Freshmen year is over for me, so it's actually Sophomore year. Well, I think the school so far this…read moreyear is very crowded! It's a big place, but I got lost on the first day of Freshmen year. Although, some of the staff are very strict about the "rules" unfortunately I haven't broken a school rule, maybe sometime in the future I will. Ok, as days and months went by, this school got "fun" for me because I got to meet like new people. Downside is that there isn't too much drama around here despite being near a Police Station. Fights usually occur in the East Side of the School at lunch. Upside, my Sophomore year is at it's best, and they say Sophomore year is the hardest year ever.

horrible fcken school, worse than all 3 high schools ive been too. counselor are useless and never…read morein there office, you need help? welp there not there. all the APs are weird and they make you uncomfortable, they follow you around enter bathroom. they have grown adults in the bathrooms at all times.

The teacher is yells at children and discriminates against them. My child feels scared and does not…read morewant to go to school. He feels he is not treated fairly and is forced to admit his mistakes when he has done nothing wrong.

I am very disappointed in this school. I have been living near the area and both my siblings went…read moreto this school for about three to four years; my little sister was honored and praised constantly for her academic achievements: principal honor roll, honor roll, and a bunch of other silly colorful papers. Whereas my little brother was picked on and shunned by his teachers because he goofed around in class (what little young boy does not goof around through out his life). Everytime when my little brother comes home sad, I would ask him to tell me about his day at school: "the teacher does not listen to my side of the story at all. He keeps thinking I'm the one doing all the bad things." And these are just usual stories he would tell me when he come home looking like he's hiding something. I am very displeased and confound of the specific faculties that can side with "good" kids and neglects the "bad" ones. This does not goes to only faculties but also the principal: she does not listen to both sides of the story before executing her "I don't care but you're suspended." I know my little brother would not lie to me; I would put my life on the line for him. My frustration is that this school does not know how to handle their disclinary actions and how to monitor their faculties progression. Today was the last straw when my little brother was suspended for something that he did not get a chance to explain. My father does not speak english so he does not understand fully of what was going on, just that "your son is suspended for 'stealing' another student's item." As I questioned my little brother, the story is quite the opposite. Everything they wrote on his piece of paper were all accusations coming from one side of the story; how arrogant. I'm not letting this one slide off and let my little brother be scarred with authority figures doing the things THEY think are right. Listen to all your students for goodness sake.

After years of experience and having to move my children from school to school because of work-life…read morebalance, I feel with deep confidence this was one of the best elementary schools my children attended. Special Thanks: - Dr. Gary Gerstner and prior principal - Ms. Zachach (pardon the misspelling) - IEP staff - Speech therapist - Dolly Chatterton - Lilia (a name similar to Lily) - Parent/Community Advisory Committee - Parents in action Let me give you some context to compare amongst the other reviewers vs my review as a parent. When my children attended this school, I was a single parent, attending UCI as an engineering student, with a child in the IEP program, and having to manage my children's mother who was later found neglectful by CPS. All of this while working at Disney in customer service and born into poverty. Therefore, I had minimal chances to succeed as a parent, let alone the patience for all the possible mistakes I might encounter from being inexperienced. The Community: The people here are great and the kids are decently behaved. There might be a conflict between children every now and then but they do resolve it. The Parents In Action (PIA) cares about making a difference in the children's involvement with school activities. I've never attended a PTA meeting, sorry. The Staff: I don't like to generalize but they were awesome. I especially recall Dolly and Lilia (similar name to Lily). I put Dr Gary Gerstner and possibly the staff through some stuff with CPA getting involved, like the conflicts between the mother and I. In the end, I wish they knew it saved my children's life. Parent/Community Advisory Committee: The Advisory Committee is another level. I recommend attending if you're a parent looking for advance information regarding how to make the best of your interaction with the school system. For example, I asked what was the best way I can make the most out of the IEP meetings with advance resources. The person who answered my question was highly educated and very prepared. They taught me the steps on making a meaningful impact at each IEP meeting. IEP: The help in the beginning was profound. However, to make the changes necessary to improve as a parent for a child in the IEP, I had to be more involved. The specialists and teachers knew my limitations and made the best decisions available to them. The absolute best advice I received was from Ms. Zachach (pardon the misspelling), to make my child love reading and there is no limit to how much they should read.

My son was hired to do IT at one of the schools. He got no supportive training and his job…read moredescription did not include doing accounting for his department. He was entry level and therefore it should have been a department head doing accounting, or the principle. When handed a stack of invoices, he was told to do the accounting. My son had no idea how to go about doing the accounting. When he told the principle that, she said: Well maybe we should fire you. My son looked at her and said, no problem. I will resign. As far as I am concerned, he has a clear workman's comp case. If this is how the district operates with entry level employees, I have to wonder how they treat their students. My oldest son went to kindergarten at a Garden Grove School 35 years ago. We moved because the school was so bad. It seems the district hasn't changed.

In class I was awfully disappointed and discriminated as the two Hispanic boys behind me were…read moretouching each other, and the other older guy told them to stop, they stop and I was targeted by the teacher as they suspected me for doing it, because of this I was forced to stay in the front of the class for the entire period. Even though a lot of people said it wasn't me the teacher targeted me, and said it was me. Awfully felt target and unfair

So much memories from this school, I used to live across, 5 minutes to class by walking everyday…read more Wow, looking back and 10 years already passed. Class of 2014, thank you for everything !

This school should do more for the students by giving them school busses kids are walking more then…read more25 min just to get to school then another 25 min back, this is so unacceptable .Garden Grove district doesn't see how this plays so much in their education. I would give no star to this school and Garden Grove district is horrible and they don't return calls or helping parents.

No Yelp pg for LQHS proper, so guess the review goes here. +…read moreGrateful for the AP classes offered here to kickstart my college career. Saved me time and $ to help pursue higher (under)graduate studies sooner and more productively. - Never realized how much the workout cage resembled a prison yard. - No pickleball courts. Qué lástima. - The literature teachers weren't good at teaching logical students how to excel in the arts. + The sciences teachers were excellent at teaching us the sciences and maths. Glad they were passionate about their fields too. - Their dance club organization was poorly executed. For every assembly performance, you were required to show up to practice 4am the day of or else you wouldn't be allowed to participate, even if you had been loyally attending all weekly practices prior. Since their 2025 remodeling, nothing's recognizable to us old alumni anymore. Fresh new grounds and buildings. Revitalized look.

To the mom wearing "Vietnamese student association la Quinta high school" shirt who smacked her…read moredaughter and embarrassed her in front of people Costco, way to show your narcissistic traits. Smacked her daughter so loud you could hear it with all the noise inside. I watched as the daughter was about to eat a sample only to be smacked! The daughter just looked straight ahead and took the verbal lashing her mom gave her. A teenage boy soon arrived to say only a few words only to be loudly scolded by the narcissistic mom, boy looked down in silence. I am familiar with those behaviors, looking down as it's a familiar feeling by my own mother. Neither child said a word. Why? Because they are used to being berated and if you even dare attempt to defend yourself, well be ready to be beat or unjustly accused of attitude for speaking up. Dear mom, I can only imagine who you treat your child in private if you so boldly assault your child in public. Seeing your face with that heavy eyeliner and trashy fake lashes brings back unpleasant memories of my own mother. Your behavior represents that high school simply by wearing it. DO BETTER.

Class of 2012!! Proud to say that this is one of the best schools out there. Made memories worth…read morecherishing. Workload wasn't too bad, students were far more friendly than they were in elementary school. Excellent music program though (although the teacher is a fascist who only seeks to win).

The teachers and staff at McGarvin don't even bother to care about the students. The school really…read moreneeds better staff who actually does there job and be respectful.

As always we begin this review with the bad. It was expected that our warm up area would be…read moreadequate to our standards, but we were extremely disappointed in the reality. It was, to say the least, terrifying to practice our backwards marching on a bumpy grass ground, as opposed to the smooth concrete floors that we should have had made available during this warm up. It's almost as if we were set up to fail, or that they were doing everything they could to encourage us to earn a low score. I truly do understand this effort, as I know that our school does pose as a threat towards others wishing to earn the title of first place. Next, to assess this schools environment, we will look to the overall vibe conveyed. I and other performers agree that a "fall feeling" was in the air. Nice trees, fallen leaves, and a peaceful area around our unloading and bus area. The halls were nice, and, to summarize, you could say we were grateful for the richness of this school, but also for the lack of money to make this one of those huge schools you could get lost in. Congratulations to Bolsa Grande HS for earning these four stars. -Marching Band Pro Performers

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The new principal doesn't know how to handle things he needs to be replaced! I went to this school…read moresince I was 5 and i went though a lot of things all he did was suspend me when I did one little thing he does not deserve to be a principal.He kicked me out of the school when this was the school I was going to my whole life!

Good school and there is BGC also you can play all kind of sports such as soccer, basketball,…read morevolleyball and football