Standley Lake High School

Pros:
(most of) The teachers here seem to have a sense of humor and enjoy their job.

Many opportunities for sports and a really passionate and growing arts program.

Probably the best Jeffco school in terms of foreign language courses.

lots of individualized courses for different people

A boatload of extracurricular or after-school activities

Cons:

There is a drug problem, but that kind of thing is to be expexted. It's high school, for crying out loud

Campus is pretty run down and needs to be renovated more often

The music program is under-funded (coming from a band kid :/)

Overall I think that this school is looked down upon and the media portrays it to be worse than it really is. Of course it's not objectively a fantastic school, but it's one that I don't mind being a student in. Good things come and go

I am forever grateful for Sara Puff, my sons guidance counselor. She has always provided wonderful support and is very quick to respond to my questions or concerns. A+ for sure!

I love my high school, even though most my classmates are pieces of s**t, I still respect there opinion. My teachers are awesome and have some hilarious story's and jokes.

After attending SLHS and having siblings who have done the same, I would give it a four star rating. Most of my teachers were really good, especially in the social studies department as others have noted. However I took almost exclusively AP and honors classes, and as such had a limited pool of teacher. Many people would tell me that there teachers were horrible, but I never had any terrible teachers so I can't actually vouch for that.

As for the drug problem, yes it exists, but almost exclusively is limited to THC and Alchahol.

The Food was just blackjack pizza, but SLHS has an open campus so many of us just left to go to the nearby sonic or sandwich shop.

If you plan to take IB/AP/Honors, this school may be a great fit for you (especially AP). My education experience has been mostly positive, with the curriculum at its worst not stimulating and the teacher uninterested, but I found all AP classes to be challenging, engaging, and surrounded by well educated, supportive teachers.

its a very interactive school the teachers are mostly chill but there are always the teachers you dont get along with

I went to school here, my experience there were drugs, some teachers are rude, food is not good nor bad.

Tate Minch, is the coolest guy in the whole school.

I'm only giving this two stars as the teachers are great. The students have ruined my reputation, spread rumors, are high in class, and are apathetic and heartless. Enough said.

this school is filled with drugs and sucks but on the good side there are good electives

As a former student at SLHS, I personally found this school to have very few teachers who actually taught and such was mostly the social studies department. My son in fact, has also attended SLHS and there were many times he had explained to me the teachers were making inappropriate and racial comments as well as comments as "If you have no idea what I'm teaching, go home and cut your wrists". My son also suffers of depression and was very stressed with the treatment there. My son also said he knew about Vince(a student who lit himself on fire at the school), and close friends of his had rumored that he claimed school was what made his choice. Please, I repeat, please do not come to this school because I have never known a school so bad as to something like SLHS!