1663 S 58th St
Tacoma, WA 98408

Great, the school focus on academics is wonderful and structure helps the whole school stay on task! A bit of a grey area when it comes to discipline but I think they are doing their best considering the 75% of the entire school being LOW INCOME families..... they have a before and after school program that is used to watch those kids who dont have a safe place to go after school tooThe parent and teacher communication could be a bit better. Maybe have a once a month night meeting for ALL STAFF to come to and talk about issues together and hopefully the communication can help the way they displine and teach all our children as a whole... at HOME and at SCHOOL It takes a village and the villagers need to communicate

-The teachers cared. Whether their class was a core education requirement or an elective, they cared as much as you did. I remember my teachers (some of them) being enthusiastic and passionate about what they were teaching and that was contagious. -The classes were not challenging. I took general classes, honors, and AP. The AP classes were considerably more difficult than either of the other two. Even in the honors classes, it didn't take much effort to succeed. -The student body was apathetic. When it came to academics, my fellow students couldn't seem to care less. School was a place for them to hang out. Some of them obviously did their work alongside socializing. I don't believe there was any inspiration to learn. The teachers may have cared but I didn't see them pushing the students who did it. There was a stark difference in the AP classes, where people were there because they wanted to be, and general and honors classes. Very few of the students around me seemed to care about their education.-Seeing the average test scores doesn't surprise me in the least.It's hard to rate some of the things this website is asking me to.Homework? Depends. I'm of the belief that homework should be what isn't finished in class. Some of my classes were like that. Others gave homework assignments and refused to let you work on them in class. Others still were somewhere in the middle of that. Was any of it effective? Again, I point to the test scores.Teachers? Obviously not if the test scores were so low, but I think more than a handful of them were still really good teachers.Leadership? Hard to say really. I didn't have much interaction until later and even then, I didn't see much interaction between students and faculty. The only time I witnessed interactions were when students were in trouble. I believe effective leadership is being around more than just when people are in trouble. Are we talking about student leadership? Then no, because they had literally no effect on me.Character? I didn't see any effort being put into making young adults successful members of society. However, if you took the initiative to join a club, that's a different story. But the ones who need the help aren't the ones seeking it.I don't have enough experience to make an in depth comment on the last two.

This school is absolutely horrid. They value student uniform more than bullying and school condition and they constantly are finding way to get kids to ask their parents for money. Whether it be selling chocolates for school, paying for field trips, paying for uniforms, etc. But where does this money go? The bullying is at a mass amount, usually consisting of slurs, attacks on appearance, attacks on identity, home life, sexual orientation, and any flaw you have. Unless you join one of the cliques in the school you will be bashed. Don’t stand out, don’t standup, don’t speak out, and maybe you’ll survive. I’ve met a couple teachers that genuinely help student’s attitudes and make schoolwork fun while still needing effort. There are holes in walls almost everywhere, broken water fountains, no feminine hygiene products, and poor outdated equipment everywhere. At least the afterschool activities are somewhat nice. They cover the walls in art and writing on acceptance of everyone while failing to commit to that. Teachers get cussed out to their faces daily and children are called slurs right in front of them. I could go on but I’m running out of typing space! DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO THIS SCHOOL.