Awards Night Survey ResultsJune, 2011

I attended 2011 Awards Night.

69.80%

30.20%

YesNo

I have attended Awards Night in the past.

83%

17%

YesNo

I plan on attending Awards Night in the future.

86.80%

13.20%

YesNo

I appreciated having the YRHS Jazz Band entertain the audience.

98%

2%

YesNo

I would like to see the YRHS Male / Female Presidents MC the evening.

90.20%

9.80%

YesNo

I felt the length of the evening was too long.

68.90%

31.10%

YesNo

What do you perceive to be the purpose behind Awards Night?

Overall year end awards Spotlight kids achieving excellence Student achievement night Celebration of pursuit of excellence Celebrate accomplishments, not just

academics Academic awards and awards for sports

that did not have a banquet Celebration of success

Con’t Motivation to push through the last few weeks

of school Excellence in Academics, Athletics and the Arts Top awards of students in all areas (don’t repeat

banquet sports’ nights) Student awards only Acknowledge student achievements Allow parents to see when their child receives

an award Honour our students

I agree the following awards should be given out on Awards Night.

0

30

60

90

NoYes

I agree the following awards should be given out on Awards Night.

0

30

60

90

NoYes

List some ideas to “better” our present format of Awards Night.

Stream line the night – make it more entertaining Speeches – 1 minute timed Send out written invitations / emails to parents of award winners 1 hour timeframe Formal evening – all staff dressed formally or in school colors SRC presidents need to rehearse Principals / VP’s on either side of stage like Commencement, to

keep agenda rolling, night moving Arrange award recipients to make way to stage ahead of time Fall / winter sports teams, should not be repeating banquet awards Not “about” teachers, student focussed Keep a personal touch, but not too much information Stream line larger groups (80+ and 90+ and Social Awards)

Con’t Door prizes – big one for end, so audience stays Keep it student focussed Band / choir should have a year end banquet similar to sports

teams to hand out their awards – or do it at year end concert Do not hand out “trivial” awards Introduce students formally, formal tone to evening, less joking Students make way to center stage for official award

congratulations Chad to take formal pics Ensure major award winners will be present - RSVP Present only Athletes of the Year (not all individual sports teams) –

take care of the rest at a pep rally Staff members to help direct traffic, keep students moving towards

the stage

List ideas we could do to increase staff participation/attendance at this event.

Make it better, people will attend Individual staff are the ones that look bad when they don’t

attend Attendance validates what we are trying to do here, teach

students to excell Give all staff something to do We need to change our attitude – everyone of us should be

there This is a celebration of what we all work for all year No easy answer – a busy week, Gina’s Garden, Band

Concert, Awards Night and Senior Drama Night….personal commitments (family and professional obligations)…June is a busy month

Con’t Staff should not be guilted into attending Give the slackers a job Guilt is the only solution I see Count it towards Extra-Curr Don’t have it in June Streamline the evening and shorten the program Staff members involved with tasks, and the presentations Move it to the school day Make it mandatory If you don’t attend, you lose your parking spot for the

next year and you have to park in Calder!

Where do we go from here? Strike a committee Review the data and suggestions more

closely Address the concerns Make some informed decisions from the

survey results as to how to make it better so everyone wants to attend!

Committee Members:

Meeting Date: