New Britain High School

I wish I could give NBHS 0 stars... I attended there for 4 years. I was at the top of my class (ranked 2nd out of 600 students who graduated). I played sports, was involved in many different clubs and activities, took all AP and Honors classes (with the exception of my language class, which was the only non-honors or non-AP class I ever took). The teachers were HORRIBLE. I had teachers specifically tell me that they didn't read our papers. I had a teacher who based her entire curriculum off of spark notes. Luckily, I was able to take several online classes (all AP's). I thought the most interesting thing about that was that I did four times as much work in the online classes as the SAME AP classes that my friends were taking at NBHS. I also passed AP tests that my friends didn't without even studying for the exams because I didn't take the classes at NBHS. I love it when I hear people talk about how great NBHS is and how you can get the same education as another school. That is entirely not true. I took classes online from non-NBHS teachers as well as at a boarding school. It is a TERRIBLE school. If I had a kid I would NEVER subject them so such LOW QUALITY of education.

My daughter left. She refused to go. Now she is in college. I feel awful because I could not control her high school experience. I find NB gives lip service to parental involvement, but they hate us and don't want to be bothered. I saw her guidance counselor for help on several ocassions and she was incompetent, and couldn't remember me. The teachers and staff are indifferent to students, there was no toilet paper in the bathrooms, the cafeteria is overcrowded so some kids don't get to eat, and it is generally a negative and foreboding experience. We should be ashamed of ourselves!
--Submitted by a parent

I'm going to be a sophomore, and I say this school is generally a very good one, although they couldn't do worse by entering assignments into the internet based progress tracker before students get home...a day after the assignment is given.
--Submitted by a student

I think NBHS is a great school. I am a sophomore. Maybe its a bit overcrowded but i enjoy it more than any other schools i have been to. its not what people talk on the street a lot of fight and bad thigns. I only saw two fights my freshman year n nothing else thats bad.
--Submitted by a student

I go to this school and i think NBHS prepares you for real life. Counselors do meet students, and you can check your progress online as well. Extracurricular is amazing in this school, providing clubs of all need. Security is better than ever, and in a school so big, you do need that much security. there are so many nationalities under one roof, the diversities provide you with opportunities. I participate in the marching band, aspira, FBLA, Madrigals/show choir, concert choir. There are parent association to join such as the PMA. in band parents help, and we call them the band mom's and dads. NBHS prepares you for life out of high school because believe or not parents your students college professor wont always tell them what they need to do, neither will their boss, they have to learn how to do things themselves. NBHS is awesome! and so are teachers.
--Submitted by a student

The teachers at New Britain High School work really hard in ensuring that each student recieves the best education possible. The principals leadership is excellent, and the extracurricular activities are amazing. The only thing wrong with this school is the lack of parent involvement and that it is overcrowded.
--Submitted by a teacher

Unorganized, very overcrowded. Stressful environment.
--Submitted by a student

NBHS is a horrible school. I am a junior there, and for the two completed years I have been there, there has not been one pleasant experience. The hallways are always overcrowded, but teachers still continuously hand out detentions. It's not our fault theres too many kids, and we cant make it to class in time because of the hallways!
--Submitted by a student

New Britain High School is definately a good school but I believe they go about everything all wrong. For one thing its more like a prison than a school. They always say that they want us to act like adults but for some reason they do nothing but treat us like kids. Grantid half the kids in that school have no respect for anything, I can see the need for all the security. In a way it makes you feel safe, but at the same time most of the teachers never listen to anything you have to say. They deal with so many troublemakers that they don't take the time to see the good in anyone else and I feel that this is the schools biggest flaw. Other than that I have definately enjoyed my 4 years there, and i know that i've learned more about the real world there.
--Submitted by a student

I like NBHS, but there are some ridiculous policies in place, and they change at random. I think that having an ID is annoying, and none of the teachers check them. When you are caught without one, you get a 2-hour detension. Then there is the 'Red and Gold House' system. I have never heard of anything more ridiculous. 'Two schools within one' does not help with anything. We're just as over-crowded, and even more confused. This leads me to the over-crowding. In the beginng of this year, we had a student added to my history class, and there weren't enough desks! Then there was the midterm schedule. It was clear they had no idea what they were doing. Since I'm a Sophmore, I'm still observing this entire.... disaster... rather closely. It's sort of like rubber-necking-- Who doesn't want to see the car accident on the side of the road?
--Submitted by Adrienne, a student