James Logan High School

Class of 2011!
I’ve been made fun of, talked behind back, been called «fake», don’t trust her, bullied, tormented, physically abused, emotionally abused, whatever you name it, but I still graduated on the honor roll so stop being rude and making people cry and mind you guys who just want to waste time poking fun at other’s who did nothing to you. I take everything I’ve been through and just joke it back to you. DRAMA FOR MYSELF. I’m going to write a play, book, direct a movie, and choreo a dance about those haters someday.
I’m happy with the school and those who have always believed in me. I’m thankful for my teachers, counselors, true friends, family, tennis!
Forgiveness? No matter how many times, I always forgive and give people the benefit of the doubt. Always. But some people aren’t worth being physically in my life. Move along~

JLHS alum c/​o 2012 :-)
Okay, super weird that you can leave reviews for your high school… But I’m gonna do it anyways.
It’s a big school, with a big campus, with a lot of students from a number of backgrounds. The nice thing is, there is no pressure to succeed on this campus — students do what they want to do and engage with classes that interest them. This can be kind of bad for kids that don’t have a desire to be successful academically, but it is great for the academically-​minded student that wants to explore all of his or her options.
There are great extracurricular programs and even curriculum-​based programs funded by ROP. I was a part of the Electronic Media Productions Academy, where we got hands-​on experience with Final Cut Pro and news production (with a real set on campus and a televised morning news announcement show that the senior class ran). They also offered classes that engaged in vocational training (EMT training, fire fighting, police training, nursing, auto shop, photography, etc). The track and field team, marching band, and speech & debate teams are all very successful and well known.
Join Interact, Key Club, or Leo Club — it’s a good thing to do and you meet a lot of great people. The campus is big and when I was leaving, teacher-​to-​student ratios were getting pretty bad (we were running out of seats). Since then, I’ve heard it has gotten a lot better with increased funding from a grant they received.
The school is a good mix of academics and extracurriculars, providing you with a pretty good education (should you have it in you to pursue it) along with great vocational training programs. I met a lot of different types of people and was exposed to so many cool cultures and customs. I definitely feel like going to Logan helped mold me into a well-​rounded and open minded individual. It’s almost its own little diversity bubble, and when I stepped out of it into my predominantly white college it was a little bit of a shock.

It’s pretty obvious that most of the people that are giving Logan bad reviews DIDN’T EVEN GO HERE. Must I say, I am a proud Logan alumni. JLHS offers many extra curricular activities for students such as sports, clubs, leadership, color guard, band, debate team, art & etc. Yes this school has around 4,000 students but the staff won’t give up on these teens. It can get busy and hectic in the office but things will always get taken care of. By the way, what high school hasn’t had any fights, juveniles or drop outs? Plus, why would that even matter? Wouldn’t you want to helps those teens instead of antagonizing them, grown adults??? *Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours*

This might be the best high school ever in HISTORY.
I have the pleasure of being a PROUD Alumni of the illustrious, James Logan High School. this school by far taught me so much besides academics.
This school exposes students to so many cultures and backgrounds, making you aware and open-​minded about differences in cultures.
The athletic program here has always been outstanding. The coaches are always there to guide you and mentor you into being the best you can be both athletically and academically.
I do not know anyone who went here and isn’t proud of this school.
Because Logan is the ONLY high school in the city, it has a lot of funding and is able to provide many additional programs and things that other schools can’t afford to offer.
I wish I lived in the Bay Area still in order to send my children here!
I would love for them to attend my Alma Mater!

As a parent of two high school students, I really like this school. It’s not perfect by all means but they offer more than other high schools do. Well, they have over 4k students, @ 1k per class and are well funded as its the only high school in the city and in between two big cities! They are near a police station and library across the school. The HE campus is like a college and I even get lost. 0_​o. The kids may think differently about the school but this school has everything. They have the usual nerds, druggies and trouble makers but what school doesn’t have them?!
They have their own football, track field, swimming pool, baseball field and tennis courts. They even have two theater space for performances. Kennedy park with a community center is right next door as well.
My daughters want to be nurses supposedly so there is even a nursing class they took before taking this in college. They have a forensic class or mechanics class… I wish I had that in high school?!
They have an online site for each grade and useful information needed for students and parents. They have auto-​generated phone calls for news about the school and if the kids are absent! How time flies?! I love that feature but if you have a lot of kids, it’s repeated multiple times! Argh…
My kids are lucky to go to this school as I came from a small private school and would have loved to go here as I would have wanted to try so many different activities. The teachers have been great so far…
I recommend this school totally!

I didn’t go to school here, but my long-​time friend had invited me to a mini-​concert being held here in the cafeteria. I said sure why not and decided to go, since I hadn’t seen her in a really long time. I gotta say, it was pretty difficult to find the cafeteria. They don’t have any direction signs as far as I could see, and we had to ask a teacher that works there to lead us to the cafeteria. And that was when it was daylight out… When the concert was over and we were getting ready to leave, it was night time and we had an even harder time getting back to our car because we couldn’t see anything! They didn’t have any lights in the hallways or out by the softball field where we had parked, and it was so hard to get back to our car.
I did think the cafeteria was pretty nice though. We had a great time at the concert.

I have no complaints about this school, I graduated in 2010. My 4 years was amazing, anyone who says otherwise has way too high expectations on life lol. I loved it here and I literally walked to school since I lived so close so no traffic for me. The only complaint I had was my junior year English teacher Mrs. Ramirez, she literally was so rude to me. One time she wrote a referral for me because I was wearing a tank top that showed a little too much cleavage when it didn’t. Lol wtf? My mom was super pissed at that and she gave me detention for accusing me of cheating when I clearly didn’t. Let her ass go Logan. But other than that Logan is amazing, visit Mr. Huertas in the counseling office he’s the best counselor and I was apart of his folklorico team all 4 years. You make a lot of great friends and have fun classes at Logan. Whenever people ask where I went to high school I never hesitate to say Logan, and the end result I always hear is «wow! Logan alumni? That’s a great school» who knows how it is now but when I went (06 – 10) it was a fun experience.

Such an awesome time here at Logan! (c/​o 2013)
I definitely enjoyed every minute here. I entered in beginning of freshmen year (coming from a private school) and quickly made friends. Everyone was so inviting during the whole four years and I am so glad I took advantage of all the opportunities and help Logan offered. (Thanks Ms. Hart and HOUSE 3 staff [esp. Ms. Montes!] for all the help for college).
The academics and extra-​curriculars are superb! The AP Curriculum is spot-​on. Logan offered SO MUCH AP classes that I couldn’t pass up; these were classes that I actually loved! (AP Physics [Ms. Chuong], Bio [Ms. Noche!], Stats [Baumback!], Calc BC [Prucha-​jedi master], Eng. Lang [Ireland!] and many more that I took, but these classes were the ones that I loved!)
I was also part of the Forensics team [Mr. Lindsey is the MOST INSPIRATIONAL & AMAZING person I know] and did Leadership. Logan helped me to expand my horizons and I don’t regret a single thing.
However, Logan is pretty ghetto and there are the folks who just don’t like school and like to cause trouble. There are kids who will intimidate you and just make you feel down, But there are A LOT of the nice and academic-​minded people who will become your friends (and they will help you through AP classes haha!) My friends were very smart and highly talented; their ambition and love for learning has rubbed off on me, and this is how my mindset is now.
The diversity of this school is just mind-​blowing and take advantage of everything Logan offers. 1) Become friends with the staff and administration — they write really good Letters of Rec. 2) Take AP classes that you love and will do well in — they are hard and challenging, but if you love it, it’ll be a little easier. 3) Get involved in school — this is a great way to make friends and expand your horizons. 4) Just be yourself — at a school this big, it may be hard to find yourself and what you want to do, but just keep true to yourself and everything will work out in the end. 5) Keep those friends throughout high school and college — they may someday be a high-​tier CEO and you need those connections haha!
Btw, shout-​out to Ms. Bobadilla, Ms. Noche, Ms. Chuong, Mr. Prucha, Mr. Baumback, Mr. Lockwood, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. Ireland, Ms. Collins, Ms. Curson, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Pava, Mr. Boyd, and many other teachers who have helped me to go to Berkeley! Go Colts & Go Bears!

One of the Best Schools in the Bay, a lot of Good Model Productive Citizens came outta Logan, with a lot more to Come…

would never send my kids here for school. awful

Class of 2009!!!
I went here all 4 years and had an amazing high school career.
TIP#1: I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but it’s a lot less competitive if you attend Logan, compared to like Mission San Jose and other schools nearby.
I only took like 4 or so AP classes, some honors, did around 200 community service hours, had extracurricular activities, and average SAT and ACT scores, but I was able to get into UC Davis. If I attended high school anywhere else, I don’t think I would’ve stood a chance.
TIP#2: It takes about 7 minutes to get from one end of the campus to the other end.
Don’t let those tardy points add up. I liked being teacher’s pet, hahaha.
TIP#3: Do a sport and/​or join a club. Stay active!
This (and college) is the prime time time to meet people! During my junior year, I gained a whole new group of friends, and 6 years later we are still amazing friends.
TIP#4: Take American Sign Language and Tripping (a class I wish I took)!
TIP#5: Take free classes at a community college to get ahead!
If you’re not enjoying high school, don’t fret! Better times will come :)
Personal shoutout to the influential teachers who have helped me become the person I am today. Thank you Mr. Valle, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Griego, Ms. Garcia, Ms. Saavedra, Mr. Caruso, Ms. Bobadilla, Ms. Finks, Ms. Dinis, & Mr. Lockwood!
Make it a great day or not; the choice is yours!

So far I am happy with the school, very nice field, arts department, classes, and such. Very spread out. It could use better parking options. I like the access to the teachers and from 2 kids I like 90% of the teachers.

I’m just going to say this place is very colorful, definitely colorful. Not in the rainbow kind of way, but in who you meet, what you see, and the events that happen.
Going to high school here, you really need to keep an open mind, or you’ll end up as one of those people that think it’s the worst place in the world although it’s far from it.

I am blessed and honored to have attended and graduated from this high school.
First off, CLASS OF 2009! WOOT.
1. Teachers. After attending a university, I honestly miss the personal attention I get from a high school class room setting. Although these teachers have about ~40−45 students in their class for at least 4 – 6 periods in a day, THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I’ve built so many memorable moments with these amazing teachers, I cannot thank them enough for supporting me (even though I wasn’t that great of a student), loving me (even though I sort of troublesome.), and honestly… caring for me. SHOUTOUT TO: MR. LINDSEY (for making the forensics team possible! THE BEST PROGRAM OFFERED AT LOGAN), CAMPBELL, MRS. PEREZ (the sign language teacher), MISS CHUANG (AP PHYSICS), MR. BAUMBACK (AP STATS), MR. JOHNSON (CHEM), MRS. GARCIA (AP ENGLISH), MRS. LAMBARDI (AP US HISTORY), MR. USTICK (AP WORLD HISTORY) & so many more, but the teachers that I’ve called out… I graduated like four years ago, and I still remember how BIG OF AN IMPACT these WONDERFUL teachers have on me. If they ever see this, I MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
** These teachers do put an enormous amount of effort to help out their students. I know when I was struggling through my classes, many of these teachers were more than willing to stay after school to tutor me OR even use their personal LUNCH period to tutor me while they’re eating. These teachers really go all out in helping their students be as successful as possible. Not only did these teachers offer to support me, they also challenged me and helped me grow into a more suitable candidate for a University. Of course, it is up to the student to rise to these challenges and also know how to ask for support.
2. Campus. When I left, they were doing some remodeling… it’s probably done now, but I don’t exactly stroll around this campus lol since I have no reason to… ANYWHO, yes the campus is HUGE. But it takes no longer than 5 minutes to reach from one end of the campus to the other… EVEN WHEN IT’S CROWDED. There are many places you can hang out during lunch… I can’t even name them all lol anywho, I have many, many memories at this campus and I think the atmosphere is great.
3. Yes. It is the only high school in Union City. And I think this is AWESOME. Everyone in your city attends this school. WHAT AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND COMMUNITY! I’m still in awe, but I think this is one of the best qualities at this school… having everyone in this community attending the same school… and because it’s so huge… it’s so diverse… and I’d like to think that a lot of people grew to be more open minded while attending Logan… OF COURSE, there are still a handful of those ignorant, narrow-​minded individuals… but those exist everywhere.
4. PROGRAMS. This school has sign language. How flippin awesome is that. Mind you, the teacher for the class is AWESOME. She’s so LOVING and CARING. This school is ranked high for their sports (at least for football they are lol). LOGAN BAND & LOGAN FORENSICS TEAM ARE SUPERRRRR BALLER. NO OTHER SCHOOL IN THE TRI CITY HAS A BETTER SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM OR BAND THAN US. Don’t even try to argue with that. And what makes these two AMAZING programs so awesome IS BECAUSE OF IT’S DIVERSITY.
**But honest: The speech and debate team at LOGAN is one of the top teams IN THE NATION. I was on the team for four years and honesty, you grow SO MUCH with this team. 1. it becomes apart of you and everyone on the team is your family. 2. you learn how to be more professional (GUARANTEE, of course you have to put the effort in too) 3. IT IS A BLESSING to be able to be on the team and constantly challenge yourself. 4. GREAT CONNECTIONS, you meet so many intelligent people all over the nation.
5. RESOURCES. This school has everything. The student just needs to ask & take advantage of it.
Overall, my educational experience at this school was fantastic.
Though, I have to complain about the office ladies that work in the main office. They’re sort of rude. I visited the campus because I needed to do some guardian paperwork for my little brother (whose attending the school now), and 1. they were rude fuck, no eye contact, they just starred at their computer screen when I was asking them a question & when answering, they answered with the «why are you so stupid» tone. 2. Apparently they give attitude to the students here, because one of the ladies in the office thought I was a student and she talked down to me until I told her I was a guardian of a student attending the school… I’m not a student there now THEN she apologizes and changes her rude tone of voice.
But yeah, that’s my only complaint, along with some high school drama that really has nothing to do with my educational experience there. but if you’re a parent reading this and you’re worried that your student might not have the best education here… I’m just going to tell you, I would chose this high school over any Mission High any day.

Let’s start off with the teachers. During my 4 years of being here, I met some nice and helpful teachers, but more bad teachers that can’t get fired because they’ve worked there for so long. Multiple teachers CANNOT teach! They’ll slap you with some homework and «notes», but when it’s time to get one-​on-​one help, they just reiterate the already unhelpful notes. A lot of teachers are downright disrespectful to the students. I have been told by a teacher that if I needed their blood to survive, they wouldn’t give it to me, I’ve had a very sexist teacher, the list goes on. I’m not saying that I’m the perfect student, but I’m not making spitballs and making graffiti on the desks!
Now, the students. If James Logan High School is in UNION CITY, and is the only high school in Union City, shouldn’t only students who live in Union City go here? Logan is crowded AF! I honestly do not understand why kids from Oakland, San Francisco, and kids all across the bay are allowed at this school. The school’s «best extracurricular activities» aren’t that great. I have not only met the rudest teachers at Logan, I’ve met the rudest students there! I have been in classes where the students just dilly dally the whole time, making it difficult to learn for those who are trying to get a good grade.
Administration/​Counselors: I’ve heard a lot of bad things about unhelpful counselors, but throughout my years of being here I had Barbara Alexander as a counselor and she was the best. I couldn’t have asked for a better counselor. The Campus Safety Technicians are very nice also. Ms. Kim, Mr. Brar, & Ms. Hull are disliked by everybody including staff members (trufax). Ms. McNamara (the head honcho) is such a sweetheart though.
Colorguard, Choir, Cheerleading, and Forensics ALL have unnecessary drama in it. And a BUTTLOAD of it.
Cafeteria Food: For 3.75, you can get a crap burrito, crap chinese food, grey chicken patties, or some other crap! Sooo not worth the money. Starve your children and force them to go to McDonalds after school.
Logan is overall unorganized. Orientation, back to school nights, almost everything looks as if it’s the first year of the school running as a whole.
If you’re forced to go to Logan, or you’re forcing your children to go because you hate them, check out these tips
Tips for surviving Logan:
–Walk fast, and don’t be afraid to push people in the hallways
–Don’t start anything. Drama is just so not worth it.
–Take American Sign Language. So easy and fun to learn.
–Bring your own lunch or starve yourself until the end of the day to get quality food.
–Be nice to the CSTS, and they’ll have your back
–Avoid having the «freshman heavy as hell backpack» look. Use your locker!
–Get active with your class. Join leadership, become class president, etc.
–If you’re having sex, go to the health center. They’ll hook you up with free birth control, condoms, etc. Even if you just need somebody to talk to, go there.
–If you want hot cheetos or a drink during class, go to Jimmy’s Café in Colt Court and bring a fake pass with you.
That’s all I can think of for now. Overall, if you have a choice, DON’T GO HERE. If not, I’m sorry. Good luck.

Young people can really thrive here. There are many functions, and school activities that can give the kids a chance at a great future and open up lots of oportunities. This school also allows the parents to participate in many athletic functions and the communication is great.
I cant wait for this year footbal season and colorgaurd!!!

Just going to make it short and sweet. I’m a senior at Logan at the moment and I can’t say I don’t enjoy being at Logan because well, I actually do. I do a lot for this school and I enjoy every bit of it. It’s not hard to get around once you get used to it and other than random fights and small kinks which are based on self-​individuals it isn’t bad at all. You only go through high school once so LIVE IT UP!

My EX-​BF used to go here, but he didn’t graduate, I think?
Anyways, this school has way toooo many students in Union city… how can they keep up?
Mainly there are Filipinos and Chinese that attends here!
It sucks for them because they have the Red Light Cameras placed in front of their school! HAHA… LOL! =p
More $$$$$ for the City of Union City!!!

OK so for some reason I decided to see if anyone else reviewed this school, and well, I felt kind of bad for my negativity.
I graduated from Logan back in 2001. Back then, things were A-​OK. Fights weren’t too common. Class sizes were manageable. It was chill. Sure, things could’ve been better, but things were a lot simpler back in 2001. Shoot, I think I had a Nokia 5190 back then, if anyone even remembers that phone.
If you want to know about all the good mumbo-​jumbo, read Justine’s review and I dunno, look up the school on Wikipedia. But if you want a brutally honest review, read mine and have a beer.

I am so glad i did not go to school here! I was almost going to also! The school is overpopulated! Lots of people want to be «ghetto» because they think its cool. Lots of gang violence. Half of the bay area’s teenagers come to this school! So many juveniles who should be in juvie. Why are all the bad kids from the bad schools migrating from all over the bay migrate to union city just to bring their children here. DONT! We are already populated as it is. More than 4000 kids, come on now!
I have been living in union city all my life and watch it grow from a peaceful little city into a overpopulated, juvenile having, city… ughh hate it