Due to it being "that time of year" when we are all stuck inside and the weather is nasty, I have decided to offer a blog bonus. In the comment section below, let me know what you think needs to happen to improve the overall quality of education in AMS. In other words, If you were principal, what would be the first few things you would change. Serious answers only please. Make sure you put your name on your response. I have to approve the comment before it is posted, so be patient, it may take a day or so to appear. Deadline for all comments is next Thursday, February 26th.
68 comments:
I would make class change alot longer and i would get better stuff for P.E!
Parker Wdasworth
I think that we should have alot shorter times during class change, and alot more time in class.But we should have shorter days,and we should days of the week.
Caitlin crosby
If i was principal i would let there be 2 minutes of class change i would let there be 1 hour and 15 minutes of class time so people would get smarter and i would also let the teachers have 5 days of there choose to be away from the kids!
Russell Brown
Parker,
What kind of stuff would you get for P.E.?
I would have it to where the students would have a wider range of electives. Like art, theatre, latin, and other stuff that might help them a lot in everyday life.. I know we have exploratory.. but i think this might help them find out what they want to do for a living. I think it would be really fun for them to do, and give them something more to look forward to in the day.. (:
♥Darra Wallace♥
I would get equipment for a Lacoste team. It is very fun
Parker Wadsworth
If I was principal I would first off have a school wide pick up day towards the end of the year and assign different classes to different spots in the school like the football field ect..(don't tell the students)Next I would hold funraisers so we could have an awesome field day
+JamieCollier+
I would by new equipment for P.E.
and i would make class change a couple of minutes longer that way students are allowed to have time to go to their lockers and the bathroom and have time to do both of them : )
Kelsey Martin =)
I would add more electives to the schedule and keep the school cleaner and add more rewards for good behavior. :)
if ther was a lot of students felling i would start a programe and send a leter hame with ever child and they would have two get it send by their parents would have two be sent back a certin day
peace
I think we should make the time change shorter so instead of playing in the halls we can do what we can here for and learn.
Amanda Byars
i would serve better lunches
i would also drop the dress code :)
♣ryan burn♣
I would make lunches better.Make school weeks shorter,but days longer. Let the parent of the child pick the childs classes Kiel Sweatt
i would shorten the time for class change cause we can socialize some other time.
Jeremy Stewart
I would get ney soccer balls and basketballs for pe.
Josh Bowlin
If I were principal I would have longer time during class change.Because,5 mins just isnt enough time.And,Some class's don’t allow you to go use the bathroom. I think if you have to use the bathroom, you should be able to go. And I would set up more funn things for school that wouldnt make it so boring. (:
-Mirandaa!
i would have shorter class changes so we would have more time to do our projects in class and i would put other drinks in drink machine besides water.
logan baccus
If I was principal for a day I would make it to where there would be more selectives like fencing or swimming instead of just getting reconized for archery and we could have a study hall
Rebecca price
hey coach i would let all the best friends in the SAME class!!!!:)lol!
i would also have more free time & less homework!!! and still give if you didnt do it i would still give them points(buts only for coach taylors homeroom, baecause they never do theirs)lol!!!!:):P
with lols!!
jessica tibbs
i would make much more time for p.e so everyone could lose more weight and child obesity rates would go down.
Alex Hollingsworth
I would put more time in class and less time in between classes.
Cheyenne Everidge
I think we should have about 7 minutes during class change and we should have peace and quiet in the classrooms so we can get our work done to make it easier for us students and teachers.
Hey coach,
I wrote a comment about having about 7 minutes during class change and I just wanted to let you know I forgot to put my name on my comment.
Breonica willis
hey coach,i would make it were we could actually have cell phones in class and also make class change longer so we can talk more and not worry about being tardy. Also make p.e. longer for us to play and stuff.
my bad coach i forgot to put my name it was posted bye Shane Odom my fault. 2/23/09
hey coah well if i were the princible first i would make class change time longer and also class. i would make skool days longer and prob the weeks shorter if i did that and then i would get new books and new equipments for every class
kennedy grier :)
I would give more time inbetween classes and get better school lunches.
Josh bowlin
i would like to have seperate classes for art and music that doesn't interfer with our p.e. time and have more snack and drink choices in the machines
Kyle Marcrum
i would put less time in between classes and more time in class i would get new stuff for p.e like basket balls and soccers balls
brandon keith
The biggest thing i would do if i became principle is I would make a test for all the 8th graders that you had to pass in order to go to the high school.
-Shawn
i would serve a better variety of things for lunch,get better stuff for the gym and lastly i would take fridays off and put an extra hour on
nathan jones
I would make class longer to learn more, then hahe smaller classes.
Calvin Mulkey
If I was principal we would get out at 4:00 everyday except on Friday's. On Friday's we would only go a half a day. I would also make shorter class change and more school time.
-Crimbo[:
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hey coach wat is your email, send it to 1jmman19@alltel.net
jeremy
i would make class change alot shorter andbuy new stuff for the gym and make the football field better than what it is and gather fundraisers for charity. blake williams
If I were principal I would raise money throughou the school year and give a certain proportion of that money to teachers or students who need it for the classroom ONLY!!!!!
Nick Wilson
I would make class change longer, make it to where you could suit up in pads in P.E and play a real football game. O and don't forget about the lunchroom food. I would make it to were the food was good, and you could have a choice of what you eat.
Jonathan Seale
if i were principal i would get a background check on every tacher and give the kids free ice-cream and pizza on fridays
~angela fertita~;)
I think we should have more class change time because kids need 2 go 2 there locker,talk 2 teachers and go 2 the bathroom
alex looney
well if i was princapal of ashville middle school i would make class change shorter so you dont have a enough time to talk and you would go to class. we should also have all around school.
ethan fuller, was up zepplin rules and jesus rocks i am out
Hello Students! You didn’t think I would actually read these did you? Well I did and quite honestly for the most part I am very impressed with your thinking. I’d love to take a few minutes to address your concerns.
1. School lunches—Our lunchroom staff does an outstanding job of preparing our lunches. They serve over 1,400 lunches each day in addition to about half that many breakfasts. They have very limited funds. Also, everything they serve is regulated by the state, even to the amount they are allowed to serve. How about telling them “thank you” as you go through the line. You may never know how that brightens their day.
2. Longer time between classes—Sorry guys, that will not happen. Too much time is wasted between classes now.
3. Shorter time between classes—Great idea, that possibly will happen next year or sooner.
4. Putting all of your BEST friends in a class together—Well, that would be impossible since most middle school students change their best friends quite often. Too much drama.
5. More/variety of electives—I agree, we do need so many more. Unfortunately, funding does not allow us to hire more teachers for these positions. Hey, you guys will be paying taxes one day. Consider voting to raise taxes that will benefit schools.
6. Better PE equipment—Actually, we are working hard towards that goal. However, we have to learn to take care of the equipment we have. Much of it gets abused.
7. School Wide Pickup Day—Sounds like a great idea.
8. No dress code—You will always have to follow a dress code. It doesn’t matter how tough or how weak the dress code is, students will always try to “push it.”
9. Cell phones in class—Why?
10. Test to pass 8th grade—I love that idea. In fact, I think we need a test to pass each grade. Unfortunately, that is a decision that must be passed by the Board of Education.
I think I have addressed most of your comments. As I said earlier, well done. Your comments made me think about some things. Let me leave you with a thought. Many of the improvements that you spoke of will require a change of attitude from the student body. How about instead of using negative peer pressure you use positive peer pressure. Make it “cool” (or whatever the word is) to do the right thing, to act right, to behave right, and to take care of OUR school. That’s right, OUR school. Not mine, not the teachers alone. All of ours.
Dear Coach Taylor,
If I was a school principal, I would make many changes.
I would have it so that kids and teachers would each be able to vote on a lunch that they wanted once a week.
The second thing I would have is that on the school website, you would have the ability to see what your child's lunch account balance is and be able to pay online using credit and debit cards.
The third thing I would have is better P.E. equipment, such as a big air pump to pump up basket balls, soccer balls, etc.. Right now, we do not have an air pump, so any balls that were flat are probably still flat. The frisbees that the P.E. classes have to use are cracked/broken in the center, some of the footballs are going flat, and the soccer goals come apart easily.
Another thing I would have is the ability to do homework on the computer (like in e-mail) and send it in, and since most of the teachers are there early, they could check their email and see if the students e-mailed it in. This would save a lot of trees! lol!
Next to the last thing I would do, is make the classes more entertaining. More people would stay awake in class and get more out of class if there were more fun videos on the subjects that we are learning. Most students would be more likely to remember things for tests and such.
Finally, I would make it so that parents could check their kid's grades, so if they are doing poorly, they would have a chance to make up their grades before progress reports or report cards came out.
Coach Taylor, this is a bonus I just wanted to add. If I was on the BOE, I would make school only Tuesday through Friday. Though this would mean about 10 hours of school each day, students and teachers would end up with an extra day each week to spend with family, friends, etc... You would have the same time in school or work, but an extra day off each weekend would be nice to have.
Your favorite student :) Walter
hey coach sup dude,
I would of kept boys and girls in seperate homerooms for the 7th and 8th grade .
I would also put other waters and more juices in the snack machines, such as life water or propel and maybe even apple juice or orange juice.
:P
lots of love
-Marrin Cater-
Coach Taylor,
If I were principal, I would set up a plan for teachers to teach children in a way that they have less work, but they will also learn the topic in an easy manner. This way, students won't complain as much and hopefully their grades would go up.
I would also change the structure of the hallway lockers. I would make the lockers organized to where students can reach them and not have to wait for the person in front of them to get their books and objects for a long period of time.
I definately NOT allow students to talk on cell phones in class. Cell phones are too distracting to students as well as the teachers. Teachers usually have to delay class to deal with them. My punishment of talking on a phone or using it in a way different from telling time, I will keep them for a whole month. If someone wants to try and outsmart me by talking on it near summer break, the only way they'll ever get it back is if their parent or guardian comes and gets it from school(or my house). I'll also need proof of it being your parent or guardian.
Apparently anonymous,
Adam Martin
If i were pricipal i would have a different dress code. i would not make it so stict but i would not make it inappropriate.I would let the children where holes with in them from mid thigh down. i would allow kids to have there belly button pirced but no nose ring.
i would allow them to wear sunglasses and things like that on there head. Just no bad signs.
♥Amber Jackson♥
mr johnson did have a great point.by the way i did stop and say thank you to the lunch lady. i never said the food wasent good just a better variety. any way i hope this counts because i need some more points
nathan jones
the first thing i would do it make class change just a little longer becuase some people take forever at there lockers. I would also let kids have cell phones in pe and at break i mean for real we dont do anything then anyways. And also we could do our homework online.
-haley chandler(:
If I were principal, I would raise money throughout the year to award students with good grades for their efforts. I would also raise money for teachers so that they can use it for their classrooms. What I mean by this is that they can buy games and other stuff to make their classroom more interesting.
Jamie Boissel
I would make longer P.E time and shorter class changes.
William Gentry
I would make a longer class change and longer p.e.
-Samanthhha :]
i would make more sports options like tennis or soccer.
julia shelley
i think to improve the overall grades in ashville is to the kids to do our work and have a better attitude about school! if we had a better overall attitude that was better we would all have A's. i belive that we could do better and we would have longer class change and better food for the ability to have more brain power
william johnson
i like this idea haha
better stuff for pe i like parkers idea of a locraste set
william johnson haha
I would get newer and more interesting books. I would also make the school lunches better.
John Calkins
I think that we should have longer class time,andi would get better stuff for P.E!!
D3ZMOND TYRN3R
If I was principal I would make class change shorter so that there would be more class time so u will be learning more.And class change will be 3 minutes in stead of 5 minutes. I would also make sure the kids that struggle in a subject have extra help one on one.
charlie harrison
if i was the principle i would probably improve the 7th and 6th grades homework by getting them ready for the 8th grades because we have so much homwork because we are trying to get ready for the high school and that makes us improve . . .
Love,
Amanda Cosper
if i was the principle of ashville middle i would help the kids in 7th grade.because next year it will be tough.so i would get the 8th grade teachers to tell the 7th grade teachers what they need to work on and how they can prepare them for the next year.
felicia
If i was the ashville middle school principle, i would make the lunch room food tons better. (:
I would let the kids choose what they want to eat everyday.
Also i would make sure that every student that had trouble with a subject would have a tutor.
Haley Griffin
Ashville middle school needs are improvments. We would like to give the teacher more printing paper so we dont have to write notes just be giving to us so we can simply put them in our binders. We also need to have respect for our teachers. We need an art and music class available for anyone who wanted it.
Love,
Amanda Cosper,
Felicia Williams,
Haley Griffin
If I were the principal I would have a better choice of lunches and would make pe longer.
PEACE,
ANDREW YARBROUGH
i would get more stuff for pe
sabrina colvin
i think we should have better stuff for p.e. and we shouldnt have homework on wednesdays...
also i think we should have art... it would be fun for som people!!!
~*~angel~*~
sorry im late!!
i would make PE longer and less classes that we would have to go to
love denisha mostella*_* %_%
I would allow cellphones in class unless our school grade averages got too low and if they did i would do what we do now with cell phones. Then i would put more supplies in our classes and give our teachers and students more to work with in classes. Then i would put more of a variety in our lunchrooms. In would be a little more expensive but it would be good and tastey. Then i would put more variety in our gyms......PAINTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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