SVAH Student Vision and Mission Poll

Select your top 2: What should school feel like every day? A place where...

• every student gets what they need to succeed

• your home language and culture are seen as strengths

•  no one is underestimated because of where they come from

• students with disabilities (IEPs) are fully included and supported
  

• rules and resources are shared fairly
  

Select your top 2: What kind of support matters most in a school?

• A. People who notice when you’re struggling and help you early
  

• B. Teachers who show they care about your life, not just your grades
  

• C. Spaces where you can be honest and talk about real things
  

• D. Classrooms where you are respected and feel safe to be yourself
  

• E. Adults who hold you to high expectations and help you get there
  

Select your top 2: What makes a school feel like it belongs to everyone?

• A. When everyone’s needs are considered, not just the loudest voices

• B. When no one is left out of activities, lessons, or celebrations
  

• C. When every student is known and appreciated for who they are
  

• D. When the school reflects the people, languages, and cultures in it
  

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  E. When differences are seen as strengths, not problems

Select your top 2: What does it mean to learn something deeply?

•  A. Asking big questions and exploring different answers
  

• B. Understanding how history and current events connect to your life
  

• C. Studying stories, poems, and voices from many perspectives
  

• D. Talking through ideas and learning with your classmates
  

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  E. Seeing how learning helps you make sense of the world

Select your top 2: What kind of learning keeps you interested?

• A. Projects that let you explore real issues and make a difference
  

• B. Subjects that connect with your culture, community, or passions
  

• C. Topics that help you ask why things are the way they are
  

• D. Assignments that allow for choices and creative thinking
  

• E. Activities where your voice and ideas actually matter
  

Select your top 2: What kind of thinking should school encourage?

• A. Being able to change your mind when you learn something new
  

• B. Knowing how to challenge unfair systems or decisions
  

• C. Using curiosity to guide your learning
  

• D. Understanding your own opinions and where they come from
  

• E. Being open to others' ideas, even when they’re different
  

Select your top 2: What should students be able to do at school?

• A. Use your strengths to support others and your community
  

• B. Give feedback and help shape school policies and decisions
  

• C. Participate in solving problems that affect the school
  

• D. Learn how to lead, speak up, and advocate for change
  

• E. Co-create school events, lessons, and projects with adults
  

Select your top 2: How should students experience the arts at school?

• A. Have time and space to make original art and share it with others
  

• B. Explore how art connects to emotions, identity, and justice
  

• C. Learn from artists, both from the past and your own community
  

• D. Use art to tell your story or reflect on the world around you
  

• E. Try different art forms to find your unique way of expressing yourself
  

Select your top 2: What should students learn about the world?

• A. How history connects to what’s happening now
  

• B. That our past includes many voices, not just the dominant one
  

• C. How systems of power affect people’s lives
  

• D. That everyone’s story and history matters
  

• E. That the truth includes complexity and contradiction
  

Select your top 2: What role should questioning and critique play in learning?

• A. Asking why things are the way they are
  

• B. Challenging ideas, not just accepting them
  

• C. Analyzing messages in media, lessons, and daily life
  

• D. Naming what’s unfair and imagining what’s possible
  

• E. Giving and receiving feedback in ways that help everyone grow