Guilderland High School

Top-notch school. Updated curriculums moving away from older books in many classes. Great course selection and college credit opportunities. Many clubs. Too much emphasis on athletics, we wish more of those funds were spent on academics and academic oriented programs like robotics and technical classes which are restricted in their ability to learn and explore due to limited finances. Not very diverse but people tend to be open and respectful of other cultures.

They don't do anything about bullying whatsoever, they even lied about having mental health as an excuse. The staff and kids spread rumors about my child, her friends were hate crimed repeatedly. This school looks like a dream but in reality its an ugly lie. If you value your child's mental health, don't send them here.

This school is absolutely fantastic if you hate doing work, but would still like to graduate with a regents degree. The key to your success is to simply not attend class and do as little work as possible during your freshman year. Provided your record looks bad enough, you'll be asked to join the FOCUS program, which you should accept. From here on throughout the rest of your high school career, you'll be getting regents credit for doing core level work. For example, this was one of my FOCUS friends' final English projects for senior year. The assignment was to write a children's picture book about whatever topic you wanted. She re-handed in her junior year final English project which was neither for children, nor a picture book. She got full credit plus extra for creativity. In addition to this, you also get many other unique privileges. Despite field trip funding being cut for the rest of the school, FOCUS students enjoy many "team building" (picnics, etc.) field trips throughout the year. You also have access to an exclusive lounge, which you can visit during class, any time you want. Just don't fail every class or get caught doing drugs, or you're out! (For a few months)

This school was horrible. Most of the teachers who taught AP classes did not prepare students well for the AP tests. Too many students did drugs. Also, taking core classes was an excuse for being lazy. Core students have plenty of time to study, but they don't. Honors/AP students were arrogant, and so were their parents. The Music department's only focus was to fundraise, because they keep getting cut for doing a poor job. Maybe if they did their job better they wouldn't get cut.