Chaffey Student Achievement Improvement committee suggestions

A week ago I wrote about the Chaffey Student Achievement Improvement committee  here are some of the points Elizabeth Oh, Colony High School senior and the district's student representative, wrote down:

- What can students do to minimize/eliminate obstacles to student learning?

Get kids interested! Get students motivated by:

• Find subjects of interest

• Set and reward goals

• Student and staff recognition

• Reality check

• College fairs

Teach them young! How:

• Freshmen talks

We discussed when students have something to work for they work harder, but to get them working for something we have to find what they are interested in. Once we do, we can set goals for students and reward them for there hard work, even if they just move up a little bit. This benefits the students because they get recognized and feel cared for and thought of. Staff as well needs to feel important, so we can recognize them as well. Students also cannot be babied all the way and they need a reality check. We can get speakers to have them explain to the students how important education is and what they should do. Once students realize educations importance we can host college fairs to get students interested in higher education.

By installing the importance of education right before kids enter High School we can hopefully get them to stay involved with school and want to do better.

- What can students do to maximize the factors that contribute to student success?

Be involved! By:

• Interest students by what they like

• Clubs and activities

By interesting students with subjects of interest, students will want to know more and hopefully sign up. Clubs and activities generally interest students and when students are involved students work together and succeed.

- What have student organizations done on your campus to promote academic achievement and improved test scores?

Congratulate! How:

• Reward

• Recognize

On our campuses Student Leadership Classes reward and recognize students who strive to do better. By rewarding them, students feel special and other become motivated to receive a reward.

- Suggestions to School Board

• Teach teachers to care

• Be open-minded

In order to get students interested the teacher themselves must be interested. Students who have teachers who are not happily teaching generally do not succeed due to the lack of enthusiasm. Simply put, Teachers care, Students care.

We also ask the district to be open minded to new ideas and new projects. Please do not simple shut us out. We would just like you to listen and take our thought into consideration.