teaching to a particular curriculum. And because teachers are forced to teach us such a large amount of material within a 6 weeks period, when our benchmark testing is presented by the state, you're not able to 'learn' the significant material. TAKS was inforced to teach us more, when in reality, we're learning less. Read less
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North Richland Hills schools — Birdville High School is located at 9100 Mid Cities Blvd, North Richland Hills TX 76180. 9100 Mid Cities Blvd is in the 76180 ZIP code in North Richland Hills, TX The school district for Birdville High School is the Birdville Independent School District. Birdville High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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