St. Alphonsus School

Hello! I work here. Very wonderful, would positive.

I was a teacher at Trinity Episcopal School for a year. It is a women-centered organization that quite frankly, I believe needs to transition to being an all girls school. Once boys hit the 6th grade, they are often shamed and gaslit in this women-centered organization. The school has trouble support Black and Hispanic male students and does not have a restorative process in place for students of color that violate the student handbook. The culture at Trinity is incredibly siloed to the detriment of the white students and students of color alike. I have taught English for 14 years, and all of my coteachers and colleagues have been respectful and mutually supportive except at Trinity where I was shouted at by my Social Studies coteacher, who has had 7 English coteachers in the span of just 11 years. Trinity is not a supportive place for male teachers and is not a supportive place for male students of color beyond the 5th grade. The headmaster of the school is an Episcopal Priest that was brought in from the East Coast to layoff and consolidate some of the staff that were not fitting into the rigid expectations of the school’s culture about a decade ago. Additionally, I did my best to advocate for a student who possessed a vape, whose mother had worked at the school and had a similar experience where she was bullied out of the culture of the school, and the current philosophy teacher also had an issue where he was bullied out of the school by a female coteacher and had to take time off and teach college courses while his social currency reset and he was welcomed back into the institution again. Toxic work environment for male teachers and extremely toxic environment for male students of color. Avoid at all costs unless you are enrolling a female child.

My child attended Salem for years and loved it. Unfortunately, the non-responsive principal, back then, to my concerns was why I removed my child from the school. Even though my child was very upset, I had to do what I had to do. The school as a whole is still loved by me and always will be. They will make it as they have many people who care about the school, but mostely the children. Go Blue Knights! I do not know the new principal but I have seen her credentials and believe she will be a great leader.

Hope Carr is the worst teacher at this school. I wouldn’t trust her to care for my pet, much less my child.

Avoid this school if you can. You may get a good teacher every once in a while, but most of the staff is poor. Admin at this school don't care about your kids, and would rather hang out with all their friends, who just so happen to get jobs there....