6th Grade Transition Survey - 2009-2010

Moving from 5th to 6th grade


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. What school did you attend last year?*
    Smithfield Elementary School
    W.A. Porter Elementary
    Walker Creek Elementary
    Other


  1. Are you a boy or girl?*
    Boy
    Girl


  1. I have a best friend at SMS.*
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. What subject seems more challenging in middle school than elementary?*
    Math
    Reading
    English
    Science
    Social Studies
    P.E.


  1. Why did you select your choice on question 4?*


  1. What was done at elementary that has helped you the most to get ready for middle school?*


  1. What was done at SMS that assisted you the most in changing from elementary to middle?*


  1. Before you came to middle school,what worried you the most?
    1=worried You the most
    9=worried you the least
    NA=did not worry you*
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   N/A
    Passing the TAKS test    
    Going to school with older kids    
    Moving from class to class    
    Having more teachers    
    Lunch Time Changes    
    Not being in the same class as your elementary friends    
    Bullies    
    P.E.    
    Grades    


  1. Moving from class to class was one of my main worries before I came to SMS. (having to go to my locker, getting lost)
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Going to school with older kids was one of my main worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Having more teachers with different expectations was one of my main worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Having a different type of lunch schedule was one of my top worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Not having the same classes as my friends from elementary school was one of my worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. P.E. was one of my main worries before I came to middle school. (getting dressed with other students, intense exercise)
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Being target of bullies was one of my main worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Maintaining good grades was one of my main worries before I came to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Being able to pass the TAKS was one of my biggest worries about coming to SMS.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. What is your main worry or concern now?*
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   N/A
    Going to school with older kids    
    Moving from class to class    
    Having more teachers    
    Lunch Issues    
    Not being in the same class as your elementary friends    
    Bullies    
    P.E.    
    Grades    
    Passing the TAKS test    





Mrs. Rebecca Burton
Smithfield Middle School