Satellite Senior High School

This school has a jack of all trades culture; kids can get involved in everything, but there’s no emphasis on excellence

The school has a great music program. Teachers so far are hit or miss, some good, some not at all, but the major concern with the school is the administration. The front office employees, especially the attendance person, seem like they can't do their jobs properly, and have bad attitudes towards the students and parents. The guidance department is another chaos, but the worst is the dean. He is rude and very unprofessional and doesn't follow up with student or parent concerns. Our only hope for this school is that the upcoming principal will be able to make significant improvements with the staff.

They are a very good group and a wonderful school.

First, let me say that my daughter did not attend the whole four years (1.5 years). I moved my daughter from NW Florida so she could attend Florida Tech while in high school. Every school my daughter attended, except Satellite, was excited to have her as a student. Satellite HS acted like she was an imposition. She graduated at 15 they never noticed. She had seventy something college credits when she graduated they didn't care. At graduation they announced the students who attended the community college but not the university. The advanced classes were not that much different from the regular classes except 10 times more homework. Some of the guidance counselors were good. Like all schools there were some good teachers, some average. It just seemed to me, to be more of a performing arts school. The office staff seemed a little grumpy. While I must admit, this was the only regular high school my youngest daughter ever attended so maybe I am comparing apples to oranges. Conversely, as a mother of three, I can compare it to the experiences of my older daughters who did attend regular high schools. All in All it is not a bad school but not great either. I think for the area it would be considered one of the better schools.