After attending a terrific Back-to-School night, here's my 'Top 10 Reasons to Love Bonsall High School.'

10 - Start time 8:45 - teenagers need beauty rest!

9 - New CIF sports teams

8 - New facilities with cutting-edge ergonomic design and student input in construction

7 - High percentage of parent involvement - nearly 10 percent of all families attended the first parent information network group meeting and already hosted a teacher appreciation dinner

6 - New electives include music (orchestra, musical theater, musical production, guitar), yearbook, debate and flexible online course options, in addition to classroom curriculum such as Chinese, Latin, computer programming…

5 - Super cool new tech model - grades are based on knowledge, presentation, agency, etc. with a strong community project component - IBM sales dad was duly impressed with the practicality for the real world, "I wish my high school graded that way!"

4 - Classes average about 20 students per teacher - what other public school has that ratio? and new Honors courses, too!

3 - Remarkable, hard-working Principal Lee Fleming seeks community feedback, makes things happen quickly, and freely communicates timely information

2 - Phenomenal, dedicated teachers passionate about their subjects

1 - Student ownership of knowledge acquisition and transferal is the foundation of the school. The students themselves participate in much of the decision making to encourage a lifelong love of learning.

I wonder if our freshman daughter really understands yet just how good she and her classmates have it at BHS.

Larissa Scors-Anderson