Colony High School

3850 East Riverside Drive

School District

Chaffey Joint Union High
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:24
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 20, 2023

They do not support their students!! Isn’t prom SUPPOSED to be the Junior/senior prom ie SENIOR PROM. FINAL! Kids work hard 4 yrs looking forward to senior festivities AND PROM!! Colony currently 2022-23 is targeting the Sophomore Junior population. That is discrimination!! And those children have the opportunity to go prom in their Jr senior year. BEYOND DISAPPOINTED
Submitted by parent on September 03, 2022

All 3 of my kids graduated from this school. My youngest just graduated but the 2 older ones are college graduates with 1 of them getting a full tuition soccer scholarship. The teachers are great and the school is run well. One of my kids had some emotional issues while going to the school and the staff was incredibly supportive.
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2020

We have had a child at Colony for the last 8 school years and still have 2 more years to go. Our experience has been wonderful for three of our children. The teachers are great with communication and the office staff is great on staying on top of anything that needs to be done on their end or anything that is brought to their attention last minute. I love the school pride, the student involvement and the parent involvement. You don’t see that much once a child hits high school and at Colony it is strong.
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2019

My Daughter had amazing teachers that truly cared and guided her towards success.
Submitted by student on June 28, 2018

Colony has some redeeming activities like its sports teams and clubs, but even then, they are lower-middle quality. The volunteering clubs like Key Club show little enthusiasm or achievements throughout a year. I wish there were more extracurriculars like academic competitions, robotics, debate, an actual math club that did competitions or discussed math, etc. It would also be nice if more students could take AP Calculus BC to form a class. There are few fun bonding socials or activities, such as student pageant shows, physics boat races, or even legitimate competitions during ASB election weeks, as most positions have only one candidate running. The school also stinks and is unattractive in architecture. The walls are an ugly pale brown and the school feels like a prison with its many bars and constantly locked doors when students are trying to get to class. It is also inaccessible as traffic is super jammed before and after school, yet administration always closes off one section of the parking lot. Rather than letting students go through the library or the middle entrance, they must walk all the way around, even in 90 degree weather. Staff will watch kids bang on the door to let them in. The school is also not diverse as having 71% of the school be Hispanic is still mostly homogenous. On the other hand, there are only 4% Asians here, which is incredibly minimal, at probably only 1 or 2 Asian kids per classroom. A similar statement could be made of whites, multiracial, native Americans Etc. Basically, this school is disappointing in academics, policies, and could use improvement in its activities.
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2016

Colony is a great school. The facilities are still fairly new and well kept. The teachers are amazing and well trained. I love the school principal very energetic and charismatic.
Submitted by student on June 11, 2013

Many may have conflicting statements about this school, but my personal statement about this school is that it is wonderful. Some students complain about how horrible their school bc of the simple fact they do not want to work. Those students do not realize the privileges this school offers compared to other schools. For example, many other students who move from schools like Ontario high or Chaffey high notice the difference from the social and academic life here. Colony in my opinion is a great school, but in order for one to acheive greatness they have to work for it. Dont blame a school for a student's lack in work ethetic. High school is suppose to ready adolescents for the world, so if they do not learn to take responsibilities for their actions now, life will be a more challenging place. All in all colony has a great staff who ALWAYS Offer extra help to all students when needed, many students who are postive to associate with, and its honestly the nicest looking school in the district, along with Los Osos. Shout out to my homegirl Mrs.Sikes Love this teacher she is so awesome <3 Class of 2015 rocks ! Lol
Submitted by parent on April 25, 2013

Colony is a great school. Better than most schools in Southern California. Great teachers, great academics, great activities. This school cares about the students. Definitely a 5 Star school.
Submitted by parent on January 14, 2013

My son attended Colony from 2006-2010. He graduated without any major issues. However, as his parent, I know he could have done better. I experienced a lack of communication and from the teachers and a lack of administration support in dealing with issues. My daughter is now a freshman there under a new principal and I can say that I have noticed an improvement with communication from the administration and teachers. All my daughters teachers use schoolloop and keep it current which provides me with my daughters daily progress. I receive automated updates by phone on a regular basis informing me of whatever is going on and activities/services being offered to the students. I am pleased with the new principal. Academics and student success seems to be a priority.
Submitted by parent on November 16, 2012

I find it amazing that a teacher, not counselor, has the authority to drop a student from a class. Here is the posted policy at Colony,and it can happen for a few reasons: truancy, behavior, or tardies. I also find it amazing that English teachers show movies most of the year. I hope that attributes to their high test scores and college admissions to vaunted schools such as Yale, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, USC, UCLA, Stanford... It's a shame that someone could "loose" your student's work! Maybe he or she should zip up their backpack! And hey, who wouldn't love to get their hair done? I mean, if their just watching movies! Obviously your student had a bad experience here, but your opinion does not support everyone else's Colony experience.
Submitted by parent on August 27, 2012

If your children attend here - be on top of their classes - grades and progress - the new administration let teachers encourage kids to drop needed classes - and not be responsible for teaching your kids - English teachers play movies most the year - loose students work and get their hair done in class - and still teach there. I can count on one hand the teachers that care about your students at this school - other wise to admin you are just a number. If you want your kid to have an academic challenge this in not the school to go to.
Submitted by teacher on August 07, 2012

Well, I will try to not appear biased here but I am very proud of Colony High School. I think in any high school it's hard to generalize blame which is what I see in some of the criticisms of Colony. In my many years of teaching I have found that students who WANT to excel DO and those who don't DON'T. High school is great training ground for life and more often than not when someone is putting blame on someone other than themselves or the student it's probably just an excuse. Truth be told most students at this school are very nice, and respectful, but the ones that soar do so because they are focused and they have a plan. They don't look for some magical event to happen, or blame someone for not caring. It's not going to happen in the real world so why would someone blame their failure on someone else. It's all about intrinsic motivation to succeed. I agree that all high schools have flaws but that doesn't excuse students from succeeding. I suggest anyone who broad brushes Colony as this or that is simply making excuses and should take a good look in the mirror first before blaming someone else.
Submitted by student on July 14, 2012

this school is cool and it teacher are good too and nice and its like a family to a student
Submitted by teacher on September 02, 2011

Colony is one of the better, if not, the best "southern" school in the Chaffey Joint Union High District. We cannot compare Colony to the "northern" schools since the demographic is like day and night but if you look at the Colony's test scores, it speaks for itself. Colony have been improving their API score ever since we open in 2003, except for one year, 07-08. (See www.movoto.com) It is not fair to rate a school base on the fact that a school appears to feel like a "prison" from a student's point of view because most school these days are fenced up for safety reasons. Colony's academics offers a variety of Honors and AP courses. ASB and renaissance are very active in producing school culture and pride. The sports programs are awesome. Football, basketball and track have won CIF champions. Compare to Ontario, Chaffey, Montclair & Valley View... Colony beats them all! Go Titans! :)
Submitted by student on July 10, 2011

I hate this school. The teachers do NOT know what their teaching. They come late mostly everyday. We never do anything in the classes. Nor get homework. How do you expect to bring your test scores up when we're not doing ANY learning? The school looks like a prison. They don't even like their students. EVERYTHING goes down at this school. BIRDS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE! It smells from the cows in the morning. NO shade.