This was my high school. I maintain that high school was the best time (school wise) of my life. Most people like college, but that to me was a disappointment compared to the awesomeness that was high school.
I was a swimmer, and our swim team was the best. Not the best as far as skill, but as far as friendship, fun, and hard work! I went to sectionals every year, but just missed state every time. We always had a few swimmers go to state.
I was also active in the music and theatre departments, which rocked! Ms. Bachman, who had just started as the head of the choral department was a great teacher and really got things going there. Mr. Johnson, head of theatre dept was one of the best.
As far as academics, there were (are?) some great teachers there. Mr. Klingenberger for AP english, Mr. Schwartz (sp?) for AP euro, Mrs. Gleicher for Ap bio were a few of my favorites. I'm not sure if any of them are still there.
I felt like we were all equals at niwehi, no "popular" crowd, just a bunch of kids trying to get through life. A very supportive place to be. Also a ton of clubs and orgs to be involved in. Lovely!
I remember getting to college and thinking, "Man, this is so boring" ... my niles west education challenged me WAY more than my Undergraduate education at UIUC.
Take into consideration I graduated about 10 years ago. read more