Student+Questions

What questions do you have for the student panel?

Elementary Level: Tell me one big (important) thing you learned recently? How did you learn that? What subject do you look forward to each day? Why? What part of your school day is the most boring? Why? Why do have to go to school? If you could change the way your school was run, what is the first thing you would change?

Do you think school is too easy, too hard, or just right? What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you think what you're learning in school is going to help you do that? When you are doing an independent activity at school, is everyone in your class doing the same thing? Describe what you did today in __. (reading, math, science, etc.) Do you ask your teacher for help when you don't understand something? What happened? Do you learn something new everyday? Do you use technology at home? at school?

Secondary Level (mainly HS): When you think about teachers you respect, what are 3-4 reasons you feel this way about them? When you think about teachers who do not motivate you, what are 3-4 reasons you feel this way about them? What are some changes you would like to see in the way students are taught in high school? What are some of the reasons you think students dropout of high school? How has classroom discipline affected your success or lack of success in the class? How would you describe the overall attitude of teachers, administrators, staff at school? How much academic help is available to you when you need it? What class/subject do you look forward to each day? Why? What class would you most like to avoid? Why? If the law did not require it, would you still come to school? Why? Tell us 3 things you think would immediately improve your classes/school? If you could design a school/classes/curriculum specifically for YOU, what would that look like? Tell us 1 important thing you learned recently. Why is it important to you? How did you learn it?.

What technology do you use in your personal life? What technology do you use at school? Think about the class you have learned the most from. What do you think contributed to your success? What are your aspirations for after high school? Do you feel that your high school is preparing you for your goal? (Explain..) Do you think that your classes are challenging? From either your personal experience, or from talking to friends from other schools, do you think that your high school is better than others? Why or why not? In any of your classes, has a teacher ever modified a lesson to meet your specific needs? How was that learning personalized for you?