Mount Tahoma High School

What makes a school is the teachers and the office staff. Look at the test scores on the Washington State Education website, when compared to other schools in the atrea, it's the worst for high schools. However the look of the school is exceptional.nnMy first experience with the Attendance office staff was maddening, strange, and odd. I picked up my kids to take them to lunch. Upon returning them to the school from our lunch I realized they would not be able to make it to class in time before the ball rang. Realizing this I didn't want them to be tardy without an excuse, so, we visited the Attendance office.nnThe Attendance office staff member would not give my kids a tardy excuse although me as their parents was right there with them explaining the reason for their tardy.nnNow I had to get innovative.nnThe only way I was able to alleviate them being tardy was to sign them out of school, wait until the tardy bell rang, and then have them sign back into school.nnNow they weren't considered tardy???? No wonder student test scores are low here.

As a current student at this school, i see some things i don't like, particularly the staff, some of the staff don't seem to care about their students education, i have a few personal favorite teachers like Drinkwine, Trebilcock, and Mrs. Olivia who not only teach, but they're open to talk about personal things you don't feel like talking about to others.nAlso almost every class is the same thing every day.

This is a very nice school. I've been here several times for football and baseball and the fields are in great condition. There is plenty of parking to.

The school looks great but as a student it sucked. A few of the teachers are just terrible and I have went up to the main principle trying to tell them about it but dumb kids don't know better than adults. Also the school is full of ghetto kids and drug dealers. Lots of fights (almost daily) and threatening to get shot up. JROTC was awesome though made the school a lot better. Did a lot for the school with little recognition

As a former Student from the school facilities are top notch. But from the perspective of the students, it is chaotic. The staff and teachers have preferential treatment to the loud and troublemaker students. Some teachers are great people but are bad at teaching. Last but not least the school is seriously lacking in support for those with depression and other mental struggles.