Stonington High School

Extremely positive. My student was very prepared academically for a very challenging college. Leadership, sports and community service opportunities were encouraged and provided for those who sought them out. The administration cares about every students and does not give up on them, no matter what their abilities. Hard work is definitely rewarded.

Great School! A lot of opportunity and great community enviorment.

The awarding SHS of one star is due solely to the Football staff. The teaching staff are not only woefully disinterested, but I suspect they honestly do not even like teaching; the Superintendant's and Admission's offices are sadly, a comedy routine that you would not believe exist in reality anywhere; and the guidance department is completely asleep at the switch. All of this, is of course, a dramatic improvement over Mystic Middle School and Deans Mill Elementary.From the school nurse demanding that my children retake every innoculation shot from birth through eighth grade before being admitted to school (nurse reason given was that all shots were given by MDs outside the state of CT?!?), to no text books--instead just copied off ragged papers occasionally given out, a block schedule sytem in which you never know what class you have when, nor which to prepare for regarding tests, papers, et al., and the school's insistence that your children not attend school for weeks at a time due to their odd admissions issues (this after all paperwork has been completed and all residency proof admitted year after year). Absolutely avoid the Stonington School District at all costs! Even with 4.0 students that overachieve in many areas, this place will ruin them! One positive, however, the football program and staff have been the only positive in an otherwise intentionally destructive school system. there is a very good reason that an enormous number of parents home school in this district. BEWARE!

Excellent faculty who cares about their students' success.