MIDDLE SCHOOL VALUES SURVEY RESULTS,
Nationalities: Korean, 23; USA,
22; Guatemalan, 12; Costa Rican,
2; Argentinean, 2; Venezuelan,
2; Chilean, 2; Columbian,
2; Japanese, 1; Cuban, 1, Ecuadorian, 1; Puerto Rican, 1; Nicaraguan, 1; Spanish, 1
1. Where do you think
you would most like to go to college?
USA ,61; Europe, 6; other, 6; Korea, 1; Guatemala, 1
2. What area do you
feel most talented in?
PE, 19; math, 18; social studies, 10; English, 9; fine arts, 8; science, 8; Spanish, 3
3. What area do you
think the school should place more focus on?
Fine arts, 27; Spanish, 11; English, 10; math, 8; science, 7; PE, 6; social studies, 5
4. How many hours to you study a day?
1-26; 2-23; less than 1-13; 3-10; more than 3-3
5. Do you have a
tutor?
No tutor-60; English-6; math-3; Spanish-3; science-2
6. What language do you speak at home?
English, 33; Spanish, 31; Korean, 27; Japanese, 1; Mandarin, 1
7. What foreign or other language is used at
home most beyond #6?
Spanish, 34; English, 28; Korean, 2; Portuguese, 1; Italian, 1; French, 1; Chinese, 1
8. What activities do you participate in outside
school?
Piano 12; swimming, 11; soccer, 11; basketball, 11;
volleyball, 11; nothing, 9; tennis, 7; church, 7; paintball, 5; guitar, 4;
drama, 4; Destination Imagination, 3; art, 3; Korean lessons, 3; drums, 3;
computer games, 3; French, 3; math class, 2; golf, 2; dance, 2; rollerblading,
2; skate
9. What do you feel
is Colegio Maya’s biggest advantage?
Diversity 24
English 7
Good teachers 7
International Community 4
PAFA 3
Can get good grades in almost all subjects
Extra curricular
Unity
Fun
After School Activities
Friendship, health and English
Having many special days
Prepare for best universities
Getting into US college
Helping poor children—Safe Passage
Science
Few students
Big space and courts
Good focus on students—teachers help other students that need help
The students
Individuality
Social stuff
Different levels of Spanish
Trying hard for each student to be a part of it
Respect
Library
Small school/small classes
Academics
Learn and have fun at same time
Transition and block schedule
No racism
Respect
All one and equal
Lots of activities
Sports
Has spirit
10. What advice do
you have for Colegio Maya?
None 27 (11 left it
blank; 16 responded with “nothing/I like it the way it is/keep it up!”)
More Spanish time
Have more fun activities
More holidays
More fine arts activities
Keep up your values
MS sport teams practice more
Friendship so there would not be any more fights
Have easier ways to elementary and preK classrooms
More focus on fine arts
More comfortable chairs for students
Focus more on hands on classes like shop
Busses are too small
The size of and it breaks down too much—bus #4
Music and the arts
More classes in music and arts
Make the school with less stairs
Too easy with rules
Fewer rules
Don’t get people in trouble for every little thing. It is a waste of time.
Improve Spanish
Have more after school activities
Shorten the time for each period.
Concentrate more on setting goals
Build a pool for swimming
More plays for middle school
Come later in the morning so we have more sleep
I wish they would take away the rule that says you have to turn in library books before you get your report card.
A different time schedule—7:30-3
Don’t be too strict with the rules
Give more freedom
Longer time for fine arts
Less pop quizzes and more surveys
More fun after school activities
Give less work
Do not have too many rules
Have a wood class
Have a reading class that reads the same book to everyone every day.
Not wasting money for nothing
I think this is a perfect school
Less homework
Let students choose their exploratories
Learn many good new things
I think we should not have assigned lockers
We should pick our lockers
More PE
Let kids choose their exploratories
Give more examples for people who don’t understand
11. Greatest Hope
No answer, 5
To learn lots of languages
That I will be able to go to a good university and keep being a good person
Continue traveling the world
Go to a
Go to a good college
Stay here at Maya until the 12th grade and go to a great college
Have a squash court
Learn more English
To be someday on the planet Mars—an astronaut
To get into Notre Dame
Be a great student and receive a scholarship for Harvard and be a great lawyer
Get a play station 2 with a memory card
Get better grades
Be a great student
Be in one of the best universities and win the President’s award
Learn English
Be a good student
Get into a good
Have a world with peace
To get better
To get straight A’s
Become an architect
To be a multimillionaire
To go to Harvard
To be able to study in the
To have a good life
Pass my classes
To find a cure for cancer
All my family, including me, to be healthy
To go to MIT
Getting into a good college and a good career
Have more friends
To go to college, have a family and a good job
To get good grades and go to a good college or university
Become a great athlete
Be a doctor
Be an actor
Get into the Air Force
To go to
To learn French and go to college in
To go to a great college
To graduate from a good college
To become a dentist
To get into a good college
To be Miss
To go to Harvard
To have a home in
To be very wealthy
To go to a university with a scholarship
To become a great artist in many ways—art, music, write, dance, talk, etc.
To learn more English and pass the grades
To have a family and live peacefully and happily
To go to college
Go\ to a good college
That the people affected by the tsunami can get better
I have a lot of goals and things I want to be but I haven’t made up my mind
That the
Go to college with a scholarship
Make it in the WMBA (Women’s National Basketball Association)
Finishing school with a great curriculum
To become a doctor veterinarian or architect
To get a good or main part in the middle school play before I leave after 8th grade
Be a professional tennis player
Go to Harvard and have a good job
Graduate from CM and other colleges, become a great doctor and help the poor
I want to be famous
Go to Yale
Be a teacher and be good in math
12. Does Colegio Maya
stand up to its values?
Yes 64
Most of the time/sometimes 8
No 3
13. If no, how could we?
No—to respect and honesty. I can’t decide that. I am not strong and I don’t make up the rules.
No-they don’t very much to respect, individuality, and honesty
No school is perfect. Those values are exaggerated.
No because not all teachers are friendly and some people don’t trust that you can do better or that you won’t do anything wrong.
No—individuality—let people have more choices for projects and presentations
Sometimes—how could be put more freedom?
More or less—we could do it by respecting people
I guess occasionally—not many people really really know the meaning of those values
Sometimes—by making more assemblies or activities
14. If yes, which
ones do we stand up to best?
Friendship, 34; Respect, 32; diversity, 31; unity, 22; trust,
18; honesty, 15; growth, 11; individuality, 11; sharing, 9; integrity, 6