Antioch High School

700 West 18th Street

School District

Antioch Unified
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:23
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on March 25, 2021

I believe that there are so many open-minded staff members and teachers that have less bias than other teachers would. It's really nice to see that kids that would be labeled "bad kids" are actually accepted as just having louder and larger personalities than some and teachers do have the patience to get them on track. There are fights but security does their job and comes right away to split people up. The main issue I have is that I feel like I've taken freshman English all 4 years. I actually learned new terms and how to annotate properly in freshman year but every year after that felt like going back to middle school even. The teachers hold your hand too much and can take points off your essay for just not structuring it like the outline they gave even when it's a sound essay. I think the books we have read have actually been really good and talk about other races, cultures, and walks of life. I know it's difficult getting students to actually do the work but in the process of trying to persuade them with easy work you've completely lost even the motivated students' interest. I felt pretty aware of the fact that we were behind schools just by these things. I really believe that no one is really college-ready at the end of it. What's lucky is that many of the students are strong and know how to deal with things like paying off bills for their family or just trying to survive their neighborhood so you know that they can persevere but it's a shame that this is the best they can get. When I took AP classes I finally felt like we were on the level we were supposed to be on. Making it too easy for students just makes them unmotivated and struggle at the basics. If you change the perspective of what easy is then they can do better. When it comes to bullying I feel like it will only help those who will report it and can be bad at identifying the signs when someone is too shy to speak up about it. You constantly see teachers trying to get good with the popular kids so they can be the cool teacher. Time and time again films and stories have shown that the more popular kids are usually the bullies and yet they seem to be getting only praise here. I feel like the students who get good grades and are valedictorian are just received as "...who even is that?". Overall, the teachers are pretty great people and have mostly effective teaching styles but what they are actually teaching hasn't really helped. Also, too much smoking and not enough people stopping it.
Submitted by student on June 24, 2020

I think that Antioch High School has the potential to be great. I believe that the staff and students have a lot of work to do for this success. While the students need to learn a level of respect towards teachers, as well as the want to learn, the staff needs to oversee the lack of consistency, especially when it comes to discipline. I find myself saying that my overall experience at this school has been educational. I've learned a lot from teachers that have taught me to be more creative and independent. I think that it is excellent how diverse the school is, as well as the amount of room it allows for personal growth. I genuinely believe that if Antioch High students continue to work on improving the campus and on undergoing a more significant roll in leadership, then the school is destined to prosper.
Submitted by student on April 05, 2017

I am going to this school and love it, it has the best Teachers and great pranciple
Submitted by other on January 16, 2015

I believe the new Linked Learning Academies are turning the school around! Wold improve even further with complete staffing of all 7 classes!
Submitted by parent on March 20, 2012

Extremely disappointed with the administration and staff. I can understand that AHS is part of the public school system, but that is not a reason to expect less of the staff. Twenty years ago, counselors where there to assist students with their course needs and had an open door policy for when needed. Now, getting a hold of one is not easy as they are not always available. When it comes to the VP's, I do not know if I believe every word they say because my child gives a different version of the events than they do and unfortunately it has not been just once. Then come the teachers; some do not know the material themselves, let alone teach it. Then they become upset at the student for asking too many questions when he or she does not understand the concept. And finally, the security on site, I cannot believe they avoided an incident that sent a student to the hospital, and yet they feel they can treat students with disrespect simply because they are part of the staff. Overall, extremely disappointed.
Submitted by parent on June 14, 2011

Well I Would Not allowed My Child to go to this School if Id known that they weren't gonna follow there own school rules as well as allowing my child to play sports without my consent when it was effecting his grades as they not only allowed him to play but would take him outa town for couple days to events that had caused him to dislocate his elbow an Im bein billed $14,000.00 for that hospital bill an had to take him back to ER an X-Rays an prof. doctor visits after that addin up to $22,000.00. amoung other stuff.. There staff hidding an allowing students to stay in there home. Keeping students from Parents without haven that legal right ! Maken your child thinks its ok to let there grades drop as long as they are doing GREAT in Sports..an that thay don't have to do what there parents want is just the WRONG things that you want your child to learn from the ones that are paid to teach whats right an have them look up too.. All because they needed my son to make them look good they tore apart my family!!! Been A year as is still A situation.. So I Wouldn't advise ANYONE to put there kids or family in there hands!!!
Submitted by parent on April 27, 2011

I am an alumni from Antioch High School, and while I am mostly pleased with the teachers, I feel like the adminstration is lacking. If I had a daughter she would not attend. The hallways are scary and even though there is a "dress code" in place it has NEVER been enforced for the 4 years my son has attended.
Submitted by other on February 16, 2011

Hmmm...a lot of complaining I see here. The teacher is a facilitator, not a spoon feeder of academic material. The only way an education works is through engagement (i.e., taking full responsibility for your learning). I graduated from AHS and am now a second year PhD student. Before I graduated, I won 3 world championships in brass performance as a member of the Blue Devils. Success is based, in large part, on earlier successes. That means one HW assignment at a time while continuously identifying and recognizing your particular internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. Most things that get in the way of goals are distractions that can be controlled in a creative ways. NO WHINING. NO EXCUSES. DO OR DO NOT; THERE IS NO TRY.
Submitted by teacher on December 17, 2010

I have taught (substitute teacher) at Antioch High among other schools in this district. A large percentage of the academic grades (about 30%) are "F's". The teacher morale is low and the student body is largely uninterested. All this being said, there are some very committed teachers, and the students can do well as long as parental involvement is high. I would recommend any alternative if possible. It pains me to say these things, but the school is broken!