Humanities Preparatory Academy Reviews

67 reviews

All of the teachers are mostly respectful and are willing to care and talk to their students. Your opinion and voice matters to them. Plus, everyone is mostly accepting and things are taught in a different way than traditional schools. However, the school area is small, due to sharing the building with many other schools, so I would like it if we had a bigger space.

My experience at Humanities Preparatory Academy has been nothing but amazing. The students and staff are extremely welcoming and it sort of feels like a big family. The curriculum is very hands on and the teachers care greatly about how you are doing as a student. Humanities Prep is a place where I don’t think needs change other than the schools that are connected

Please don't go to this school if you have good grades and want to be academically challenged. I found the classes tediously easy. Students have days to finish their work which could easily be done within 30 minutes or in a day at most. I can confirm the 65% proficiency in math as accurate, if not even lower. There is significant neglect in teaching mathematics, and what you are given in class in the first two years are either simple problems that you have probably learned in middle school or straight up articles that would be better suited for English classes instead. Yes, the teachers are friendly and bribe you with free food to stay here, but that's all they have going for them. If you didn't do so well in middle school, maybe give this school a shot. The biggest pro in this school is free time. Good grades come easy and with the free time you have, you have plenty of time to look for internships, jobs and join extracurricular activities.

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I love this school, it really Help me when it came to college and getting my grades up . I recommend this school.

Humanities Preparatory Academy is a great school that over 4 years has helped me grow into a strong and well-rounded student. MY favorite part about this school is the bond and community that fills the hallways. Students make meaningful connections not only with their peers but with their teachers.

They are a small school with great teachers who truly care about their students. However, the staff isn't always best. You have to consistently ask them for support and pressure them to give you answers. It's hard work dealing with staff although they are nice.

Humanities Preparatory Academy or Humanities Prep, is a great school, especially if you're looking for a school that has a family-like community. Teachers genuinely care about your education and won't let you "slip through the cracks" as many other large Highschools do. Humanities Prep also is a safe environment for people to grow and learn, they have your best interest at heart and will everything they can to see you succeed. Humanities Prep is located in a complex, meaning, it shares the building with other schools. I would like to see the relationships with the other school be more accepting and better so that we could have an even stronger school community.

This school is awesome. Overall, I have been challenged and guided to learn in many ways. The school is welcoming and the teachers are interested in helping you every step of the way. Classes are good and taught in diverse ways, this helps the students to fell connected to their education and act upon it. However, the courses could be more challenging. I will miss it.

Pretty tight school, everyone knows each other and the environment is really freeing, filled with connection

humanities preparatory was a school that helped me better myself, I transferred my junior year and I believe that they cared enough for every student in that school, which many schools aren't really like that. this is a very small environment so you'll stick out to the teachers if you just be yourself. nobody in the school is judgmental and everyone Is basically friends.

Humanities Preparatory Academy is a school that brings many opportunities and really cares about your education. Many of the teachers help you with what you struggle on. You will also have a relationship with many of the teachers.

The academics were fine, I’d say some teachers genuinely cared, but the environment among students was toxic. They’re all selfish and disgusting people. Cruel.

I didn't like the school when I first entered freshman year but now as a rising junior, I can really appreciate the staff and students. Its very inclusive, we have walk outs, sit in, we have dyads and talks that mean something to us, and we get to call teachers by their first names. Our school really pays attention to peoples mental health, their opinions and their overall well being. We don't take regents, only the English one junior year. We take psats/sats. We take PBATs. Our school offers programs like College Now programs, at Cooper Union, at Colombia, and other. All the kids are funny and have very distinct and interesting personalities.

Humanities Preparatory Academy is not your tradition New York City high school, it's small and a PBAT based school. When I say PBAT, it means Humanities Prep does not take regents, except the english one, and each student has to write a research paper for each main subject; english, math, history and science. Along with the research paper the student has to present it to a panel of teachers and have to pass with a grade higher than a 2. I found this process so helpful and amazing because it prepared me for college by improving my critical thinking, writing, reading and researching skills. As for the school's environment itself, it was wonderful because it creates a sense of family. However, when there is a big argument students are placed through a process called fairness. Fairness is when the two parties are placed in a room with a mediator and help resolve the issue.

I really appreciate that you can truly express yourself at this school. Also being able to speak to your teachers and actually build a good relationship with your teachers is really helpful for your academic career while at this school. There is many clubs to join that can bring you other opportunities such as trips and meeting authors of books you read.

My experience at Humanities Preparatory Academy has been decent. It has a very strong community and it is very diverse. Students and teachers have more of a partnership rather then a hierarchy relationship which is always beneficial to the community. We also practice restorative justice programs.

I’ve had a great time at humanities Preparatory academy. They’ve given me opportunities in order to start my computer science career track early. I’ve been able to be an intern at Ernst & Young and participate in CS showcases. The teachers here are amazing. My job at with the CS4ALL team has stemmed through my math and CS teacher.

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Good school and good teachers but more sports and clubs must be added. My experience in this school was mad lit.

Since I’ve been going to HPA, I’m proud to say that I’m a student that attends the school. Teachers value their students very much and the environment is inviting and friendly.

There are several extra curricular activities. They are all fun and engaging. They could always be more structured but other than that, its great.

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