Willow Canyon High School

17901 West Lundberg Street

School District

Dysart Unified District
Grade

7-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 30, 2024

I am writing this review after getting a call from the assistant principal at Willow Canyon. She flat out in her words, told me that my son was not allowed to look up me military. Weapons from the war to expand his knowledge. Since he is a warbuff, she also implied. Since I let my son look at stuff like that that I am a bad father. After getting off the phone with them, I received a harassing call from the police officer that was trying to intimidate me the school Vice-principal and police officer from the sounds of it. We're acting very prejudiced and bullying my son, as well as trying to bully me.I'm playing.I was a bad father
Submitted by parent on May 13, 2022

Biased treatment of students, horrible administration staff . Worst school ever, this school is a perfect example of a broken education system and teachers that only work for their littler paychecks!.
Submitted by parent on December 08, 2019

My daughter went to school there for all four years of high school. Then went on to ASU. It not only taught her the school subjects but taught her leadership.
Submitted by parent on March 07, 2019

Horrible. And the district's can't seem to figure out why they lose their funding to charter schools. Red for Ed remember. How about you earn you your pay like every other industry.
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2018

Willow Canyon is an amazing school. My Son graduated 2 years ago and got a full ride to College. His teachers prepared him for college and he has done amazing there because of the great teachers at Willow that are seasoned teachers willing to go above and beyond to teach. We now have another child attending and we are excited that the same teachers are still there. We know without a doubt he is going to have a great education.
Submitted by other on September 03, 2017

The counselors and teachers really care about you and will go out of their way to help you at Willow Canyon. The campus is safe and there are plenty of opportunities for students to grow.
Submitted by parent on August 09, 2016

Communication in all aspects is terrible.2 messages to my daughters counselor never returned and I had to go into the office and basically wait for her to see me. I had to leave messages with no return call to find out about meet times and bus schedule for after school sports. My daughter arrived at her swim meet to never be acknowledged. When I arrived and approached the coach he contradicted himself several times saying she wasn't released to swim (all documents turned in the first day of school so she could participate) in the same sentence he said most of the swimmers in the pool had not been released yet. Academics is focused on one type of learning style. Treats parents and students like a number (funding I'm sure). Lacks resources for struggling students and they show no interest in the well being of the student. The public school system definitely lets most children down and we wonder why kids drop out or ditch.Terrible rating because they lack follow through, interest in the child's well being and individual attention is not genuine.
Submitted by parent on April 08, 2016

I'm even disgusted to say I let my two kids attend this school. I switched them to Shadow Ridge HS, it may be a longer drive but it's really worth it. This school lacks student safety, the campus isn't clean, and bullying isn't dealt with correctly.
Submitted by parent on December 22, 2015

This school has offered programs to our daughter that a better rated school could not offer. It has also challenged her in every honors class versus adding the same but more work. We have found a positive and collaborative student body, an encouraging and intelligent staff, and many opportunities for growth. The sports programs and parents have also been supportive. We are looking forward to sending another daughter her next year.
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2013

Our son graduated from Willow Canyon May 2013. He is currently attending Hofstra University in New York. He feels that he was sufficiently prepared for college. He played sports and developed a great relationship with his coaches.
Submitted by other on August 02, 2013

Willow has a great athletic program It is one of the best schools in the Surprise area