495 Catherine St
Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Staff is god awful. The teachers aren’t too bad, but they’re very impatient and lack understanding in some of these students when they get left behind academically. They get left behind pretty quick because of the fact that they shove APs down your throat because they want their ranking to remain high for the sake of getting funding. If she’s still there, stay away from Forbes!!!!! CRUEL and awful woman to even ask a question to.

LearningIn my experience, students at this school feel excited about what they're learning.None of the students in this school are excited to learn. The teachers do not know that they're teaching, and they out their anger on their students. They also talk about their students in an extremely disappointing disrespectful.TeachingIn my experience, teachers at this school are respectful, supportive, and motivate their students to learn.The teachers are definitely not respectful or supportive to any of their students. When a student falls behind, they take it to another level by just yelling and embarrassing them in front of the classroom instead of supporting their students and helping them to get themself going again. Also, again, they don't motivate their students to learn and instead try to gaslight them by telling them that the teachers can't do anything and instead blame it on the students. Also, when students try to help each other on the work, the teachers take it seriously by ripping up their work. The teachers damage student's mental health.Social-emotional supportIn my experience, this school supports students' mental health and emotional well-being.As said in the review above, this school does not know how to support a student's mental health. They yell at the students for anything, and their equity is unbelievable. If there is any conflict between two students, the school always believes the student that informs them first. They also don't care about the other students. The vice-principal(s) are also very rude towards the students.Special EducationThis school provides students with disabilities the support and accommodations they require.They do not treat kids with disabilities with the accommodations they require. When a special education kid is crying, they pin them down and do not try to comfort them at all. I think that's all we need to know for this section.SafetyIn my experience, this school provides an environment safe from violence, discrimination, and harsh punishment.In this school, most the doors are broken. You cannot lock the doors at all and his could cost a kid's life if unfortunately, a shooting occurs. Also, there are many fights in this school and many cases of discrimination.Family EngagementIn my experience, the school welcomes and includes families as partners in their children's learning.No. In this school, the only thing they do is tell the parent that their child is failing and move on.

Little to no understanding of mental health. Huge and incorrect assumptions made by the current principal, Ms. Jimenez.

I'm a student attending halsey aof and I I been there since last year and I really like it a lot. The teachers are very nice and they help me a lot and I am very greatful. The only thing they need to do is put more activites so it won't be boring. My school is little and it doesn't have so many people and that's what I like. The big halsey leadership I don't like it because there are many fights but halsey academy of finance is good.

the best high school and that it prepares you for the future.