Student Survey
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. 1. I am: male female 2.
I am a: freshman sophomore junior senior other (specify)
3.
I am: Puerto Rican Mexican-American Cuban other (specify)
4. My age is: 14 15 16 17 other (specify)
5. My parents are: together deceased divorced separated other (specify) 6. I live: with my mother, father, and brothers/sisters with just my mother and father with just my mother with just my father with just my brother/sister with my grandparents with my aunt/uncle with someone else (specify) in a shelter 7. My father: works in an office works in a factory works neither in an office or a factory is not working right now is retired is on social security is disabled other (specify)
8. My mother: is a housewife works at home works in an office works in a factory works neither in an office or a factory is not working right now is retired is on social security is disabled other (specify)
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 father my father only my mother only my grandparents other (specify)
9. My father: 15. I am in Indianapolis because: did not finish high school finished high school completed GED finished some college finished high school and college I don’t know other (specify)
I have always lived here my parents came to look for work my parents came to be with other family members other (specify)
16. Indianapolis is where I and: 10. My mother: did not finish high school finished high school completed GED finished some college finished high school and college I don’t know
my brothers and sisters live my brothers and sisters, and my parents live my brothers and sisters, my parents, and my grandparents live my brothers and sisters, my parents, my grandparents, and aunts and uncles live other (specify)
11. I have had to repeat a grade: 17. At home, I speak: never in elementary school in middle school in high school
only Spanish only English both English and Spanish other (specify)
12. I have been living in Indianapolis for: 18. Before coming to Tech, I attended a school in: Less than a month Less than six months A year More than a year More than four years
Indianapolis another part of Indiana (specify) another state (specify) another country (specify)
19. The school I attended before coming to Tech was: (check all that apply) public private small large urban suburban rural 20. Before coming to Tech, I had completed: less than one year of high school more than one year of high school less than two years of high school more than two years of high school less than three years of high school more than three years of high school less than four years of high school more than four years of high school 21. The one thing I love most about Tech is: that I feel safe here that there are other Hispanic Students here that teachers care about me here other (specify) 22. The one thing I hate most about Tech is: that I don’t feel safe here that there are not many Hispanic students here that teachers do not care about me here other (specify) 23. The main reason I am at Tech is: I want to go to college I want to get a good job to learn a trade I have no choice there is nothing else for me to do other (specify)
24. The thing that scares me most about Tech is: failing my subjects and not being able to graduate being hurt by gangs getting into drugs other (specify) 25. My biggest problem right now is that: I rather be working than going to school I have family responsibilities I don’t get along with my teachers I can’t speak English I don’t find work interesting I just don’t know what I want to do after high school I’m not getting along with my parents I don’t like Tech I’m scared to come to school other (specify) 26. I think the biggest problem at Tech right now is that: teachers don’t really care what happens to me the school is too big the school is not teaching me English there are gangs around students use drugs students don’t respect their teachers other (specify) 27. The teachers I have at Tech have been there to help me when I have needed them the most. True False I haven’t really needed them 28. If I were given a choice right now whether to stay at Tech or leave I would: stay leave not sure
29. I feel Tech is: a safe place to be not a safe place to be
36. List the kinds of things you do during the week after school: 37. List the kinds of things you do during the weekend:
30. Tech is a school I: feel good about do not feel good about 31. I feel the best when: I get good grades my parents tell me how good I’ve been I do well in sports my teachers give the feeling that they care about me other (specify) 32. I would like Tech more if: teachers cared more about me there were more Hispanic students I knew more English other (specify) 33. My goal right now is: to graduate and go to college to graduate and go to work just graduate other (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:
38. List the kinds of things you like to do to help others in your community:
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