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Akimel A-al Middle SchoolAMS

6th Grade

Shawna Papsin

Evelyn Avila

Alexis Barnes

Kristen Arredondo

Students

There are currently 1,182 students enrolled at Akimel Middle School

Lunch

There are currently 53 students on a free lunch program at Akimel Middle School.

Broken DownAmerican Indian & Alaskan Native – 22 students (7 Males/15 Females)

Asian & Pacific Islanders – 80 (34 Males/46 Females)

Hispanic – 115 (69 Males/46 Females)

African American – 75 (34 Males/41 Females)

Caucasian – 789 (373 Males/416 Females)

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AIMS

6th GradeMath 81 Reading 86 Writing 95

7th GradeMath 90 Reading 90 Writing 92

8th GradeMath 80 Reading 87 Writing 95Science 81

Shawna’s Period 1

I feel safe inside my classroom

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I feel comfortable participating in class discussion

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I can easily concentrate in my classroom setting

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I like the way my desks are set up in the classroom

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What is your favorite thing about your classroom, why?

My teacher

Decorations in classroom (Halloween)

Classmates

“I’m not in the front of the class, because I’m not being looked at”

“Schedule written on the board, I can see what time I go to my next class”

What is your least favorite thing about your classroom, why?

Hard homework/class work/tests

Other students being loud, or yelling

Wall décor, it is distracting

“Where I am sitting, I can’t see, if I was sitting closer my work would be better”

“Use my brain, and that hurts. It gives me brain aches”

Evelyn’s Period 1

I feel safe inside my classroom

Females – All strongly agreed they fell safe in their classroom

Males –All boys agreed they feel safe in their classroom

I feel comfortable participating in class discussion

FemalesAll felt comfortable participating

MalesMostly all felt comfortable participating

I can easily concentrate in my classroom setting

FemalesAll agreed they are able to concentrate in the classroom

MalesMost were able to concentrate in the classroom

I like the way my desks are set up in the classroom

FemalesThere were 5 out 14 girls that did not like the way the desks are set up, but all the others did

MalesSome of the boys did not like the way the desks are set up, most did

What is your favorite thing about your classroom, why?

FemalesTeacher is flexible with work

Easy to concentrate

Felt like home

MalesPeople in class

Teacher is nice

Wall Décor

What is your least favorite thing about the classroom, why?

FemalesLike everything

Desks – no movement

MalesDesks – no movement

Writing down agenda

Not spending enough time on content

Kristen’s Period 1 and 2

I feel safe inside my classroom

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What is your favorite thing about your classroom, why?

Females

teacher, blackboard, couch

Males

Teacher, atmosphere, friends, water fountain, computers

What is your least favorite thing about your classroom, why?

Females

Not sitting next to friends

Males

Not sitting next to friends, the desk layout, “boring” content

Alexis’s Period 1

I feel safe inside my classroom

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I can easily concentrate in my classroom setting

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What is your favorite thing about your classroom, why?

“That we are always so organized”

“The way she gives us time to work. It takes everyone awhile to comprehend”

“ The fat fluffy chairs by the laptops”

“How the schedule is up and says if it is an A or B day”

What is your least favorite thing about your classroom, why?

“ I just don’t really like the desk arrangements. I’d rather sit next to someone than sit behind someone to the point where I can’t see.”“The classmates”“The walls and carpet are dull. They are not a fun color.”“How much reading and writing we do.”

Similarities in the Classroom

Most of our students feel safe in the classroom

Most of our students feel comfortable in class discussion

Most of our students can easily concentrate in the classroom

Differences in the Classrooms

In Alexis and Evelyn’s classroom more students did not like the way the desks are set up than any of the other classesIn Shawna’s class none of the students strongly disagreed on any questionIn Kristen’s classroom there were only 4 females surveyed so she didn’t get a very wide variety from females.

What the survey shows

For the most part almost all of the students like their classrooms and feel safe while in their classroom.

The students have mixed feelings about how the desks are set up.

In every class students seem to like their teachers and their classmates.