West Campus High School

makes me wanna die coming here everyday but I know I’ll miss wanting to die everyday when I graduate. 2016!

Great academic high school. They put on great dances and fun rallies for the kids throughout the year to keep things fun. The only downside to this school is the lack of support in sports… like no football or track field. Hopefully they can get funding over the years and hopefully these things can change.

Pretty much what Declan said is true. Anyone who was in the class of 2010 like him would probably rate this place 1 star. And unfortunately for me, I happened to be one of them. I would rate this no stars if I could. I’m surprised that I actually stayed all 4 years here. I was so excited when I found out that I got into this school, thinking that it would be a great 4 years. But boy was I wrong. Everything just happened to change for us as each year went on.
— We had to wear collared shirts for 2 years.
— We had 3 different principals, 3 different vice principals.
— We were the only class that had 2 years of bookwork with Ms. Wittpen. She happened to retire the year after… She was the worst PE teacher ever. For those of you who played favorites with her, good job on getting a rigged A.
— We were the only class that had to do a science project for 3 straight years (for those who took biology, chemistry, and then physics). It got taken out by the time we were seniors.
— We had to take a bullshit class called Contemporary Global Issues during our senior year. Why was this a graduation requirement again?
— We graduated on the football field at Rosemont High School because we were so poor. The mic barely worked, there were people playing tennis in the background, and airplanes were flying through the sky. Maybe we should have just graduated on the fields of Mark Twain… It wouldn’t have been much of a difference.
Nothing was ever consistent at this school. There were new teachers and staffs every single year. Perhaps a lot of that explained why we were the only senior class to lose a rally. There is no doubt that we were the least spirited and the most apathetic class. But then again, there were definitely a bunch of other negative things about this place as well.
— The hall monitors who act like they run the school.
— The constant change in administration.
— The uneducated counselors who don’t even know how to calculate a GPA.
— Those Greek math teachers who don’t speak English very well, who are always talking on the phone instead of teaching. I had one of them for 2 years. And I know people who have had them for 3 or more.
Anyways, there were very few good teachers. But there were a lot who didn’t do their job well. I was just glad that I got my high school diploma, which we didn’t even get on the day of our graduation. We had to go back to the school a couple weeks later to get them. Ever since then, I’ve never been back there and I don’t plan on returning for any reason. Maybe things did get better for the later classes, but for the class of 2010, things were definitely at its worst.

Excellent basketball facility.

For the record, it should be West Campus High School, not Hiram Johnson West Campus High School. We separated ourselves from Hiram Johnson Main years ago, but for some reason, we’re still associated with it. West Campus is its own school with its own independent scholastic program and achievements.
This review is based on my experience at the school from 2003 to 2007, when John Becker was still the cool principal and vice principal Howard Mahoney struck fear into the hearts of students as he roamed the hallway with tedious dress-​code checks, implemented during fall 2006.
The school itself used to be a middle school campus, so it’s smaller than your average high school. There’s a few hallways and a portable classroom by the field on the edge of campus. Lockers were replaced sometime during 2005.
Each class has about 200 students, all of whom must apply to the school. The selection process (which may have changed?) requires recommendations from middle school teachers, an evaluation of the student’s standardized test scores, and copies of the standard forms and school transcripts. If you have a sibling already at the school, you have a higher chance of being admitted.
The school lacked a football field. Instead, we had a huge baseball field towards the back of the school. Tennis courts were later built.
The marching band pwned all :] I loved the music program at the school and it’s all thanks to Mr. Ousley and Mr. Hernandez :] thank youu! There are bunches of clubs and sports for extracurricular activities.
(I LOVE BAND! WCMB!!)
I adore most of the staff at the school. However, as with most administrations, there are a few disagreeable members: X
Like what Kirsten said with her review, look at the college admittance rate for students from West Campus. They’re all prepared for success in higher learning institutions.

This is the worst high school ever.
I wasted four years of my life at this hellhole, where half the teachers don’t know what subjects they teach and the other half don’t speak English.
Let me think.
For a while we had a really disgusting principal who I’m pretty sure never even cared to learn the name of her Vice Principal.
And they make up rules at this school like nobody’s motherfucking business.
For a while in our Freshman year we couldn’t carry bottles of water because they were worried it was alcohol.
Well let me tell you.
I wouldn’t have made it through four years here if I hadn’t been drinking heavily.
There are only two or three teachers who genuinely seem to care about what they teach, and only two or three others that don’t act like entitled assholes all of the time.
Nothing ever gets done here because the communication is so bad.
Everyone working in the office (the counselors included) need to go back to kindergarten to learn basic communication skills.
I hated every second I spent at this school.
Most of the teachers are genuinely awful.
I feel true pity for anyone who goes here.
This school will make you want to stab yourself with a rusty nail.

Am i seriously the first to review here???
Take a look at all of the scores and rates about the students who go here who get admitted to college… This school rocks.
Each graduating class is about 200 people so it’s definitely an intimate high school experience. The teachers really care about the students and are involved in their lives. If I ever (probably more likely that pigs would fly) have children and I’d want them to go to as fantastic of a school as this!