Chaparral High School

Such an awesome school with awesome staff and they keep up to date with renovation.

I was in lots of AP classes and tons of clubs and held multiple club leadership positions, so I personally felt that the school was overall very nice and supportive. The teachers are very helpful and most of them are more than willing to help if you ask for it. Meaningful bonds were easier to form between students and teachers when students were willing to go the extra mile asking for help and guidance. It's even better when you join clubs and know more people personally. The school had a bit of a drug problem, but it's certainly gotten better over the years I was there. Competition could be intense if you're ranked top 10 of the class, but otherwise, it was pretty chill. Some teachers might appear nonchalant about their students at first, but once you get to know them, you will like them a lot. Overall, if you're a go-getter and a hard worker, you will succeed here just fine. Football games are highly encouraged to go to.

Horrible administration. If you are not a football player you are ignored and treated poorly. Girl's sports are a joke to the AD. Transferring at the end of the semester to go play for MV. This school is a joke to say the very least.

Chaparral was a big step up from the previous school my oldest attended in San Diego. He absolutely loved the classes, school spirit and numerous clubs and made so many friends in a short time. Fast forward 4yrs my third child at Chap will be graduating next year. We have had nothing but great experience here! My youngest always had average grades but the past couple years has excelled academically and it's all because of the great teachers. All my boys talk about their favorite teachers and they love running into them at sports games and hearing that they tell my youngest to tell them "hi". We know what a special school Chap is because of where we came from.

As a member of the CHS cheer team I feel it is my duty to share my story. Cheerleading has been pretty much ignored by administration for the past 3 years I have attended Chap. Chap had various cheer coaches over the years that would last a season at most. My freshman year we had our coach leave us with 3 days notice. Enter our current coach. She has held this program together with her dedication, love, and creativity. She coached us during covid and all of the years after. She is ALWAYS there for us. She has so much patience for us and we have all learned soooo much. I do not know where we would be with out her guidance. Our AD has decided to fly the Varsity coach position for reasons he will tell no one about. We are sad, confused, and feel defeated. I know if someone else is our coach they will leave within a few months or make us miserable. How can an AD who knows nothing about our program do this to us? So my warning... if you want to come to this school....don't. They do not care about any of us.