I attended Hubbard and I had a great experience attending such a diverse school. I had the…read moreopportunity to meet and make friends with students from many different backgrounds. Class of "84"

My cousin use to come here. This is one High School that creates competitive students. They have a…read morereally tough football team and every year they show their commitment. What I do like about this school is that it seems to (contrary to popular demand) cater to their students in a way that many public schools seem to miss. They really take their kids seriously, and although they have a bad rap, it doesn't seem this way to parents. They have a football field (a few blocks away from the school) and the kids are always practicing. The actual school is still in its vintage look, but with modern updates to make sure that they are still caught up with other schools. I use to come around to pick up relatives who went here and often times I would volunteer. All in all, not a bad school, just that sometimes a few rufians mess up the reputation but the school can stand on its own.

Every year I have to go through some major hassle to prove to the district that I haven't moved out…read moreof my house and that I still have legal residency. I've lived in the same house all of my life. I pay my bills on the computer paperlessly and I've got to spend all kinds of time getting printouts of all kinds of bills every single year. Some of it is some pretty personal stuff. They took copies of my bank statements showing what I've purchased and where. What if some of that was embarrassing stuff? If I was an 'undocumented immigrant' I wouldn't have to go through this. Why can't the school get a printout of the tax rolls that show who has or hasn't transferred ownership of their property? I have to do this every year and undocumented immigrants don't have to do it at all. The burden should be on the school district to show that I don't have residency there rather than on me to prove that I do... and a drivers license or passport isn't good enough. I'm tired of being treated like a third class citizen by Consolidated District 230.

Alright, this is a more "censored" review than my original one which got removed for violation…read more Please don't enroll your special ed. child to the Communication Development program at Andrew if they've had a toxic relationship with a certain student at the previous school because I've had a similar horrible experience in all my 4 years there. I had to deal with an autistic male student named "Timothy E. Kelly Jr." aka "TK". He constantly intimidated, scared and harassed me every time we saw each other (by smiling and waving only at me). He has a pointed look on his face, his eyes are very far apart, is hunchbacked, has a voice always sounding like inhaling helium, and is an alien looking thing. I was always mentally, verbally and emotionally abused by that student which was extremely dehumanizing. Almost every time I had an issue with him and trying to protect myself from him, CD staff always framed me by written me up, the deans blamed and accused me for bullying him, punished me with detentions, and they abused me by not believing me, never letting me speak up and taking that student's side, and I felt too weak to talk out to them that I was innocent. The social worker, Abigail Kellerman also offered me privs of watching movies in her office if I don't misbehave around him but I refused 'cause it wasn't my fault and I was the one being abused, but she still didn't believe me. I used to be super anxious every night about seeing him (even a little) and often cried myself to sleep, and have nightmares and flashbacks that would make me wake up screaming! I even often thought of running away and committing su*c*de. The reason why I always felt mental pain when he smiled and waved at me is because he was forcing me to still be friends with him which I never wanted to be again. He just couldn't get over with that, and ignoring him has never worked for me. Everyone has got the right to be friends with whoever they want. Mrs. Kellerman even snapped "I DON'T CARE!" at me at one point due to a chalk activity incident I've done all because of seeing TK with me! I've graduated from this HS in 2020, which was the year Covid-19 hit, and felt lucky that I didn't need to graduate with him, until we both started going back in person to the Transition Program in Orland! I am a strong and friendly young woman, and sure don't want any other students to go through what I've gone through. I always hate taking deep breaths and being told to calm down because they are triggers to me, and aren't enough for me to solve any problem. Reporting TK to the police was never even an option because I was scared that they would doubt me too, just like the staff. Bullying, constant annoyance and harassments should always be taken very seriously in this U.S. state and everywhere. It should even be a crime. No student in this world should go to school scared, anxious and targeted by bullies. Today, I'm attending and studying at Moraine Valley Community College for a certificate, and for starting in late-August not because I'm stupid, because I want to listen to my emotions and inner voice. And sorry about my misunderstanding on Hinsdale's HS district where they too start in mid-August and their calendar was changed for a few years because they needed to accommodate construction. I'd still like my petition to be signed to change IL schools' calendars to starting in late-August, though (like when I attended Orland School District 135). Don't be a silent victim. Speak up no matter what (even if you're non-verbal, or even if you'll get a detention anyway).

We were here for a non school related event. A dance recital. The school is huge and has a big and…read morevery nice auditorium. Everything was great expect the temperature. It was freezing in there and that really was a distraction from enjoying the event.

***This review is about the track area after school hours. IT is not about the quality of education…read moreat the school.*** Now then, the track is fly! The grounds are well kept, people there are getting their workout on and the track is level. Enjoy a nice run without the gym fees, climb some stairs without a machine, do some lunges for free. Enjoy time outdoors and with the people. The place is even quiet enough to read. If you are lucky (or unlucky depending on if the parking lot is full) you can catch a soccer match. PLUS, I believe there is a bus nearby.

As a graduate from here class of 2016 I can assure you this is the worst school I have ever been…read moretoo. My senior English teacher once told me that he canceled our end of thr year presentation because and I quote "well nobody wanted to do it". Another teacher told me that they stopped giving out so many out of school suspensions because they did not want to make the student or the school look bad by giving out so many. Overall terrible experience especially with pampered pretentious classmates.

Great experience and brotherhood for life. On 3 different texting trees with over 60 of my…read moreclassmates many years after graduation. Carmel taught me how to manage time and what it took to be a winner. I went to top universities for both BS & MBA.

Great School. This school has amazing teachers and the athletics are amazing. Everyone I know has…read moremade a lot of new friends here and have made a real brother hood with everyone in the school.

I wish I could rate this 0 stars. If I could, I WOULD. THIS SCHOOLS TEACHERS DONT CARE IF YOU GET…read moreBULLIED. this schools social workers don't even do their job at preventing bullying, the staff don't even do their fucking job. I went here for 5th grade, and the bullying got so bad, I tried to tell the principal and staff, but they "cant stop the bullying" like are you retarded or something? just quit atp. If your child gets bullied at this school, CHANGE SCHOOLS IMMEDIATELY. DONT EVEN GO TO THIS SCHOOL, THEY CANT DO THEIR JOBS! the principal can't do anything about the bullying except tell me random shit except the bullying and how they will try to stop bullying. I don't recommend this school! DONT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE! ITS BAD!

BEST PLACE EVER Mrs. Gallegos was a amazing teacher and Ms. Angulo was an amazing and fun teacher…read more Ms. Angulo told us all the tea abt her. And Mrs. Gallegos made our learning into a fun game. I love this school and highly recommend this school I wish I can go back.

Unfortunately, this school has gone downhill significantly. It feels like many of the good teachers…read morehave left, and the overall quality and professionalism have declined. Communication is a major issue -- emails often go unanswered, messages left with the main office don't get returned.

I spent the second half of my grade school years here, before it was called an Academy. Back in…read morethe day it was just John H. Vanderpoel (poel pronounced pool) elementary school, which served grades K-8. No middle school back then, and grade school to high school was a big jump. No buses then, either. We walked to school. In the dead of winter, we walked. It wasn't far for me, though, about 5 blocks down quiet streets lined with huge trees. We lived next-door to my grandparents, who had lived in Beverly since before my mother was born, so I'm thinking my mom went to Vanderpoel, too, but I can't remember for sure. But I do remember the school, a 3-story old brick building that included swings on the playground. I remember my teachers, I remember the gym that doubled as an auditorium, I remember my classmates. The school was named after John H. Vanderpoel (in 1910?) as was Vanderpoel Ave., the street behind the school. John Vanderpoel, born in 1857 in the Netherlands, was an influential artist and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago for 20 years beginning in 1880. Georgia O'Keeffe was one of his students. She praised him as a teacher. Vanderpoel's book, "The Human Figure", was published in 1907. BOY could he draw in pencil & charcoal. Until 1929, his works were housed in the school, then moved to nearby Ridge Park Field House & displayed in the art gallery named after him. Vanderpoel School is indeed part of Beverly's rich history & I loved it there. I loved my neighborhood, my friends, my school, and the simplicity of growing up back in the day (not saying how long ago but it was....long ago). I still have many of my grade school papers & projects. Wow, so different from the work kids do today. Example: a geography project for a state (or country?) that exported cotton. In addition to a written essay, I glued a hunk of cotton to one of the pages. I got an "E" for excellent, no "A" back then at this school. My favorite class: art. I also took kiddie art classes at the Art Institute & then majored in Fine Art in college. I went on to have an art gallery in a Chicago suburb. I'm guessing Mr. Vanderpoel would like that. I'm guessing I would have liked Mr. Vanderpoel.

this school is not up to part first u have to wear uniforms but 6th grades have to share a gym with…read moreanother grade plus they are so strict for no reason and they don't even have real teachers for gym and music and my kids get the same school lunch everyday last year

dirksen middle school was very fun in 6th grade Ms patience, Ms Jones,Ms Jay, and Ms James were…read moreone of my favorite teachers . my favorite security guards were officer Owens, and officer ham. Im now in 7th grade and its going good so far but the only thing bad about this school is that we had maggets in 6th grade. 7th grade year is very hard south side is the smart side with all teachers that actually care about your education , north side was the slow side they don't listen to there teachers the yell all the time to the point where I can hear them from the other side of the school they disturb my work and it think north side deserves some more teaches other than Ms cherry. Ms cherry is the best 7th grade teacher in 7th grade she was an 8th grade teacher but the rumor going around is that she did not want to be with the new 8th graders because they do to much all the time. some people like to be bullies at Dirksen and the fights are okay but they really fight over anything when its really no point of fighting they just wanna be cool and I hate that for people. but I can't wait for 8th grade to see how the teachers are and I will come back in the 2 quarter too let you guys know how 7th grade is going ----- from a 7th grader on south side.