Alhambra High School

I cant believe the HS lets out early every WED and the Middle school lets out early every Thur. That is horrible. It makes it so hard as a parent to schedule child care for one child. Even worse for 2 children in different schools. Also for an after school institute to schedule teachers everyday at 3pm, but on one day they come at 1pm. It’s completely insane. The community needs to put in a new superintendent and school board members. Maybe Asians would be more attentive to parent and scholastic needs of the community.

Its ashame that these counselors that are hired to help these students, don’t do their job. They are hired to guide and assist these students, not to give them a hard time about their schedule. Every year its the same thing, in order to get things done i have to call the counselor myself. Then when i try to call the counselor she is never available. They are always in meetings, so when do they have time to assist and guide these students? I feel like these counselor chose who they want to help succeed in life and that’s not right. I see I’m not the only one that feels this way.

Does anybody know if the track is open to the public on evenings and weekends to
Run ??

I went to see a basketball game at Alhambra High School on 1÷7÷2014. It was my first time in the gym there to see a varsity game. The Alhambra Moors defeated the visiting Rosemead Panthers by a score of 49 to 27. :(

Reasons I liked AHS:
1/​Beautiful campus campared to my other options in El Sereno
2/​Alot of teachers looking to make a difference and just plain passionate about their jobs
3/​ALOT of activities for students (not education related).
4/​Mrs. Collins found me my first «real» job with a small CPA firm. Without that job I don’t think I would have been able to flurish in my career.
Reasons I disliked AHS:
1/​Counselors were not encouraging. Poor teachers are doing their jobs AND the counselors jobs. I understand if you want something you go out and get it… however. how the heck are you supposed to know what it is you are reaching for when you are the first to go to college in your family? I think the relatives of these couselors work at ELAC too lol because their couselors were just as insulting and uninterested in steering you in the right direction.
2/​I received more unwarranted truant tickets than my backpack could handle causing financial stress on my family. This does not have to do with AHS but I thought I’d throw that in there.
3/​No programs reaching out to students from lower income families to speak with them about college, how it works (yes, how it works), financial aid (so it’s believable anyone can get a higher education)
4/​No programs about SAT’s and how they can help you.
CLASS OF 1997
P. S. lol I turned out fine but had I had the dislikes narrowed down to zero BEFORE I left AHS I might have earned my degrees ALOT sooner. lol
Cheers

I work here, i like the school itself

Just aware you don’t get a lot of help like middle school, you on you own, due to the school size. Counselor isn’t that helpful.

Go Moors!

I’m indifferent to schools. How helpful can a school be? If a kid is smart, they’ll figure out life on their own. If a kid isn’t bright, they’ll fall through the cracks soon enough. Let evolution and society takes its course.
I attended Alhambra High School from 2005 to 2009. Here’s a basic rundown of things that occur in this school: teachers teach students what they need, people in charge give the «we’re here to guide everyone through life» sermons, school can distribute accredited diplomas, and no one bugs you years from now.
What else could I want? A little more diversity on campus. Better cafeteria food for $ 2.25. Students actually interested in the subjects they study so hard for.

Definitely five stars. I attended from 2001 to 2005. I was involved in multiple programs and clubs on campus so it made the high school experience really enjoyable. I took Period 0 and the extra 7^th period throughout my four years in high school. I used to despise the 8 or so minute passing period from A to D building, but having a 10 minute passing period in college is a lot more pressure and only makes me realized that I should have appreciated the 3-​story climb up the D-​building! Definitely take advantage of the programs that they offer there (Debate, Biomed, MESA, etc.) because high school isn’t just about school work. The workload can also be a bit rigorous if you choose to take on those classes. At the time I went, the teachers were a lot more experienced and dedicated to old-​fashion teaching; most of «good» teachers have retired though. At the time I went, service organizations were also selective with interview processes, probational periods, and required volunteer hours for each semester. AP classes tended to select for high achieving students too. I remember when my government teacher would force the student (s) to stand up if they fall asleep in class! Haha. Overall, great public education!

I hate this place.
I know that my whole entire family, back to my great grandparents, have all gone here. I don’t see the attraction, maybe things have just changed.
I had such a horrible experience here. The current dean is a prick, and I’m still trying to pay off the smoking ticket I got here. It’s a long story, but I wasn’t even smoking there, and who knew smoking costed you 400 dollars anyhow?
Anyways, I can’t say all of it is bad, I’ve met some great people there, and some good teachers that really did care about the kids. But all those good teachers are fired now because of that whole deal with the thousands of teachers being fired.
I don’t know, I just personally hated it here, and I was only there for one semester.
They do have a good peer counseling program that I was a part of, which is really cool considering alot of schools don’t have that. Lots of clubs, some firm but fair phys ed teachers, tons of school activities. And you do learn alot while you’re there. Thats the one part I can’t hate them for, they do get the job done.

I don’t know how I can give less than 5 stars to a place of my educators. I earn what I earn today because of them. THANK YOU!!!
I’m also giving them a 5 for the great memories!
I attended AHS from ⁹⁄₁₉₉₃ to ⁶⁄₁₉₉₇ (class of 1997) I’m so old that I was there before the «new» building that you see there today was built. We were moved from the old C, D, E, F bungalows to the «new» bungalow where the baseball field is today, I spent senior year in the fresh new buildings… great memories.
High School and College were some of the best times of my life, don’t get me wrong, I love my job and getting paid, but those times were so worry free! Thus better than adult issues like mortgages, bills, car payments, paying for the wedding etc.
I liked most of the teachers I had there. Mr. Lopez from History was soooo hard in the beginning, I got a C– the first quarter, but I brought my grade up to an A, but it was HARD work and for the FIRST time I felt the feeling of accomplishment. I’ve gotten plenty of A’s but those were easy to get. Teachers like Mr. Lopez really challenged me. Mr. Jeff Caseria was one the the weirdest and funniest teachers I’ve met! He was a white surfer dude who spoke fluent Mandarin! He was one of those teachers who you can see as a friend that is easy to talk to.