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La Cueva High School
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Parent Reviews (21 reviews)
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Historically this school has top of the line everything compared to other schools in the city of Albuquerque. They are provided the tools to excel.
I go to LCHS and I think it is an incredible school. Yeah we have some problems, but overall academically it is incredible. Our FIne arts department and Band are also immaculate!
It's always interesting to read reviews of schools by people on the outside. Having been a teacher and also had two children that went through 7 years (total) of academic training at La Cueva, I made it a point to get to know as many teachers as possible and using former connections would sit in lunch meetings with science, math, english, foreign language, etc... I'm sure your aware that LCHS has one of the highest academic records in the state if not the highest. They have won more math, science bowl, knowledge masters, speech and debate titles, better SAT, ACT scores overall than any other school in the state. The JETS (Junior engineering) team was undefeated at a state level while they had one and went to nationals, as does DECA and their ROTC. So exactly what are you basing your assessments on?
A great school in general, but with a poor administration and a principal that never should have been placed at this school. Both of my kids graduated in top 1% of class, had nothing to do with extreme politics that dominate this school. Principal sees athletics only, and according to kids runs school like a prison. AP classes, particularly calculus teacher, is phenomenal. Art department, especially ceramics teacher, is incredible. English teachers seem to 'determine' the valedictorians based on arbitrary grading in senior year, also 'determine' who gets to participate in National Honor Society and who doesn't. Very elitist school, but it does prepare the advanced student that tunes out the heavy politics, heavy sports, and poor administration.
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