Student Speak

Once a month, the Weyburn Review asks junior high students to comment on a selected topic or issue. This month, students at St. Michael and Weyburn Junior Highs were asked the following question:

 

"Does your school have everything it needs, such as equipment, computers, etc. What can be done to improve your school?

 

I think we are fortunate to have everything we have now at St. Michael Jr. High. We have computers, a lot of Phys.Ed. equipment, books that are in good shape and facilities that have pretty much everything we need. I know that there is a very tight budget for our school, but more sports equipment that's of better quality would be all right to have. and full-sized lockers, because the classrooms are cluttered up with bags and jackets. I just think everything would be neater.
- Stefanie Giroux, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

I think we should have better computers and a cafeteria. To get these things we could do some fund-raisers and get some donations.
- Daniell Coccimiglio, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

No, the school doesn't have everything it needs. It needs a cafeteria, a school nurse, better gym equipment, better and faster computers, also it needs more sponsors so we can have more money to buy scoreboards, bleachers, magazines, etc.
- Kaylin Sidloski, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

I think my school does a good job of meeting our needs. There are some things we could have like full lockers, a separate industrial arts room and definitely a separate sewing and cooking lab. We might be able to have more of these things if we had more money.
- Tiffany Gutzke, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

My school doesn't have everything it needs. We need to have better band and home-ec supplies, such as bass drums and sewing machines. We should widen the hallways, and we need better lockers. We need working computers and a better word-processing program. We need air-conditioning and heating.
- Shanna Pilon, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

Our school could use more programs and some more P.E. equipment and programs. Some improvements that could be made are the extended programs. Otherwise the school is very sound and extremely well-off.
- Tanner Kerowatski, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

No, I don't think that the school has everything it needs. We could have more classrooms and more hallways. It could use some better desks so tall people can fit in them. It would be nice if the lockers were just one single locker instead of splitting them into a top and bottom locker. A bigger change room with nice showers that you can control the heat and possibly a level field would also be good.
- Jared Mahnic, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

 

I think our school has almost everything it needs, but we should get new desks and new chairs for every room. I think our gym is pretty small and we don't have enough bleachers. Our school should have more water fountains put in and get new stands for our music. They should put in full lockers too.
- Chantel Borys, Gr. 9
St. Michael Jr. High

I think that Weyburn Junior High is a good school, is fairly up-to-date and a lot of excellent extracurricular activities and programs are offered. I think that a class that teaches money-handling, investments and saving should be mandatory. Today's youth are not very responsible with their money, and I think that a class such as this would be an asset to anyone.
- Michelle Brownridge, Gr. 8
Weyburn Jr. High

 

Our school would be better if we had more teams, so that more people could play. It would also be better if our B teams could go to more out-of-town games. They would be able to play people with different abilities instead of each other.
- Kristie Lund, Gr. 8
Weyburn Jr. High

 

I think our school needs a class after school or even at lunch for people to take extra classes in subjects they're good at and would like to learn more in. I know I would like an extra class for math. I also think we should have a choice in learning French or Spanish or another language. I also think it would be a good idea to have a school newspaper. In elementary school we had a newspaper and I was the editor, and it was fun. I think it would be something fun for people in our school to do. These are just a couple ideas I had in making our school a better, funner, more intelligent place.
- Megan Ivan, Gr. 8
Weyburn Jr. High

 

The first thing I would improve is the desks. All the room that have stools are all right, but the rooms with the old-fashioned wood and green metal desks have to go. Another thing I would improve is the computer lab. It is all right, it just needs more computers because I'm always sharing. The students who are alone get done way faster. One more thing I would improve are the chalkboards. I say we change all the green boards into those new white boards; they are so much better. For one thing they use markers and not chalk that gets all over your hands. Also to improve I would get one more copier in the office because the teachers always say the copier is broken and we have to write notes. The last thing I would change is the gym: I would get more balls also I would get better mats, because they are so hard and are getting dirty.
- Kylie McDonald, Gr. 8
Weyburn Jr. High

 

What I like most about the school are all the new people you meet. It takes a little getting used to, but you catch on after awhile. I like all the new teachers, and I like going by the Home Ec room, because it always smells so good. There's lots of things I like about my school.
- Carole Bestvater, Gr. 7
Weyburn Jr. High

 

I think our school should offer a couple of trips for the people that choose art instead of band. The grade 8 and 9 bands get to go on band trips to play, so I think the Gr. 8 and Gr. 9 art students should get to go on trips to see art galleries. That's what I think would improve our school.
- Tyler Istace, Gr. 8
Weyburn Jr. High

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