Best High Schools

Where will your kid get the best education? We pitted public versus private to find out—with surprising results.

GHS

As I walk down the halls of Gateway High School

Knowing that many attendees are nothing but a fool,

I hear various rumors of failing, fighting, and fear

Then I think of the joy I’ll have at the end of each year

After pondering and dreaming of months in the sun,

I begin to recall all of my previous fun

Simply walking into “First and Main,”

Makes me think of all that I’ve come to gain

From, “Hola” to anti-derivatives, numerous teachers lived their dream

Helping me learn by releasing a waterfall of education through a stream

Making a difference, effecting the rest of my life

Helping me through every strife

Playing football, laughing with friends, or serving a detention

Having fun, always trying to attract attention

Each memory makes me remember unlimited happiness

With this, came experienced true bliss

Every day dreading waking up and getting dressed

Or doing homework late and studying for finals stressed

It all seems to be the slump in my young age,

But now it reveals to be an amazing and unforgettable stage

I love Gateway High School and could go to no other place

And wherever I’m soon to come, this school, I will forever trace

—Jack White, 10th grade

Gateway High School is the place to be. My school has great diversity and is one of the best places to get an education. People that don’t know anything about Gateway or that are just single minded look down on us. They don’t know how to overcome adversity. They always try to put us down or cheat us in some way but no matter what we love our school and we keep our OLY pride! I love my school because we rarely have popularity contests. At my school there isn’t an “it clique” or a “fab five.” We all like each other and we all almost always get along. All though high school is high school so there is the occasional cat fight and he-said-she-said drama. The teachers and staff at my school our so wonderful and understanding they try to make Gateway a safe relaxed environment so that kids can have a place to come and forget about what is going on at home. They teach us more than what we need to know to be the next math wiz or congressman, they teach us life lessons to help us survive. All of us have been through a struggle so we know what its like to need someone to talk to. At Gateway we try not to give up on each other, we want to be there for each other just in case someone needs to talk. The kids here are not the richest or the prettiest or the poorest or the worst, we are simply GHS and we are proud of it.

—A.J. June, 11th grade