HALO School of Performing Arts

Wow, you sure do have a problem. Maybe God one day will give you inner spirit and peace. Better yet maybe you should focus all of your engergy into the lawsuit that was brought against you in your professional career.

YOU KNOW NOTHING wrote:

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Once again you are incorrect. At the time that I put in the complaint with the BBB they already had an unsatisfactory rating. They had already had 2 complaints. As for the not for profit...the told us they were donating the money from our shows to Heart Haven Outreach in Bolingbrook they never received a dime. Nice try Angelique.....you didn't donate!

Wow, kudos for your anger issues!! How many years have you been at this bad mouthing! You really should see a professional about it (anger management to be exact)! My kids have been in the program for years and not only have they been provided with wonderful instruction but they have also been scouted because of Halo and especially Angelique! We've had such a positive experience that I joined the cast and started taking the classses as well!!!
It has helped me build confidence as a singer and overall performer as well as opened other doors of opportunity in the performing arts for me! Also, I have many of friends that have signed up for the program and are also very satisfied! And who keep coming back session after session, year after year, and will continue to come back despite your negativity!
As far as Miss America, I think the latest title holders in the Miss Romeoville Pagent would have to disagree with you! Including my children who participated!
You should seriously get off it already if not for your own sake then for the sake of your daughter! If you did have a bad experience, I'm sorry that your so consumed by anger that you can't let go of it even for your child! All that negativity can't be healthy for either of you!
Our children feed off our emotions and that's something you should consider when you keep this grudge match going for years and years!
Halo has made a remarkable difference in my daughter's life! It was this exact program that you keep bashing that brought her back from some serious depression after losing one of her best friends to cancer! To have her smile and laugh again and have Halo to thank!
Their are so many other stories I could tell about how the Halo family, meaning Staff and cast and crew, have come together to help each other and grow together, we could be here forever! Instead I say to those of you reading this, join us and see for yourselves!!
Back to you the hater, it's very sad that a human being could be so miserable in their life that they would hold on to such negativity for so long. And despite it all Halo continues to grow and nurish the lives and minds of young and old with at over a dozens of repeat students/performers! And always welcoming new ones who will also grow with Halo for years to come! Despite negativity and obstacles!
There is enough negativity in this world only we can make a change for the positive by setting an example for the next generation. What kind of example are you going to set!!!!!

BUYER BEWARE wrote:

They are just con artists. They couldn't even pay their instructor's so their best instructor, Andrew who taught dance and juggling, walked out the day before the show. They take thousands of dollars in tuition and put it in their pockets, when they are suppose to be Non-Profit....who are they kidding?

Oh yeah, you mentioned about Andrew walking out! Did you mention that he also took the entire tech crew with (friends of his)!Did you make sure your facts were straight before you post such nonsense about Halo not paying? Andrew was very talented but had a horrible attitude and left an entire cast of children that he was teaching because of a disagreement, not because of a lack of pay! Did you also mention that Halo not only replaced an entire tech crew and had everything up and running at the show but that Andrew also was a main character as the wizard who had a to sing, dance, and had many lines, and Halo replaced him for the three shows with 2 very talented artists Jaren and Jimmy who did the song, dance and lines and had the crowd on their feet applauding! All this in less than 24 hour notice! Yeah, Halo pulled it off despite of those huge obstacles! It was an awesome show! The set, the songs, the lighting, the make up, the costuming, the talent,... the commitment from the directors! What a great program to offer all this to the community!

concerned parent wrote:

halo performing arts school is on of the most stupid performing arts school ever never send your child there and never recomend it to any one!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, you sure have a way with words!! Come grow with Halo, my family has!!!

Concerned Parent wrote:

A very troubling issue is that the Naperville School District allows this program to continue at Graham Elementary School although the directors of this program have been reported to the school district by several parents. The directors were also involved with the Miss America Organization and recently lost the directorship due to unethical practices and many children who were on scholarships for the Halo School had their scholarships pulled mid session. This is just unbelievable that the Naperville School District would endorse such a program. To all those parents out there looking for a School of Performing Arts program.... beware HALO's reputation is one of building children up and then tearing them down.

It is interesting that you continue to find it to be "unbelievable" that these cities (Naperville, Romeoville, and I suppose, Plainfield now as well), are all just blind and partner with this so called "scam" of a program and you are the only all-seeing, truth- speaking persons.
All of your posts have a couple things in common-
#1- they refer to the pageant that was held in which 2 girls (your daughters), had their titles and awards revoked due to bullying of other Halo students after several warnings, and after their mother was forced to be escorted from HALO premises by the cops after verbal and physical assault.
#2- any other information has been misconstrued because it was only discussed with the above mentioned mother- who is angered that her daughter's crown was taken away and that the family was asked to longer return to Halo's program if that was the type of behavior they were going to portray in front of other Halo families
Please seek counseling. You have enough to worry about with the other lawsuits pending against you and with your poor son's name all over the newspaper. Concentrate on your family and seek help. We will pray for you.

Anyone interested in knowing the real side of Halo please visit www.haloacademyinc.org . There you'll find a plethora of testimonials from various people.

hey..but I heard she was doing a show at the Paramount!!! Rent.!!!! that's all the rage...many people are so excited about being in RENT that they don't see whatever it is you all are complaining about..so whats the real deall/ she's also doing ANNIE...how does she get all these privileges..what about her connections..? just curious

No doubt that she has great ideas and is very talented and could really do a great things with her programs ..however...she is seriously lacking in organization and structure which leads to making promises she cannot keep. She has not represented her miss r titleholders well at all either and to someone that made a comment earlier that the miss R girls were happy....they most certainly are NOT. Maybe your kid is but she is probably the only one! Those kids have made 3 appearances and those were to support her dad's campaign or something....I am sure that is not what they entered that program for...and what of her calling it a "scholarship"...thos e kids never have or never will receive a scholarship from that program and that is very fraudulent!

I can no longer support much of my previous posts! I still feel that it's best to let go of the negativity! There is good and bad in every program and person and unfortunately I've been the receiver of both! I cannot with a honest heart just leave information for public view and scrutiny in which I have previously posted if I no longer feel it is entirely factual! Good luck to you all, including the Halo families! God Bless

Wow! Public therapy sessions have come of age!

Way to go inspired... thanks for sharing your little breakdown with the whole class, you sanctimonious, egotistical parasite. You spend hours writing angry attack dog treatises ripping others apart, and then to assuage your guilt, and suck up to your external morality filter, you try to brush off the stain of your hating with a "I no longer support much of my previous posts"??? Yeah, I killed him your Honor, but I don't support much of the decision that I made to terminate another life, so I get to go, right?

Maybe a little more time raising your children and investigating the choices that you make as influences for the young lives, and a little less time judging others would serve you well.

Dear Napervillian Nick, I truly think you are confused as to which side of the fence has been played.

Good luck to you as well! May God Bless You!

me and my cousin joined but we quit because marykay left and it was a scam.

Fact: How many times has Halo moved....so many you can't count on one hand. They keep getting kicked out of everywhere because they are NOT non for profit. They are one big scam. Angeliques partner finally got the picture and walked out as well. ANGELIQUE HAS TRIED TO DIRECT ONE PAGEANT AFTER ANOTHER (MISS AMERICA, MISS ROMEOVILLE, AND NOW ELITE USA) She has NEVER awarded one dime in scholarship money to ANYONE. She is a con artist. I truly hope Elite USA figures it out before she completely ruins there system as well.

I'm sorry to read all of this negative prose about a company I have had no problems with. My daughter has been working with Halo and Angelique for several months now. My husband and I have been thrilled with the work that has been done with our daughter. Not only has her voice quality improved, but we've noticed the effect of being in these acting classes has had in her life. Her teacher even mentioned her change in personality at our last meeting. I can't believe this is the same company that everyone was talking about. We love Halo

My facts wrote:

I'm sorry to read all of this negative prose about a company I have had no problems with. My daughter has been working with Halo and Angelique for several months now. My husband and I have been thrilled with the work that has been done with our daughter. Not only has her voice quality improved, but we've noticed the effect of being in these acting classes has had in her life. Her teacher even mentioned her change in personality at our last meeting. I can't believe this is the same company that everyone was talking about. We love Halo

I am glad to hear you haven't had any problems yet and hopefully for your family and daughters sake you never will. It is also wonderful that your daughter is making progress in so many ways. Hopefully you will never have to experience what so many others have after some time. As the fall is even worse when your child has been making progress!
Please understand that this is an experience for some that just as postive as it had once been for some, it ended even more negative, and because we are speaking of children, those effects can be very damaging. These blogs spots are for people to talk about local experiences good and bad and others will make decisions based on that and their own experiences. It would be so wonderful if there was no bad in the world and if everyone truly just wanted to help each other. Unfortunately this is not the case. If your child was built up only to be torn down and used, I truly believe you would understand. Hopefully you will never have this sort of experience. Ask yourself, if you were in a situation with your daughter like that, how would you react? When your daughter's new found confidence is burst into flames by the person you trusted to help her grow and she is taught the cruelest lesson in life not to trust, and question everything she was told that made her evovle into who she is including her self worth? This is the other side of what you have experienced. Remember, most of this negativity started after positive experiences.

Calm down all if you halo is wonderful love the shows some of you are just moms who are sour losers cause your kid didnt get first place haha what losers!!