Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Reviews

A good education is hard to come by nowadays, but not when you go to SOCES. GO KNIGHTS!!

Good school, people are not. Thieves go here. I just got 2 things stolen from my backpack during the P.E period

My best friend goes here and she says it's great. I wish I could get in, but there's this long waiting list I don't think I'll be in anytime soon

They need to transfer out soome of these teachers. Teachers that clearly don't know how to teach to young kids shouldn't be there. This is 4th grade to 12th grade. Place the teachers in the grades they can actually teach.

Cons: Carlos goes to this school, and luis' roller coaster of a hairline is trash.

Pros: Cristian and Marat are sexy man beasts, and Simon's unibrow is on point.

Love the school, love the staff. The people not so much. This school i great.

omg I just love this school! im currently in 6th grade and ive been there since 4th grade. I love all my teachers and this school is just awesome. I've never had a problem at this school. I want to stay here until 12 grade!!

Still go to this school, pretty nice but could use renovations...

Our daughter attends SOCES and loves it. She is in 5th grade.

This school was my second home growing up. Went there the whole 9 years (4th-12th). From the beginning it was an amazing school. I loved almost all of the staff, the teachers, the students and anyone else involved growing up. They made me feel safe and they seemed to care about my education.

That was before high school.

But once entering the high school years I started to realize that much of the staff didn't care about all the students as much as I thought they did. They buttered up the younger generation while turning their backs on the older. It got to the point where it seemed as though the staff just didn't know how to handle the older generation, and with that they were scared of them. Because of this, the staff and school went downhill. And to this day I can almost watch this downward spiral of the school continue, as all of the teachers and staff who cared are slowly transferring to other schools, whereas those who don't are sticking around, getting complaints from various students.

As a verdict, my opinion is this: If you are young, go to SOCES and use the opportunity to transfer yourself into a good high school magnet or charter school, so that you have the opportunity to get into a good college through a school that may care about your grades and results more when they really matter (which is in high school). Only stick around if you're participating in the arts programs (band, drama, etc.). Lastly, don't rely on the sports teams to get you grants for college (except for girl's basketball maybe, or you are EXTREMELY gifted and invite scouts yourself).

Don't get me wrong. I am proud of the years I spent at the school, and don't regret it one bit. But I worry that those in a younger generation may not be able to say the same. Sadly, the school does not deserve the reputation it built up over previous years at this moment. I'm hoping that with the couple staff changes that have been taking place the school can pick themselves out of the hole that they initially dug in the first place. But at this moment in time, find yourself another location for high school.