As a coach, I go to a lot of area high schools. Elk Grove High School is a great high school to…read morevisit and host games and tournaments. The academic wing is laid out in a square and is easy to follow and find your way around. The library has been recently updated and is a great spot for coaches and judges to set up shop. The outdoor football stadium worked great to host the awards ceremony during the pandemic. I've always had a great experience at Elk Grove High School and look forward to going back again!

I come here for my niece and nephew's choir concerts. They don't open the doors for the auditorium…read moreuntil about 10 min before showtime which is kind of annoying. Other than it's pretty cool

I went to James B. Conant High School for a congressional debate tournament. The modern looking…read morelibrary served as great place to host the coaches and judges. The classrooms were all different, set up to serve different teachers and classes. Some classrooms still had chalkboards. The cafeteria worked great to serve as a student lounge and hold lunch. James B. Conant High School is a great school Academically and shows great ccommitment to its athletics and activities. I highly recommend James B. Conant High School!

Excellent public school.read more

My twin sisters attend this school and absolutely love it here! Every time I've come to pick them…read moreup or drop them off, the teachers have been really polite and helpful. They offer lots of opportunities to get involved. My one sister is on the wrestling team, and my other sister is in band. Both of them are involved in SOS, which stands for Students on board with Success. With this group, they've gained leadership experience and are able to help their peers. I definitely recommend this junior high!

Great School for Boys - grades 6 through 12. If looking for a great school to mold boys into young…read moremen this is the school for you ! They have many sports ( no football) and have a rigorous syllabus that will prepare your son for college!

My son attended the Dangerous camp and the Music Appreciation camp last summer. We were blown away…read moreby how much fun he had at Dangerous Camp -- the floor of the gym was covered in nerf bullets and the kids were decked out in safety glasses, the leaders seemed intelligent and fun, nobody behaved like sore losers when they lost competitions, they made everything really enjoyable... great experience. The music camp was super small but they accomplished a lot and my son, the youngest in the group-- still had a really positive experience. I was actually surprised because it's hard to make a tiny music camp fun when you don't know what instruments you're getting and what skill levels-- but they did a fabulous job. We kept in touch with a few of the students and they were great. We went to the open house for the school this year and looooved the headmaster's speech. It seems like a private school that actually sticks by their beliefs and doesn't only cater to rich parents. I was left with the impression that they have great integrity, and the people there were respectful, polite, and fun.

Just went for COVID testing that was held in the parking lot…read more Looked like the tennis team was getting ready for practice.

Came to my old high school while in town. I guess I am biased since I graduated in 1986. The…read morecampus is clean and well kept in a quite safe neighborhood. I wish my own kids attended this school as it produces some notable alumni.

Very great school. The staff and administration work hard to make a great learning environment.read more

I loved this school, many memories at both campuses. Because there is an East and West campus…read morethough, I felt like I lost a little bit of the actual high school experience. The teachers were all fantastic too, some how I was lucky enough to avoid all the bad ones. There weren't too many though, just a few. The atmosphere for school was great and I had a lot of fun during my high school years.

My son is a student at this school and he loves it. It is a school for "gifted" children and while…read moreI hate that label it is what it is. The school goes from pre K-8th grade which is a great thing since the kids will be in one school until high school. It is a private school so it does cost quite a bit but it really is an exceptional school. Whether or not it's worth the money I can't really say. Personally, I would cringe at the price tag if Einstein himself were teaching my child. They just built a new building this year and it is amazing. So much better than the old building they were in. Lots of room and the capability to have more students, classes and teachers. Some pros: The facility is wonderful, the teachers are great and really care about the kids. Reading and math are based on ability, not on grade. So, if your 5-6 year old is reading like a nine-year old, they will be put in with those readers. The school isn't even "grade" based. there is no "1st grade", etc. It is level based. They have a GREAT fine arts program. Extensive art, music and drama programs that you won't find in a public school. Some cons: There is a bit of an elitist attitude there at times but I think it comes more from parents than the staff. There is a bit of communication problem with the school and the parents. There just doesn't seem to be a cohesive way for parents to get the information they need. If you're considering sending your child here, definitely sign up for a visit and a shadow day. Personally, as long as we can afford it, my son will be going to this school.

I recently graduated from SAA, and looking back just a couple years, I have to say that SAA has…read morechanged me a lot. I feel more confident and motivated, and I have made some amazing friends. One of the things about SAA that makes it unique is that the fact that you will do as well as the work you put in. As long as you take advantage of the local resources and have some self motivation to do well, it isn't hard to master the schoolwork and beyond. The teachers are willing to help if you are willing to ask, even when it comes down to academics beyond the classroom. For example, when I needed help for my High School application, or improving my SAT scores, my teachers were glad to lend me a hand. Also, I have to give props to the excelled math program that SAA offers. Where I initially did not enjoy math as a subject at all, SAA motivated me to improve my math ability. I eventually became part of the Math Team and found a passion for mathematics. SAA was a great choice for me, and I got a lot out of my experience.

I went to this middle school for a total of 3 years. I absolutely hated EVERY SECOND of it... Let…read moreme start with the atmosphere of the school... DEAD. Almost all the teachers either seem so out of it they'd rather be in an actual prison, or so deeply depressed in their own lives to actually teach to their struggling students. Seriously, my old Italian teacher would literally tell my friend about her dying marriage in the middle of class. There is a large sum of teachers here who, for lack of a better term, seriously give no fucks. Their teachings methods are LAUGHABLE at best and they do literally nothing aside from patronize students and make it seem like it's entirely their fault. They treat the children here like literal inmates! Kids I know now, call the school Indian Jail, because of how POORLY we were treated. Bullying is handled SO POORLY, and that's coming from someone who was BEAT UP in this school!! And I was being watched by a gym teacher (who I can't name for legal reasons unfortunately. But I'll tell you this, she's obese and has metal in her knees) . This woman watched as I was beaten up, thrown around, kicked, yelled at and tossed onto the floor for literal months straight. At one point, I was gutted so hard my knee kicked up the sink and it SLAMMED back down on the pipe making a loud noise that echoed through the locker room. And all this woman did was scold me for being loud and not telling her what happened. I have no sympathy for her. I was literally suicidal over it and told school officials who did absolutely nothing about it. Now let's talk about the jokes that have running the Dean's office. First off, they go through Deans quicker than chain smokers finishing off cigarette packs. And the people they pick to be Deans, always have this tendency to be insanely horrible. One of the Deans (who I again can't mention) brought out a MEGAPHONE during our lunch period to dismiss us to eat... A MEGAPHONE! What are you a warden commanding your inmates? Seriously, half the time I was here it was plainly obvious that all the adults working here were just sad and trying to fulfill the fantasy of being some sort of supreme authority figure. Like, pal this is a middle school... not a correctional facility!?! Another thing that completely unnerved me when I attended, was the fact that (at least when I went) the entire school was like a time capsule back to 1975. The locker rooms were in such depraved condition that the paint from the lockers was peeling off and piled on the floor. Kids would scrape graffiti onto doors because the paint was so easy to chip off. There were water stains on more than half of the ceiling tiles. Lights would flicker and buzz, there were rumored to be rats in the basement, walls and doors had wood that was SO OLD it would give you splinters, and there was GRIME and MOLD littered across the locker room. Even though no one used the showers? How does that even happen? Pipes and electrical wires would break almost weekly. One time, a pipe burst in the commons during school... and the principal made us stay and EAT WHILE IT WAS BEING FIXED. Forget that your students could get sprayed with water or have a ceiling tile hit them. No, no, no... let's keep them at school instead of dismissing them for a pipe bursting! The food at the school is downright horrendous... I knew kids who got food poisoning from it. I knew kids who got their lunch taken from them constantly. Some kids would even STARVE because the "lunch monitors" would hold them back from getting their food because some kids were "too loud". Awesome, let's starve these growing kids and punish them for talking during their break period... really? What kind of behavior does this aim to fix or teach? Not to mention that the tables and floors were rarely cleaned well. So all the tables and seats would be sticky to the touch. I will say this one positive thing about the school... there are good teachers within it's hellish walls. But don't get me wrong here... there are TERRIBLE ones!!! I will name the good teachers I had at this school because they deserve praise: Ms. Luzietti, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Fornek and Mr. Biba. Those are the only fun and good teachers that I can remember at this school. And they didn't do the following: punish their students for having needs or questions, shame their students, or talk about their very personal issues with their students. And I can say this, I actually learned and had good memories in their classrooms. Mr. Parker actually taught me math, Ms. Luzietti actually taught me language arts, Mrs. Fornek made history fun, and Mr. Biba is just awesome no questions lol. But the rest of them are subpar are WORSE. Overall, if you live in the Addison area... please send your kids to a different middle school... Go to Woodale or Peacock. Because if this place left me with literal trauma and PTSD (I honestly wish I was joking but I'm not) your kid won't survive... trust me. Thanks for reading my essay

This school is bad, I've been here for 2 years and this is from a students perspective, it's…read morehorrible, if there's bullying they do nothing, the most they do is write and apology, but that barely happens, the new deans are a joke, One dean screams on a microphone at lunch telling us to be quiet, and one is completely stupid, I got in trouble, and the dean started bringing his political views into the discussion, im in the 7th grade you don't bring up your political views to a 12 year old, the school is utter stupid 81% of the school is failing math In 2012, a girl tied herself up in the bathroom and pretended to be raped and the school was on lock down for 3 hours I can't find the specific year but, a former PTA member stole 9,700 dollars from the school And there are many reviews from former teachers and parents who say the kids are treated unfairly. Most of the teachers are fine ( some are horrible but that's besides the point) it's the deans that are an utter joke They suck at there job, once you have a record of trouble at the school, they don't ask questions they get you in trouble immediately. They say they check the cameras but they don't. Last year someone used my ID number to buy themselves lunch ( I don't tell anyone my ID number btw) me and my friend went to the main office to complain and they said oh we'll check the cameras, but it's like a credit card you still have to pay it, and my friend said she knew the first like 3 digits but not the number, and the person in the main office tried arguing with me saying I'm telling people my ID, and i never paid it because I never buy school lunch On to school lunch It's horrible, it's disgusting, and i know people who it's made sick, but some kids have no choice to eat it. I once had a lunch detention and in the lunch detention room the lady didn't let me eat my lunch she said, you have to get a school lunch of the day, which is disgusting, someone else decided no and he got a cookie and a water bottle and the lady took it away and yelled at him, when I told my mom she was pissed because we should be able to eat what we want, and the rest of my lunch detentions I was able to eat my lunch but that shouldn't have happened in the first place. In conclusion this school sucks.