Ball High School

Posted: October 6, 2015

Posted: October 6, 2015

Posted: October 6, 2015

Posted: October 6, 2015

My daughter completely loves this school. The teachers truly care about the children. Since we have moved here from belton school district my daughter has gone from pretty much failing to close to be a straight A student. The teachers want the children to succeed in both school and life. Best school yet. Awesome extracurricular classes great business classes. I highly recommend this school.

Posted: October 20, 2014

I am currently in my 4th year workin at Ball and absolutely love everythuing about it! The choices that are offered to the students are incredible, you can't get what Ball offers at many other schools and the pride and spirit are spectacular...can't wait until my first born child attends Ball!

Posted: November 3, 2013

I was shocked the first time I visited Ball High! Many students are causing behavior problems in class which makes it hard for the teachers to teach and the students to learn at their full potential..All students are also marked "absent" if they are 1 minute late to a class. There is no time to use the restroom between classes and teachers are reluctant to excuse students during class. If a student is "late" the parent is called and informed that they were not in school. Very confusing. Students have no lockers or individual text books. All text books are kept in the classroom, Homework is very rarely given. A police force is employed and they have a much needed teen clinic and a great psychologist. We moved from an exemplary school district, so maybe I am biased. But I do feel students should have lockers, books, supplies, a positive learning environment, and some rules that don't promote bladder problems. If the students with behavior/attitude problems don't want to learn or respect the teachers and other students I suggest they receive 3 warnings, then be placed together in the same class. There are many schools in GISD. I wonder how the funding breaks down.....

Posted: November 3, 2013

Ball high is diverse and totally askew. It seems like a "lockdown" environment but maybe it needs to be. Who ruined this school for our students? Something must have happened prior to 2004. I have 2 sons who are very bright and talented. One dropped out in his senior year and got a GED. The other is a junior and doesn't seem to like it much either. He had also stated he wants to drop out. I don't think he would pass a GED, he can barely spell much less write with correct grammar. But this boy has so much potential. I think this school has everything "bad" in the world that innocent kids are exposed to. Yes, they will be exposed sooner or later, but this school is a real shocker! Yes Galveston has the beaches, but it also has the ghettos along with "dirty deeds done dirt cheap"! Where does the tax money go? My taxes are high! But there are no text books per student, no lockers, minimal classrooms and horrible dirty restrooms!. Do these students even get to sit in a chair at a desk? It looks like a prison, but maybe it has to. It has it's own police department! WARNING!! Go somewhere else before the damage is done. May God have mercy on this school.

Posted: July 18, 2012

Last I heard, the Superintendent has cleaned out the subpar teachers through a reduction in force, discipline has been tremendously better, and the school looks a whole lot cleaner. Last year's valedictorian went to Yale. Hard to argue results like that. Give me a high school with perfect kids. Not going to happen.

Posted: June 5, 2012

Ball High actually has some amazing teachers and you can learn a lot. Yes, there are some poor teachers but when you get into the advance classes the quality improves greatly. STEM, however, is a joke. The teachers are brand new and don't know what they are teaching. By junior year, if your not already in regular Ball High, you want to get in regular Ball High because there are great teachers. Ball High has a great AP science program and AP arts program. You shouldn't always believe what is being said. I am a student who has experienced Ball High first hand and I am considered GT and I am not in STEM and I am learning a lot.

Posted: February 15, 2012

Are you kidding me? This is a great school if you just stepped out of the Bronx or one of those parts of Detroit that even the cops don't go to at night. You walk in the building and suddenly feel like you just stepped into the movie Dangerous Minds or some of the others like that. The curriculum is way behind where they should be. My kid is a junior and she says that they are doing things in her algebra class that she had done in 6th grade. She also says that the teachers can't teach and some of them just sit there and do nothing during the whole class because the thugs and hoodlums run the school and won't allow the teachers to be heard.

Posted: February 8, 2012

Ball High is a great place to work! This is my first year working at a school and it is my pleasure to let the community know what a great place Ball is. I graduated form Ball High in 1998 and feel like it has only improved since then. We have an awesome new Principal with a great team of Administrators and Teachers backing him up. The faculty and staff love what they do and give each child the opportunity to reach their long term goals.

Posted: April 9, 2010

Ball High has a lot to offer you acedemically, socially and physially. I highly recommend it.

Posted: April 8, 2010

As a student of this school I think i can give the best review or opinon. This school is most importantly school spirited! If your child does sports or is interested in them this is the quickest way to make friends and have fun. As far as the educational reviews, the teachers are just like any other teacher at any other school in the united states. They give you the opportunity to learn and the tools you need to succeed it's up to the students to excel in acedemics this school prepares you for any educational road that lies ahead and offers the most fun on the way. I love this school and the people who attend I thikn it is a great choice as far as High schools in Galveston!

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