Sentinel High School

"I graduated from this school in 2017, and looking back at it, there were definitely ups and downs. I have to say a large number of the staff are devoted to their work, although I admit that some of which aren't focused on being the supportive teachers they ought to be, which can impact a student's motivation for exceeding in that specific class. Then there are the teachers that make me wonder why they're even teachers at all. Some haven't given very thorough lectures towards their students, resulting in 95% of the entire class failing at tests, and then there's others that are incredibly and unabashedly biased towards certain groups of people. The art programs are enormously unappreciated by the board of directors, as the students are given either despicable, cheap art supplies, or very little funding towards creating and producing visually whimsical plays. The choir program has gowns and tuxes for their students to perform in, but the women's ensembles are cheap and dated material, and while the tuxes are in generally good quality, the fabric is hot and heavy, which could result in a tenor or bass getting a heat stroke mid-concert. Music sheets are also tattered and torn for choir, band, and orchestra, and half the instruments are on their last leg. The journalism department needs more love from the school as well. When I was a freshman, the Sentinel Konah was deeply appreciated and the journalists were were respected. By the time I was a senior, I joined the Konah, and the department was a shadow of its former self, and the piles of papers left in the hallways for students to read we're gathering dust. The chemistry between students in the department was tense, and the only thing that kept us together was the fabulous woman that was teaching and supervising us. The following doesn't precisely target the shortcomings of Sentinel itself, but rather the people behind the meal department at MCPS. The meals that were served to the student body were despicable. The vegetables were dry, the pizza was basically cheap cheese and grease on a piece of cardboard, the fruit looked shady, and the breakfast served in the morning wasn't going to get a growing teenager's brain to function properly throughout the day. On the rare occasion that I might forget my lunch from home that day, I'd rather starve than eat the cusine they dished out and presumed "edible". I think it's time I bring light to the sports department. As much as I enjoyed going to football games on late summer nights, I have to say the sports department is what is weighing a grand portion of the rest of Sentinel down. I saw teachers favor jocks over other students both in the halls and in class, I heard more about sports in the announcements than any other department, and I was personally harassed by football and basketball players alike. I understand if you choose to be your own person, but I don't think the kids playing sports should be given such a massive ego by the adults that surround them in comparison to other talents, even when perhaps there's a painter or a writer that has just as much talent and promise. That's not appropriate. All teenagers have a struggle to find themselves, so specializing one group isn't going to make another feel any better. The idolizing of the sports department also impacts the funding of other departments. It makes no sense to me when the football team gets new, high-quality jerseys each year when part of that funding could go to getting better mice for the tech tools and graphic design classes, or maybe instead of getting professional photos of the volleyball team, some of that funding could go to the crumbling theater that has reached several safety hazards that are being completely overlooked by the BoD."

"I give this establishment 5 stars as only 5 fusion powered fireballs in line abreast formation can adequately represent my level of confusion as to what exactly goes on here.. I admit I'm not a customer, but I have found myself on the premises at times. I theorize to friends that it may be a kind of feedback training center to prepare youths for the harrowing experience of colonizing an alien world or some dystopian megatropolis. At any rate, overtly self-possessed adults or the similarly impaired should avoid this area as the great concentration of child-like near-adults and the behaviors associated will almost certainly induce some level of psychosis, sociopathy or equivalent nervous exhaustion in short order."

"I hated this school with an passion the teachers were bullies and called each students name calling the classes were terrible the bullies they allowed to bullie my experiance with this school was terrible it was like an prison never going to send my kids to this school ever!!!!"

"Its a school with alot of druggies and "emo" people, but their woodshop and welding classes, along with their automotive classes are fairly good, saftey is not the best, even with an on duty police officer, but thats just my opinion, so all in all you decide if the pro's weigh out the cons, hope this helps!"

"Not the worst, but definitely not the best. You get 3-6 classes a day, one of them is always a gym class. Almost all classes assign books, so on full days you carry about 3-4 huge textbooks. I had back problems, was behind in my classes with no one that would really help, and the gym teachers have wildly varied expectations. One is easy, the other wore be to the bone to the point where I couldn't focus. Detention is during lunch, so you can kiss that goodbye. They're supposed to give you enough time to get lunch, but that rarely happens, given that random teachers oversee it. The prepaid lunch system for those in need has also turned for the worst. You get one free lunch, which are tiny, and you can't use a ticket from a sick day like you used to. Their art, math, science, and other programs are highly unpaid for while the sports programs are given new jerseys every year. I like football sure, but not that much. Some of the teachers are really nice. Others like to pretend they're nice, and while I won't name names, calling your daughter in another school during your teaching hours is unacceptable. So is sending a kid to the hall for speaking in his native language."