Good School, not perfect...administration and teachers are always striving to make it a better,…read morebalancing academics, after school student participation and sports. Dr. Waterman is a hands on, personable principal. Things are looking up at Hornetville!

It's a pretty big school. We had gone there for attending a fund-raiser in the auditorium, it was…read morepretty good.

Wonderful school and environment! Fantastic staff that want to bring out the absolute best in your…read morechild.

Many years ago, we moved to Lisle for our children's education sake…read more When they were old enough, we started attending high school open houses. First open house ~ some woman thinks SHE can determine where we can sit. I DON'T THINK SO. I later learned that this "Entitled" attitude runs rampant. Principal is extremely proud of their "legacy" policy. Let me get this straight ~ you would rather accept an "F" caliber student who has siblings attending or parents who attended rather then a "B" student with NO previous ties to this school? The resounding "yes" sealed the deal. Get the picture? Our education dollars were spent at another private school.

I do love this school. The staff is so nice and really care about your education. I don't go here…read moreanymore but I sometimes miss some of the staff. The building is so beautiful! It looks like a college campus.

DGS is a mediocre high school at best. I am rating based on my child's experience. We had to fight…read moreto get her an IEP and the experience was so emotionally draining I felt the Special Educational Department (SPED) were unsupportive, rude and demoralizing. Alyssa Gundersen was incompetent, unprofessional and nasty. SPED teachers seem more interested in coaching than teaching! Very cliquey. Must be an advocate for your child because this school will just placate them until graduation, meaning they just move your child along as an assembly line hoping you cause no trouble so they can earn their huge pension without actually working!

I saw that DGS disabled reviews on Google and you can see why. I'm a former student from a long…read moretime a go. Problems are still the same: Staff turns a blind eye to bullies, and their student support for students who are having issues outside of school is non-existent. Back when I was there there was a student death, including by suicide, every year. I heard it's worse now. I recently had to contact their admissions office to get a copy of my diploma after getting accepted to a post grad program at a school outside the US. The guy responsible for getting the diploma sent, whatever his title was, seemed perpetually mad from the first contact with him, never returned voicemails, cut me off while in conversations with him, and made the process as difficult as possible to get what I needed. It was so bad that I called Downers Grove North to see if they might be able to assist somehow since I had taken summer classes at DGN at once point; they were very professional and friendly there. I explained the situation and they contacted the admissions guy at DGS, upon which he became more compliant, albeit reluctantly. Nothing has changed at DGS. The teachers, the way they ran the classes, and material were pretty good as I can remember. But as far as outside of class or dealing with admissions or with other staff, nothing has changed. Teachers now getting in trouble for sexual harassment, busing students in from Cabrini Green back in the day, gym teachers flirting with students - The school management still maintains a rough and tough atmosphere that many of the students and parents never cared for. It would be nice if the city opened another school under new management instead of approving massive additions to this place and wasting taxpayer money. Do the students and parents a favor and phase this school out, or at minimum, downsize it.

I cannot report on the quality of education a child might receive at this establishment ~ I was…read morehere for early voting. I was not familiar with the layout of this school and I found the location for early voting strictly by accident when I was turning around. So, the front entry is obviously locked and as I drove along side the school, there were several doors and windows ~ blocked with piled chairs. So, obviously that was not the entry. There were campaign signs but only 1 early voting sign with an arrow. It was back near the track. I commented to the judges about the difficulty locating the correct entry door and the woman who entered after me really let them know about the difficulty and not using her indoor voice. I surmised this was the gymnasium of the school. It was clean and very well air conditioned. In my day we had to make it through the day with only fans. Voting booths were well spaced but they use paper ballots and you have to fill in the boxes with the provided pen. It serves the purpose and I was able to accomplish my civic duty. Don't give up ~ head to the back near the track.

Great option for Preschool to 12! I have 3 kids here and their teachers are caring, kind, and…read moreimpactful when it comes to increasing my kids test scores! It's a great choice if you are looking for a safe place for your kids!

This review is only their gym. I've been playing coed volleyball here with the Alumni's from this…read moreschool for many years. We rent the gym when we play after the students practices. The gym is a full basketball court that can hold 1 volleyball net. For spectators, there's room on the stage or they would go upstairs in the seating area. I'm guessing it can hold about 50-100 people... They recently refinished the gym floor so it looks nice and shiny. An average size parking lot that sometimes they allow public spectators whose kids are playing in the baseball fields next door to park if there's no more street parking. It's a typical private school, not really updated building/classrooms. It's better than driving into the city at another grade school gym and fight the traffic just to play volleyball.