13818 6th Avenue E
Tacoma, WA 98445

Horrible school! Major problem with bullying. Kids will get in trouble for defending themselves. Parents of the kids do not discipline then at home and ot spill over to the school. Teachers are overwhelmed and don't have the right support needed. Wish i never had my oldest in this school and his education had suffered. We are better teachers them some at this school. Also teachers need to quit sharing so much about there personal lifes and opinions with young kids.

nothing but issues at another school district but when we moved here we found out this school is better and handles bulling like a whip, I have daily communication with the teachers about grades and behavior.

My experience at WHS was just unfulfilling. Aside from a few English teachers who actually taught their curriculum with high-school level difficulty, most other classes felt like a joke: it was if I was back in middle school. Ninety nine percent of the "courses" didn't even use textbooks, instead, relying on short and concise "homework" packets. That does not prepare your for success in college, which many students in WHS don't seem to be aiming for anyways. The worst part about it is the downright lack of an academic culture: most students could care little about their ambitions or grades. The classmates I was burdened with during my time at WHS only cared about three things: sexual relationships, social media, and celebrities. Lets not even mention how down right moronic the majority of the students are. In my history class, for example, I once witnessed a peer coming to realization that that submarines were real and not just Hollywood fiction. It was as if for the first time, they had actually shed the slightest effort to "think". Don't even try using the excuse," But the students are low income. They struggle with ordeals outside of school. That's why they are unmotivated." During my time at WHS, I was living in a small, cramped apartment, having to withhold the yelling and abuse of my parents as they wondered how they were going to pay of rent. I too was a low-income student, one who witnessed the nature of drugs first hands with their ability to attract, consume, and break down a person. I was seriously considering the possibility joining a criminal affiliation to pay off the insane rent here in Washington state. Yet, I was motivated enough to pass the already laughably easy classes here: the students at WHS are not disadvantaged- their just something else entirely. Overall, I'm glad I did Running Start at TCC and escaped this mess of a school. The transition from this pile of junk to an actual institution was the hardest of my life, yet the most necessary. I hope WHS has improved with time: Its sad to see low income student get stuck with the only local high school and not receive the education they deserve. I too was once burdened like them, and if it wasn't for Running Start, I would not have succeeded in my Post-Secondary ambitions.