Garner High

Teachers aren’t that great :/ a lot of them don’t help you when you ask and then go and complain about how you should be teaching yourself the material. And then they continue to complain about test scores. Also the teachers couldn’t care less about your mental health. The only one that cares is the French teacher (shoutout ms. Awad) but other than her they act very condescending when you tell them that you aren’t very motivated because of your declining mental health. Some even still ridicule you if you have literal proof from your therapist. It’s ridiculous and incredibly upsetting and just makes an even worse impact on my already declining mental health. :/ other than that it’s pretty good when it comes to extracurricular activities but that’s pretty much it. It’s not really a great place to learn

Excellent and very friendly to new comers

I have very mixed feelings about Garner High school. I went there for 3 of my 4 High school years and I can tell you that they have some things worse than other schools, amd some things that are better. For example, the racial divide is awful and the political climate from this years election has lingered and affected students attitudes towards each other (black vs. white). Drugs are such an issue that dogs are sent in monthly to check for storage of said things. SOT finally collapsed this year; SOT for those of you who dont know is the start on time program that failed horribly to keep kids from skipping class and being tardy. On the other hand Garner has some amazing teachers, a great selection of AP courses, as well as decent class sizes and since south garner was made we've had a class size no bigger than 20 kids at a time. Overall Garner gets a four out of five because it is improving slowly but surely.

Garner isn't as bad as many people make it out to be. This is my first year here, and I just have to say that making friends was easy, especially due to the multitude of clubs and organizations the school has to offer. Also as a soon to be rising Junior I am aware that the counselors are really good at pointing you in the right direction as far as colleges are concerned. Not to mention Garner offers the IB Diploma Programme and we have a great many teachers and counselors who specialize in people earning and getting involved in the IBDP. I have been to one other high school before down in Asheville, and I can honestly say that Garner has it beat. There is a tight dress code policy, and a tight no drugs or alcohol policy (unlike my previous high school) and I can honestly say that I like it like that. I almost never hear of fights, drugs, or bullying & honestly Garner is a really nice place to learn.