Student survey results 2024-2025

Alexis Dobranowski, Manager, Communications
For the past several years, and again this past November, Greenwood students have participated in a school engagement survey. The survey, administered by a third-party vendor, gives insight into a multitude of aspects of school life, allowing students to directly share reflections, suggestions and ideas about the way that they experience Greenwood. The data provided allows for nationwide benchmarking with other schools. This feedback is incredibly valuable when considering future planning for school programming and initiatives.

Through the survey, students have the opportunity to share their experiences around topics like effective learning time, advocacy at school, cultural awareness and academic rigour. Additionally there are social-emotional outcomes like participation in sports and clubs, positive relationships, physical activity, healthy eating and self regulation. And, there are many more measures that are not included in the list above.

This year, 73 per cent of Greenwood students participated in the survey, an incredibly high rate, and Greenwood scored results high above the Canadian average in most specific measures, including co-curricular participation, sense of belonging, positive relationships, valuing school outcomes, positive homework behaviours, positive self-esteem and self regulation.

Our students indicated that the most impactful characteristics of their ideal school are a high quality education, strong athletics programming, future readiness and personalized learning approaches.

Students identified that Greenwood can work towards growth in the following areas: 
  • level of support for our identifying female students who experience moderate to high levels of anxiety;
  • rigour and relevance of learning in classroom tasks; and, 
  • assisting students to develop self-regulation skills and strategies.
The results of the survey have been shared with staff, and specific ways to approach the growth areas have been identified. Actions include: 
  • Our Grade 7 and 8 Adviser teams are working on building community during the transition into Grade 7 and Grade 9;
  • Teachers are supporting students who experience worry by normalizing the emotion as well as working with students on emotional regulation skill development and ways to use a problem solving approach when they experience discomfort; 
  • Grade-level social groups for identifying female students is one way we hope to increase support for those who experience anxiety;
  • We will be leveraging the school’s Jack Chapter group to help reframe worry and anxiety towards an action-oriented approach; 
  • Teachers are intentionally modelling and teaching self awareness, self monitoring, empathy and relationship-building skills;  
  • Teachers will provide immediate and concrete feedback to students as well as share examples and continue to integrate experiential learning into the classroom to make learning more relevant.

These are only a few examples of the many strategies that have been worked on so far. Our teachers continue to collaborate and share their ideas about how to make Greenwood an even more special place to be based on the valuable data that this survey has provided.
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