1. OPA Survey Results 3-9 2009-2010

36. 3rd Grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (good, teach us well) 2.Safe school 3.After school activities 4.Good education 5.Language Arts 6.Recess 7.Math 8.Art 9.Likes the school 10.Cool school

37. 3rd Grade Top Ten Improvements 1.More recess 2.Don’t need any improvement 3.Better lunches 4.More snacks 5.I don’t know 6.Bigger school 7.Bring back strawberry milk 8.Bigger playground 9.Higher fence 10.Hallways too loud

38. 4 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (amazing, nice, wonderful, great, etc.) 2.Spanish 3.Good education 4.Math 5.Language Arts 6.Clean School 7.Good food 8.Teaches me responsibility 9.Drug free 10.Students (amazing, attentive)

39. 4 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvement 1.Bigger playground 2.More playground equipment 3.School needs no improvement 4.Cleaner bathrooms 5.Better or more food 6.Cleaner hallways 7.Cleaner cafeteria 8.More library books 9.More time to play 10.Basketball court

40. 5 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (good, funny, nice) 2.Good education 3.Math 4.I don’t know 5.Physical Education 6.Clean school 7.Spanish 8.Students 9.Teaching us to be responsible 10.Science

41. 5 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvements 1.The school doesn’t need improvement. 2.Students disliked a particular class/teacher 3.Bigger lockers 4.Cleaner cafeteria 5.Sports opportunities 6.Couldn’t think of any 7.Bigger outdoor area 8.Bullying 9.Bathrooms 10.Classrooms

42. 6 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (nice, kind, intelligent, caring, etc.) 2.Good education 3.Good discipline 4.Clean school 5.Helps students that need extra help 6.Safe school 7.Detentions 8.Learning Spanish 9.Lunch time 10.Students (welcoming, very nice)

43. 6 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvement 1.The school doesn’t need improvement. 2.Bigger playground/basketball court 3.Cleaner school 4.Recess 5.Students need to be more respectful. 6.School Lunch 7.More after school activities 8.Bullying 9.Didn’t like uniforms 10.Too much homework

44. 7 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (awesome, nice, amazing) 2.Good education 3.Spanish teaching 4.Good discipline 5.Physical Education 6.After school opportunities 7.Math 8.Good students 9.Respect 10.History

45. 7 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvement 1.Don’t like uniforms 2.Spanish 3.Bullying 4.No or less detentions 5.Cleaner hallways 6.Funner classes 7.School lunch 8.Cleaner bathrooms 9.Respect given to students 10.Crowded hallways

46. 8 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers 2.Good discipline 3.Good education 4.Good lunch 5.Keeping kids organized 6.Good school 7.Nice people 8.Math 9.Language Arts 10. Spanish teaching

47. 8 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvement 1.No uniforms 2.School lunch 3.I don’t know 4.Needs no improvement 5.Bigger hallways 6.Unfair grading 7.More time to finish homework 8.Student behavior 9.Everything 10.More athletics

48. 9 th grade Top Ten School Strengths 1.Teachers (Intelligent, willing to help) 2.Good education 3.Bilingual education 4.Discipline 5.Teaching responsibility 6.Safe school 7.Pizza day 8.Math 9.Small class sizes 10.Being treated with respect

49. 9 th grade Top Ten Needs Improvement 1.More athletics 2.More choices of electives 3.Spanish program 4.Hallways are too crowded 5.More school spirit 6.Don’t like uniforms 7.Bigger school 8.Bigger outside area 9.More afterschool activities 10.More fun things: field trips, dances, etc.

50. Additional Strengths and Improvements For a more complete list of the ideas students gave please open this file: Y drive MOPA Library Accreditation Survey Results 3-9 Feel free to peruse the results.

51. Credits Questions were developed by the accreditation committee: Kathleen Thornburg, Robert Mitchell, Deborah Deem, Lauretta Hill, Wendi Graham, Emma Clisante, Becky Eastman, and Katherine Witt Survey Results were compiled using Google Forms and Microsoft Excel by Katherine Witt Mopa Librarian