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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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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 the desks are set up in the 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 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 the desks are set up in the classroom
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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.