Simi Valley High School

They have a great staff. The principal shows great character. They have a medical career pathway that is popular.

There is one review in the «not recommended» file at the bottom of this page. The poster says something about four years he won’t get back. Just wait until you kids are turning fifty-​something, then you can wax regretful on lost chances and the years which accompany them. Right now, learn everything you can, grab every opportunity you can. When the days are getting short, missed opportunities are the biggest regret of all.
As to the schools review? Hey it’s a California school, what more can I add? It’s pretty okay.

Where do I begin?
I suppose I should start with the current principal and my principal for the four years I spent here: Mr. P. Known for grilling hot dogs – affectionately known as P-​Dogs – during school events, Mr. P was a pretty cool guy as far as principals go. During lunch, he’d walk around, talk to you, and be in generally good spirits. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him angry.
The academics here were fairly good. I took a lot of AP classes, and there was definitely a distinct AP community that came out of taking the same classes with the same people for four years. Some teachers were fantastic; I loved my AP Chem, AP Calc B/​C, and AP English (both years) teachers. Others, however, were incredibly subpar. I won’t name names.
Social life at Simi High was whatevs. A teacher one mentioned a self-​segregation happening at lunch, and it’s true. Latinos hang out at the B Quad, band kids in the center quad, etc. I hung out at the «Baller Tree» although I was never a baller. Homecoming dances were as good as they can be when the venue is your MPR/​Cafeteria. Never went to Winter Formal, but I heard one year we messed up the Reagan Library. Prom was good; our ASB picked a great venue near USC. Good job!
For current and incoming students, try to get a free sixth period at the end of your senior year. Try to get it during your last semester of your senior year. You’ll be glad you did.
June 2010 finally rolled around, and I graduated. I cleaned out my locker and said goodbye.
It was good times at Simi Valley High for sure. There was no other school in town I would rather be. I mean, was I supposed to go to Royal? Please. Santa Su? Don’t even joke.
The football team still sucks, though. Nothing anyone can do about that, but people still go anyway. Oh, Pioneers.

What can I say, my old high school. Definitely not 5 stars and not 1 star, but what choice did I have back then? Better than Royal HS, right? :)
High school.ahh.
A time of self-​identity turmoil, angst, and mental&social confusion. Well, at least it was for me.
Carried my backpack slung over one shoulder. Dont ever do both shoulders or else youre a geek. Dont go over to that section of the lunch patio cuz that’s where the most popular hang out. Heshers hang out over underneath the big tree. stuff like that.
It was simpler back then.
Rumors were only fleetingly passed on by mouths of ‘valley girls’ and whomever. Peer image, victories, and follies were confined to within ten miles of community, and had a shelf-​life of room temp milk compared to those that are sprung out from within this Facebook/​iPhone age. I cannot imagine how kids can have a less hard of a time today. I’m sure there’s a more vibrant market for therapists than ever before.
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It has been 20+ years since high school. And today I still go through self identity turmoil, angst, and mental&social confusion. But surely Im a bit wiser so I can deal with it better, of course, lol.
When I visited my parents the other week, I had to go pick something up for them, and I happened to drive by the school and noticed it eerily looked all the same, except for the jail-​like fence around the campus.
Such powerful and crisp images and memories popped up. Like as if they just happened, not 20 years ago. I chuckle at myself remembering the issues I had back then, and how they dont compare at all to what I deal with now.
My feelings towards high school are ambivalent.
And those feelings are always sweetly but somberly accompanied by Simple Minds «Dont You Forget About me» for some reason.