Evergreen High School

Dedicated staff. Broad spectrum of special focus learning including STEM, A.P., Music, foreign language. Diverse and tolerant. Well run Athletics Dept. , with competitive teams for both boys and girls. Long time Track, Skiing, Women’s gymnastics, sewimming complement tradional BB, FB, wrestling, BB, etc. Excellent track to nationally top tier and Colorado universities and colleges.

I have had two children go through EHS and they both have had amazing experiences! One of my students needed a little learning support and received amazing non-intrusive guidance from the support staff. Academics comes easily for my other child. She has been encouraged to challenge herself and has had a wonderful experience in AP classes. Both of my children take advantage of the sensational athletics programs at EHS. I would strongly encourage enrolling your children at EHS!

There are some amazing teachers at EHS. They deserve 5 stars for the support they provide the students who need it most. This review is focused on the administration - the school is poorly led by an ineffectual principal. He prioritizes sports and high achieving students. He doesn't support performing arts or other programs that are so crucial to the kids who are "different." The principal has let athletes & students whose parents fund sports get away with egregious behaviors that are entirely unacceptable (vandalizing a teacher's classroom, drug possession & usage on school grounds, athletes being intoxicated on school buses). He always finds a scapegoat to take the fall for his failure to effectively lead. Most of the teachers don't respect him, and neither do many of the parents. To many kids, he's a joke.

Review as a former student who is now in college: Evergreen High School is great in many ways, though the social community and staff handling is terrible, and what made my experience here downright awful. I will break down most aspects of this school and why you may or may not want to send your child here. Staff: The vast majority of “good” teachers are in the science and elective departments. Most (AP/honors) teachers do have some sort of passion for what they are teaching which in turn makes classes more fun. However… nearly all staff have a “favorites” problem. They’re not sneaky with it either. If you make it into an AP class, boy, you will receive tons of benefits solely because the teacher likes you. Not to mention this school does not care at all for students who do not take the “honors/AP route”. Many teachers that teach non-AP classes are sports coaches or otherwise blatantly not right for the job… Might I add that the richest students who’s parents throw money at EHS’s funding (which is poorly managed) get better treatment. Students who do not actively try to get favorited by teachers are simply not treated as well (socially and academically in my opinion). Summary: Teachers have a favorites problem and if you’re not rich, white, or popular, good luck! /sSchool community: This varies based off the student. If you’re rich, white, and considered “popular” you would say that the community is great, fun, etc. If you’re not any of those, most I’ve talked to hate it. Everyone basically hates each other because of this massive clique problem EHS has. The staff don’t care about bullying or anything related, and if they are called to handle it, it is for the benefit of the school’s image, not the students. There is NO diversity in this school. 99% of kids are white. When I went there, there were about 3 black kids in the ENTIRE SCHOOL, and 2/3 of them were bullied. Good luck finding friends if you didn’t go to the middle school, as no one wants to make friends. Stress:EHS takes pride in its academic image. Oh, they sure always reminded us about the school image (pressure). Classes are extremely stressful as half the teachers don’t know what they’re doing on top of an unaccepting community. I was stressed 100% of my time there. Funding:EHS lacks funding. Parents donate to whatever benefits their kid (football). the AC never even worked. Awful school. Glad I made it out. Don’t send your poor kid here. Lifetime of therapy awaits for them.

This school is great with their IEP program. If your child need extra help, this is the place. Only 3 stars because the AP program is not good, it is only more home work.