High School

[Blue_Gundam2002]

What type of high school did you go to, or are still attending?
I go to Strake Jesuit College Prep, and boy do I love all that homework .

[Byte 2.0]

Myself when I started High school I went to a "Private associated with a religion" for 2.5 years, but wanted to graduate from a public high school.

Private school for not very expensive, non profit one. It was only 10 miles from my home, compared to the public High school which was 20 miles away.

10 and 20 miles don't seem like much, but in mountainous areas where you can only average 30 miles an hour that is a long ways.

Changing had it plus and minus. Public diploma, but had I stayed at the private school, I would have been top in my class of 3 people. They had K-12 in one large room Which was about 60 students.

I would not trade doing my high school the way I did looking back on it.

[Force Flow]

Went to a public school system all the way from K to 12

[HAL9000]

public

[jimmyrules712]

currently in a Christian private hig hschool. Its a medium to smaller size. My class has 55 students, total highschool around 300 students. It has K-12 too but i dunno how many in that.

[imbest123]

Ive gone to Catholic High Schools all my life and rifht now I am going to Notre Dame High School.

[catfishjoe_1]

Went to public. Grad class of 36 students.
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[Cricket]

Public.

Cricket

[bailey]

I went to the same schooll all my school years,
while I was in the grade school, they were building a new high school onto the same building, so by the time I graduated the class for the year of 1960 was 650 students, it was the newest and largest school in the city of detroit, and they tought you anything you ever wanted to know, it was a vocational type of high school.
the best years of my life.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Always private catholic schools.

[bigandy]

Public all the way. Yay, only 1+ year left of High School !

[juppy]

Public all the way K-12. Same school too. Really small school though....my graduating class had 18 people in it. The whole school was right around 300 total.

[Jaggannath]

Looks like I'm in the minority here... got a scholarship to go to my private school from 7-12. Was a really good school, 3rd in the state for Yr 12 schools academically, graduating class of 260
Before that, a small public school, graduating class of 18

[diver203_98]

Public school grades 1 - 12

[doctorgonzo]

Catholic schools K-12. Public university.

[Alienware_Dude]

I'm currently being home-schooled, I have one more year of high school whcih I will skip after I get my GED at the end of this year.




Edi: I should clarify; I've been home-schooled my entire life.

[Statica]

Private Catholic school - class size was 54, graduating class had approx. 110 students

[not important]

Public, small community.

[pc master]

i an in a public one with 1600 students

[mairving]

Only made it to 3rd grade.

[homer15]

public school k-12... actually i was like the 6th student to enroll in a brand new elementary school when i was going to start kindergarten... i went from a school built in the mid 80's, to one built in 1920 (junior high) to one built in the 1890's (high school). it got worse as i got older.

[mbossman2]

A private Jesuit high school (catholic)

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by mbossman2 A private Jesuit high school (catholic)

A fellow Jesuit student. I go to Strake Jesuit in Houston Tx. Whats your school called?

[MulderMan]

i dont understand how american schools work but in england theres preschool if you want to. then theres reception to year 6 then year 7 to 11 and you can carry on in college if you want to. in america do you have 1 school all your life or go to different ones at different ages? and what age do you have to stay to? I go to public highschool . also whats like that softmore and stuff like that you see on tv?

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by MulderMan i dont understand how american schools work but in england theres preschool if you want to. then theres reception to year 6 then year 7 to 11 and you can carry on in college if you want to. in america do you have 1 school all your life or go to different ones at different ages? and what age do you have to stay to? I go to public highschool . also whats like that softmore and stuff like that you see on tv?

You have kindergarden, age is 5 or 6
Then 1st through 5th grade, age 7 to 11 is called grade school
Then 6th to 8th, age 12 to 14 is Jr. High
9th to 12th, age 15 to 18 is highschool
9th is Freshmen
10th is Sophmore
11th is Junior
12th is Senor
Then you can go to college, if you go to a 4 year college then the names from High school start over.

[doctorgonzo]

The divison of schools in the U.S. differs between schools. There is no uniform system. For example, I went to a K-6 grade school, 7-8 junior high, and 9-12 high school (but the junior high and high school were essentially one school). Other schools are K-4 grade school, 5-8 middle school, and 9-12 high school. Sometimes, 6-8 is middle school, or 7-9 is junior high. It's up to the schools and the school districts.

[mbossman2]

Originally posted by Blue_Gundam2002 A fellow Jesuit student. I go to Strake Jesuit in Houston Tx. Whats your school called?

Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY, Class of '82

History of St Peter Canisius
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=93

[MulderMan]

Originally posted by Blue_Gundam2002 You have kindergarden, age is 5 or 6 Then 1st through 5th grade, age 7 to 11 is called grade school Then 6th to 8th, age 12 to 14 is Jr. High 9th to 12th, age 15 to 18 is highschool 9th is Freshmen 10th is Sophmore 11th is Junior 12th is Senor Then you can go to college, if you go to a 4 year college then the names from High school start over.

thanks, the only things i know about american schools is what i have seen on television programmes. also i cant belive you have to stay in school till 18, now i get why ppl have cars in highschool, we only have to stay till 16 but if you want decent qualifications you might aswell go college.

[doctorgonzo]

Take what you see on TV about U.S. schools with a grain of salt. My wife also learned about U.S. schools through television, and in reality, life here is not like 90210.

[glc]

The law only requires you stay in school till 16, but it's highly desirable to graduate from high school, without that diploma your career avenues are seriously limited.