Upper Lake High School

Even though Upper Lake High School is a small, the program offered there was sufficient to prepare both of my children for successful completion of bachelors degrees at California State Universities: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and CSU Long Beach. Both now have professional careers with good benefits. The computer education program especially is excellent, with many students going on to win awards at regional and state competitions. The Academic Decathlon program is likewise excellent, dominating county competition for many years in spite of being the smallest comprehensive high school in Lake County and even winning the small school division for the state of California in 2004. Opportunities for scholarships are tremendous. The only down side is the recent cutbacks in programs due to inability to retain qualified staff in certain academic fields. However, recent moves toward unification with the elementary district could possibly give the school resources needed to ameliorate this problem.

Being a small school, I think the quality of teaching versus learning is improving. At least I hope so now that I have a Freshman there. They have cleaned up the teachers that were just there to collect a check. I believe they have a good teaching staff this year and will rank better. Go Cougars!!

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