Northwest Career And Technical Academy

Northwest upholds strict adherence to the rules and policies of the school. This means that the students who go here really want to be here. The teachers, likewise choose to be at this school. When these factors are coupled together the results are an ability to aggressively teach past the standards to academic excellence. My daughter actually enjoys going to school each day making learning easier and more enjoyable. I would however, advise staying actively involved in sports and activities at your zoned school because this is the area where Northwest is deficient. As always, parents must remain interested and involved to avoid pitfalls. There are going to be some negative mixed in with all the good just by way of practical nature in all situations.

First and foremost — it’s high school. There’s not much else to say other than the experiences range far and few from people, but for me, personally, my experience was below average. I graduated from NWCTA three and a half years ago, but even to this day, I still recollect memories from when I visited those halls.
The bottom line is that they’re hungry for money. While they’re completely infatuated with the thought of money and nothing else, they cut out programs and software and other important items that make the school what it was. Field trips are expensive, books are expensive, tests are expensive, everything. Growing up in a lower class home, it was tough getting by.
I originally came here to escape my public school. Admittedly, NWCTA is vastly better than that of public schools in Las Vegas in terms of education, but there are still some core differences that make the experience lacking. There is no «school spirit» (there are no sports teams, at least from when I was there), there is no long-​term goal for the school, and even the teachers that are there are miserable and often complained about the school in its entirety.
Overall, if you’re thinking of coming here, I would look elsewhere. There are better magnet schools located within the valley. While I don’t think I «wasted» my years being here at high school, I was certainly unhappy, and so was everyone else.

Can’t comment about too much yet, but one thing that bugs me is certain things at the school must be paid for online at the schools website, seems that they want the parents money so badly that all your information is there, all they need is your credit card number. They also charge a 90 cent fee to pay online, but you can only pay online, WTF? who gets this fee? if it’s a convenience fee, I’d just send 15 bucks to the school, but you can only pay online so if the extort .90 per paying parent, sure it adds up.

In this school, no teachers truly cares about you. Not even the counselors. They may act like they do, but they just want their pay. I wanted to switch my program area and they said that they didn’t want to do all the paperwork so they won’t let me. Now I’m stuck in a program area that I’m not interested in and I am going to waste three years of my high school life. Northwest should be your last option for a high school.