Arsenal Technical High School

Survey of Hispanic Students

Tech teachers and staff want to make Tech a better place for you and all the other students who come here. So we are asking you to help us in this effort by answering the questions below.

There are no right or wrong answers to the questions we are asking. THIS IS NOT A TEST. It is also not necessary for you to let us know who you are by writing your name on the questionnaire. All we want you to do is to complete the statements by checking the response that makes the best sense to you. Please check ONLY ONE unless you are asked to check more than one. If you don’t like any of the choices listed, check OTHER and then WRITE IN your best answer in the space provided. Please write clearly. Print if you have to.

Think carefully about each of the statements before answering. It is also important that you complete ALL the statements because that is the only way we will be able to know you. We want to be in the best position to do what we can to make the school a good place for you so you can stay at Tech and graduate. However, if for some reason you prefer not to complete a particular statement, please feel free to skip over it. REMEMBER: THIS IS NOT A TEST.

Student Survey

1. I am:

malefemale

2. I am a:

freshmansophomorejuniorseniorother (specify)

3. I am:

Puerto RicanMexican-AmericanCubanother (specify)

4. My age is:

14151617other (specify)

5. My parents are:

togetherdeceaseddivorcedseparatedother (specify)

6. I live:

with my mother, father, and brothers/sisterswith just my mother and fatherwith just my motherwith just my fatherwith just my brother/sisterwith my grandparentswith my aunt/unclewith someone else (specify)in a shelter

7. My father:

works in an offi ceworks in a factoryworks neither in an offi ce or a factoryis not working right nowis retiredis on social securityis disabledother (specify)

8. My mother:

is a housewifeworks at homeworks in an offi ceworks in a factoryworks neither in an offi ce or a factoryis not working right nowis retiredis on social securityis disabledother (specify)

9. My father:

did not fi nish high schoolfi nished high schoolcompleted GEDfi nished some collegefi nished high school and collegeI don’t knowother (specify)

10. My mother:

did not fi nish high schoolfi nished high schoolcompleted GEDfi nished some collegefi nished high school and collegeI don’t know

11. I have had to repeat a grade:

neverin elementary schoolin middle schoolin high school

12. I have been living in Indianapolis for:

Less than a monthLess than six monthsA yearMore than a yearMore than four years

13. I came to Indianapolis from:

another part of Indiana (specify)another state (specify)another country (specify)

14. I came to Indianapolis with:

my mother and fathermy father onlymy mother onlymy grandparentsother (specify)

15. I am in Indianapolis because:

I have always lived heremy parents came to look for workmy parents came to be with other family membersother (specify)

16. Indianapolis is where I and:

my brothers and sisters livemy brothers and sisters, and my parents livemy brothers and sisters, my parents, and my grandparents livemy brothers and sisters, my parents, my grandparents, and aunts and uncles liveother (specify)

17. At home, I speak:

only Spanishonly Englishboth English and Spanishother (specify)

18. Before coming to Tech, I attended a school in:

Indianapolisanother part of Indiana (specify)another state (specify)another country (specify)

19. The school I attended before coming to Tech was: (check all that apply)

publicprivatesmalllargeurbansuburbanrural

20. Before coming to Tech, I had completed:

less than one year of high schoolmore than one year of high schoolless than two years of high schoolmore than two years of high schoolless than three years of high schoolmore than three years of high schoolless than four years of high schoolmore than four years of high school

21. The one thing I love most about Tech is:

that I feel safe herethat there are other Hispanic Students herethat teachers care about me hereother (specify)

22. The one thing I hate most about Tech is:

that I don’t feel safe herethat there are not many Hispanic students herethat teachers do not care about me hereother (specify)

23. The main reason I am at Tech is:

I want to go to collegeI want to get a good jobto learn a tradeI have no choicethere is nothing else for me to doother (specify)

24. The thing that scares me most about Tech is:

failing my subjects and not being able to graduatebeing hurt by gangsgetting into drugsother (specify)

25. My biggest problem right now is that:

I rather be working than going to schoolI have family responsibilitiesI don’t get along with my teachersI can’t speak EnglishI don’t fi nd work interestingI just don’t know what I want to do after high schoolI’m not getting along with my parentsI don’t like TechI’m scared to come to schoolother (specify)

26. I think the biggest problem at Tech right now is that:

teachers don’t really care what happens to methe school is too bigthe school is not teaching me Englishthere are gangs aroundstudents use drugsstudents don’t respect their teachersother (specify)

27. The teachers I have at Tech have been there to help me when I have needed themthe most.

TrueFalseI haven’t really needed them

28. If I were given a choice right now whether to stay at Tech or leave I would:

stayleavenot sure

29. I feel Tech is:

a safe place to benot a safe place to be

30. Tech is a school I:

feel good aboutdo not feel good about

31. I feel the best when:

I get good gradesmy parents tell me how good I’ve beenI do well in sportsmy teachers give the feeling that they care about meother (specify)

32. I would like Tech more if:

teachers cared more about methere were more Hispanic studentsI knew more Englishother (specify)

33. My goal right now is:

to graduate and go to collegeto graduate and go to workjust graduateother (specify)

34. The things Tech teachers and staff can do to make me like the school more are:

35. List the school clubs and organizations you belong to:

36. List the kinds of things you do during the week after school:

37. List the kinds of things you do during the weekend:

38. List the kinds of things you like to do to help others in your community:

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A Partnership Project of theCenter for Urban and Multicultural Education (CUME)School of EducationIndiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)902 W. New York StreetIndianapolis, IN 46202

José R. Rosario, Ph.D.Professor of Education andEl Puente Project Director