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Special Board Workshop Student Stress

Piedmont High School December 9, 2019

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity Questions on CS Survey

• Working on an assignment with others when the instructor asked for

individual work.

• Copying someone else's homework.
• Helping someone else cheat on an assessment.
• Paraphrasing or copying a few sentences of material from a written

source without citing.

• Using a false or forged excuse to obtain an extension on a due date or

delay taking an exam.

• Copying from another student during an assessment with his or her

knowledge.

• Copying material, almost word for word, from any source and turning it in

as your own work.

Academic Integrity Questions on CS Survey

• Turning in a paper copied, at least in part, from another student's paper.
• Turning in work done by someone else.
• Using an electronic/digital device as an unauthorized aid during a test or

examination.

• Using unpermitted cheat sheets during a test.
• Copying from another student during an assessment without his or her

knowledge.

• Getting questions or answers from someone who has already taken the

assessment.

Percentage of Students who report cheating at least once in the past month

# of AP Courses Female (9,10,11,12) Male (9,10,11,12) All 0-8 86.2 (81, 85, 89, 91) 81.3 (77, 84, 83, 83) 83.6 1-8 87.3 (67, 73, 90, 90) 82.0 (56, 79, 85, 85) 84.6 2-8 92.2 (0, 0, 89, 94) 83.6 (100, 33, 88, 84) 88.2 3-8 93.6 (0, 0, 100, 92) 81.5 (0, 100, 67, 88) 89.7 4-8 90.0 (0, 0, 100, 89) 87.5 (0, 0, 100, 83) 89.3

Health and Stress

Health & Stress

The major sources of stress for ALL students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 65%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 61%

Students and Parents disagree on stress level

• 48% of parents report that their children are “ofuen” or “always” stressed about school.
• 74% of PHS students report feeling “ofuen” or “always” stressed about school. (79% in

2016) 84% of Students report at least one health symptom in the past month

• Female = 94%/ Male = 74%
• 45% of students have missed school in the last month for mental health reasons (47% in

2016 - Female All grades- 52%; 9th-40%, 10th-53%, 11th-59%, 12th-59% Male All grades- 37% 9th-38%, 10th-26%, 11th-44%, 12th-46% “Very” or “Quite” Confident in ability to cope w/ stress- Female = 22%/Male = 43%

The major sources of stress for ALL students

1. Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79% 2. Overall Workload and Homework - 65% 3. Procrastination and Time Management - 61% 4. Lack of sleep - 60% 5. College and your future - 58% 6. A specific class or classes - 52% 7. Lack of PDF - 45% 8. Peer relationships - 32% 9. Family pressure to achieve academically - 31% 10. Mental health issues - 31%

The major sources of stress for ALL students

• 11. Sports - 26%
• 12. Family relationships or difficulties at home - 23%
• 13. Other extracurriculars - 17%
• 14. Romantic relationships - 14%
• 15. Learning differences - 12%
• 16. Physical health issues - 10%
• 17. A paid job - 7%
• 18. Other - 2%

Sources of stress for All Female students

The major sources of stress for ALL Female and Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 65%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 61%

The major sources of stress for 9th grade Female students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 86%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 70%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 64%

The major sources of stress for 10th grade Female students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 91%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 84%
• Lack of Sleep - 64%

Sources of stress for All Female students

The major sources of stress for ALL Female and Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 65%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 61%

The major sources of stress for 11th grade Female students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 94%
• College and Your Future - 92%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 83%

The major sources of stress for 12th grade Female students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 74%
• College and Your Future - 71%
• Lack of Sleep - 69%

Sources of stress for All Male students

The major sources of stress for ALL Female and Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 65%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 61%

The major sources of stress for 9th grade Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 75%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 62%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 60%

The major sources of stress for 10th grade Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 83%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 64%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 63%

Sources of stress for All Male students

The major sources of stress for ALL Female and Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 79%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 65%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 61%

The major sources of stress for 11th grade Male students are

• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 76%
• College and Your Future - 69%
• Overall Workload and Homework - 66%

The major sources of stress for 12th grade Male students are

• College and Your Future - 66%
• Procrastination and Time Management - 60%
• Grades, tests, quizzes, finals or other assessments - 55%

What do ALL Female students worry about

How much do you worry about getting into the college or university of your choice? Often/Always 22%/53% How much do you worry about the possibility of not doing well in school? 29%/52% How much do you worry that if you do not do well in school, your friends will not accept you? 7%/10% How much do you worry that if you do not do well in school, your parents/guardians will be upset? 23%/30% How much pressure do you feel to do well in school? 33%/50% How often do you worry about school assignments? 40%/33% How often do your nerves during a test keep you from remembering the facts you have learned? 30%/52% How often do you worry about taking assessments? 32%/49%

What do ALL Male students worry about

How much do you worry about getting into the college or university of your choice? Often/Always 24%/32% How much do you worry about the possibility of not doing well in school? 32%/29% How much do you worry that if you do not do well in school, your friends will not accept you? 6%/6% How much do you worry that if you do not do well in school, your parents/guardians will be upset? 19%/26% How much pressure do you feel to do well in school? 37%/32% How often do you worry about school assignments? 35%/20% How often do your nerves during a test keep you from remembering the facts you have learned? 21%/17% How often do you worry about taking assessments? 32%/27%

Grades

Grade Information

• 53% of students check their grades online daily; 21% more than once a day

○ Females 58/24 ■ 9th grade 63/26; 10th grade 66/31; 11th grade 68/30; 12th grade 45/15 ○ Males 49/17 ■ 9th grade 48/12; 10th grade 53/20; 11th grade 70/29; 12th grade 27/10

• Stress about grades on entire community
• School Profile Seniors

○ Cumulative GPA 6 semesters, 4.0 Grade Scale ○ Weighted Unweighted ○ Highest GPA 4.51 4.00 ○ Median GPA 3.95 3.75 ○ Mean GPA 3.82 3.60

Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement/Honors Information

• Open Access
• Ongoing referrals/visits to Counseling Office and Wellness Center
• Impact on Master Schedule
• College Prep/AP/Honors Course/Section Enrollments

○ Chemistry (2) Honors Chemistry (5) ○ Physics (2) Honors Physics (5) ○ US History (4) AP US History (4)

Homework and Expectations

Homework Load and Habits

Homework

• Students report 2.4 hours/ night on weeknights and parents report that students

have 2.2 hours/ night on weeknights.

• 56% of students feel they have too much homework while 35% of parents feel their

children have too much

Parent Expectations

• 62% of students believe they can “ofuen” or “always” meet their parents’ expectations
• 56% of parents “agree” or “strongly agree” that they set very high expectations for their child.
• 54% of parents expect their child will obtain at least a Master’s or Professional degree.

Extracurriculars

Extracurricular, Free Time and Family Time

• PHS students do extracurriculars

primarily to “have fun” and “build skills”.

• PHS students do 8.5 hours of

extracurriculars a week and 3.3 over the weekend.

• 49% of PHS students are either

“sometimes” or ofuen” stressed by their extracurriculars.

82% of families eat a meal together 3+ times/ week. On the weekend, 37% eat a meal together as a family three or more times. 85% of parents don’t allow phones at family dinner time.

Next Steps and Possible School Changes

Next Steps and Takeaways

1. Share data with PHS students, families, and staff a. Incorporate their feedback and reflections into our goals and planning 2. Develop plan to address reducing percentage of female students who report at least one health symptom in the last month 3. Develop plan to build confidence in female students to cope with stress. 4. Refine Academic Integrity policy to reduce percentage of students cheating on assignments. 5. Continue efforts to increase the percentage of students who feel they have an adult at school they can go to. 6. Develop plan to Increase the percentage of students’ cognitive and affective engagement at school.

Next Steps-Challenge Success Students

• Student-Driven Calendars

○ Led by English reps/ ASB ○ Present to department chairs ○ Cite Foothill

• Dot Chart (1st Semester)

○ Taking the next steps ○ Generate questions teachers ask

• Lawn Chair Lunches (1st semester)

Next Steps-Challenge Success Students

• Class Expectations (Create a rubric)

○ Counseling Department help ○ Run through idea at a staff meeting

• Publicity

○ T-Shirts ○ Table

• Add Millennium Students to CS

Next Steps-Challenge Success Students

• Promote Health and Happiness

○ The mindset being the word/rebranding

• Big Clubs come to school to collaborate

Possible School Changes-Quite or Very Effective

Reduced homework load 83.3% Have teachers coordinate due dates for major projects and assessments 82.6% No homework on weekends/over breaks 82.5% Create more time for students to work on homework/projects in school 76.8% Start the school day later 69.0%