Haltom High School

My child is a recent graduate of Haltom High. She currently attends UT Austin with plans for law school after that. The AP classes provided the challenging curriculum that she needed. Discipline is an important component of this school and I like that. I think the diversity of this school is its biggest asset. She had friends of all colors and economic backgrounds. The empathy and compassion she felt for others not born with her advantages (white/middle class) is invaluable.

My third child is in 11th grade at this school. My kids have all had good experiences. The teachers seem genuine and caring. The fine arts programs at this school go above and beyond in excellence. Two of my kids were in band and the other in theatre.

The staff is mostly fine, but the APs really need to lighten up. Haltom Middle Schools had APs that smiled at you, and said hi to you. These APs never smile, and they never talk to any students. It's not hard to share a smile once in a while....

I'm currently a freshman attending Haltom High School. The students are so culturally diverse and that makes it somewhat fun to come to school everyday. Most of the teachers want to help us, the students, achieve our goal of going to college. However, there are some students who definately slow the class down, they never do their work no matter how hard the teachers push them, as a student this absolutely is the thing that frustrates me most about this school. The majority of the administrators that I know are pretty helpful and fair but I do agree that some aren't very people-orientated. The fine arts program is pretty successful as the band placed 12th in the UIL state marching competition out of 264 6A bands in Texas. However the football team didn't have the same luck, I'll let the excuse that the reclassification from 5A to 6A caused them to have a record of 0-10. All in all, Haltom High has a decent learning experience and that's what matters most about ambitious students who want to go to college.