SURVEY ALMOST READY TO FIELD; ANSWERS WILL REVEAL HIGH SCHOOLERS' ATTITUDES.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
The city-appointed Youth Council expects to begin surveying high school students in coming weeks about the mental and physical health of local teens. The teens are now putting the finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl on the permission slips and the script to be read to students before they take the survey, which asks about their attitudes on drugs, sex and the crisis situations they face in their lives. The two-page questionnaire is expected to go out to approximately 1,500 students in a few weeks, but the actual number of high school students taking it will depend upon how many return permission slips signed by their parents. ``I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in hoping that parents will be willing to sign the permission slip to take the survey,'' said Sarah Asplin, the 16-year-old chairwoman of the council committee developing the survey. ``It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have not intended to point fingers at anyone. The real intent is to help the youth. To find the areas where the problems are and to find the method that will help them. ``We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are known as the safest city in America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. ,'' she added. ``I think that in order for us to remain at that level, we can't hide behind that phrase. We must go out and find the problems and deal with them before they get out of control.'' The surveys will be taken anonymously and will be voluntary for students at all four public high schools in the city. Michael Wray, director of secondary education for the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. , is expected to attend the Youth Council meeting Tuesday to discuss draft copies of the permission slips and the script. The district has said its students could participate in the survey, and now the Youth Council and the district must determine which classes will be involved. The information gleened from the survey will be used to advise local social and health organizations, such as Interface and the city's Teens At Risk Program, on how best to serve teens. Sarah said many of her peers cannot or do not seek help for fear of being found out by their parents or simply because they do not have transportation to an agency's office. Debbie Solomon, the city's community services director, said the survey has been completely conceived and designed by a 21-member panel, with minimal input from the city or the school district. ``This youth council has not been content just to sit back and advise on youth issues, they want to see more information from the students themselves on the issues,'' she said. ``This is a tool to do that.'' Sarah, a junior at Santa Susana High School Santa Susana High School is the third high school located in Simi Valley. The school campus is a middle school that was converted. The school colors are: silver, black, white, and teal. The school mascot is the Troubador. They are a school of the arts. , said the project has taken three years to get off the ground because the survey touches on delicate subjects, such as smoking, sexual activity among teens, drug use and physical and sexual abuse. ``The challenge is to word everything in such a way that it is appropriate for the classroom and so that it doesn't offend anyone,'' Sarah said. ``We wanted the community and the district at large to find it acceptable.'' |
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