POLL SAYS MOST GRADS CONTINUING EDUCATION.Byline: Mary Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos). Her name is the Hebrew Miriam. Schubert Daily News Staff Writer An estimated 85 percent of recent Hart district graduates are continuing their education, the majority at community college, and most hold down full- or part-time part-time adj. For or during less than the customary or standard time: a part-time job. part jobs as well, a recent survey found. Each year, the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District checks back with a representative sample of grads from Canyon, Hart, Saugus Saugus (sô`gəs), town (1990 pop. 25,549), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston on the Saugus River near the Atlantic Ocean; settled before 1637, set off from Lynn and inc. 1815. Mainly residential, the town has some light manufacturing. and Valencia high schools Valencia High School may refer to:
Survey participants were selected to give a cross-section cross section also cross-sec·tion n. 1. a. A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis. b. A piece so cut or a graphic representation of such a piece. 2. of racial and ethnic groups, gender, grade-point average and educational programs completed during high school. ``The data described are accurate estimates of the status and opinions of all 1997 graduates,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by Gary Gary, city (1990 pop. 116,646), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel Corporation, which purchased the land in 1905 and landscaped it for a city. Wexler, director of curriculum for the school district. About 543 people - or 88 percent of those polled - responded to the questionnaire. The respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. were quizzed on their current education or job status, the type of school they attend and their category of employment. Pollsters also surveyed them on the type of classes they found most useful in preparing them for college, the work force or adulthood in general, and asked how they would rate their high school education, Wexler said. Of the continuing students, 62 percent were attending community college, 29 percent were enrolled in four-year universities, and 4 percent were taking classes at trade or technical schools. Twelve percent of the respondents wanted to pursue careers in the health field, an equal number in creative fields, 11 percent in business management, 7 percent in education, and 4 percent aspired to jobs in law enforcement or the fire service. To prepare for the job market, 49 percent of the grads said they could have used more help from high school counselors A school counselor is a counselor and educator who works in schools, and have historically been referred to as "guidance counselors" or "educational counselors," although "Professional School Counselor" is now the preferred term. to explore career options, and 47 percent said they would have welcomed help in preparing college applications, according to Wexler's report. Forty percent of district alumni surveyed felt their high school classes could have been more demanding with regard to homework, and 48 percent said the quality of academic work students were required to complete could have been better. Grads were asked to rate the most useful subjects they studied in high school, and math was mentioned by 60 percent of those polled, followed by English among 57 percent of respondents, with business rating 31 percent, science 26 percent and social studies 25 percent. To help pay the bills through college, most of the 1997 alumni gravitated to the sort of jobs common to young adults: retail and wholesale (32 percent), restaurants (20 percent), and the service industry (13 percent). Of the female graduates, the largest percentage (29) held jobs in retail sales while 24 percent of the male grads worked at restaurant jobs. Thirty percent of the alumni who received vocational training during high school told pollsters that their jobs were related to that instruction, Wexler's report stated. Meanwhile, the grads were surveyed on the preparation they felt upon graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. in various life skills. They gave the highest marks (86 percent each) in the categories of speaking proper English, social relations, and sex and health issues. The lowest marks came in the areas of seeking and getting a job, using research and study methods (66 percent each) along with public speaking and becoming informed consumers (64 percent each). Although 43 percent of the 1997 grads hadn't declared a college major, 14 percent were studying the fields of art, music, fashion or design, while 10 percent chose biological sciences majors, 9 percent declared business administration majors and 8 percent were gravitating toward degrees in the social sciences, Wexler's report said. An additional 7 percent are pursuing academic paths of engineering, computer science or architecture. |
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