Kentridge High School

Great school! Very spacious and well built. Attendance office smells like it urine though.😒

As a student who attended all four years at this school and graduated, I have to say, some of these reviews make absolutely no sense and are extremely over exaggerated.

I can PERSONALLY GUARANTEE that bullying is non-existent. A select group of students within their OWN social circles will "roast" each other. Roasting is, essentially, pointing out flaws of the victim in question. "Traditional bullying" simply doesn't occur. I mean the Hollywood movie things like, stuffing students in lockers, malicious verbal harassment, mugging for lunch money, forcing heads into toilets, off campus assaults, etc.

The administration is 3.5/5 for sure. Students will, without a doubt, be held responsible for any instance of failure. Failure can range across attendance, grades, behavior and a few other factors. I personally like a lot of the teachers because they can be very helpful. Admittedly, like anybody in the work force, teachers will have "bad days" and make regretful decisions.

I believe the administration does care based on their close observance of students who are not meeting expectations. In fact, I knew a student who was called into an administrator's office six times in a five day period for progress updates.

Most of the athletic programs are successful and the coaching staff set reasonably high standards for athletes. Unfortunately, if a student is planning on participating in the football program, they'd better put in a lot of extra work. The coaching staff has no issue having the same eleven players play both sides of the ball and special teams.

In retrospect, I enjoyed my experience at Kentridge. It was nice meeting and getting to know lots of fascinating individuals. Honestly, the Culminating Project is unnecessary and strips many students of time where they could've been excelling academically. I understand the lesson taught through the Culminating Project but it's very stressful if a student falls behind.