Due to the recent violence that has taken place in schools in Illinois, do you consider your school and neighborhood to be a safe place? What do feel is the solution to the gun violence problem that we have in America? Explain in detail.

What do you like best about your school? What makes your school a great place to learn? What else do you do at school that makes it a fun place to be? Give examples of the things that you like the best. Explain in detail.

Do you feel that standardized testing is a fair evaluation of what a student has learned during a school year? What other methods should be used to evaluate student learning and promotion? Explain in detail.

What did you learn from the computer lab rules video?

 

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What has been your most memorable Woodlawn Community School experience? What type of advice would your give a younger WCS student? Where will you attend school in the fall of 2007? Explain everything in detail.

Last Thursday and Friday,you went on your class trip to Detroit and Canada. Explain in detail were you visited, what you learned and experienced on this trip. Did you learn and experience what you originally thought you would?

Tomorrow you will be going on your class trip to Detroit and Canada. On this trip you will visit historical sites and museums. What do you expect to learn and experience on this trip?

Would you rather stay at one school through eighth grade or go to middle school (for 6th,7th and 8th grades)? Explain in detail. Give reasons for your choice.

Do you feel that standardized testing is a fair evaluation of what a student has learned during a school year?  What other methods should be used to evaluate student learning and promotion?  Explain in detail.

On Monday, December 11 you went on a trip to the Dan Ryan Woods Forest Preserves.  Please explain in detail what happened and what you experienced on the “Mighty Acorn” field trip.  Tell how this trip was similar and different to the field trip you took in the Fall to the Forest Preserves.