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School Life
at Johnson County Middle

Young Adolescent Culture and

Inquiry Project: Johnson County
Middle School
Lizzie Hofmann
Tiffany Carter
Kristina McGee
Nicole Iorio

2010 Census Data:

Population by age

0-4yrs
5-17yrs

18-64yrs
65up

2010 Census Data

Population by gender

female
male

2010 Census Data

Population by race
White
American Indian and
Alaska native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian and
other Pacific Native alone
Some other race alone

2010 Census Data

Population by Hispanic or Latino Origin (of any race)

Persons not of Hispanic or

Latino Origin
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino Origin

Population in Mountain City by

education level

Student demographics for JCMS

Race

Black (3)

Hispanic (5)
White (326)

Students per grade for JCMS

7th grade: 181 students
8th grade: 179 students

Describe Yourself

If you could be someone famous,

who would you be?
Most popular answer: Bill Gates
Common Types of People Named: presidents,
comedians, famous athletes
Most unique answers: Middle-Aged Bill Gates,
North West, Myself

What is Your Favorite Thing to Do?

Most popular
answer: Video
Games!
Other answers
include: music,
sports, spending
time with friends
and family, racing,
riding four-wheelers,
and farming

If you could only eat one food for the

rest of your life, what would it be?
Overwhelming majority said pizza!
Extra points for cleverness go to:
Saladyou can make anything a salad
A see food diet

Home Life

Religion
Every answer
was some form
of Christianity,
and it was very
evident in many
of the other
answers that
religion was very
important to a
large population
of students.

Where Were You Born?

Birthplaces

Mountain City

Tennessee

North Carolina

Somewhere Else

Do you have a cell phone?

Types of Phone

Smart Phone

"Dumb" Phone

No Phone

Describe a meal in your home:

Who Do You Eat With?
With family or by yourself?

Family

Alone

What Do You Eat?

Usually typical Southern food

Home Cooked Meal

Fast Food

Other

How often do you vacation?

Vacations Per Year

None/Infrequent

2-Jan

3 or more

All About Me

Who do you live with?

Who raises you?

How Many Siblings Do You

Have?

Single Parent
Both Parents
Parents and Grandparents
Just Grandparents
Step-Parents

None

2 or more

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What is your favorite subject in school

and why?
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL
Math

Language Arts

Science

Social Studies

15%
21%

10%

37%
17%

Lunch

I like Social Studies

because its basically
history, and thats
important!
Math because Ms.
Walters is cool.
Science, Quave makes
it fun, duh!
Lunch: free food
Social studies because
it is the best
English, because I get
to see Miss Phipps
every day

Do you like school, why or why not?

DO YOU LIKE SCHOOL?
No

Why or Why Not?

Yes

47%
53%

Not really. its too boring

Yes, because I get to see my
friends
No, I have to do work
Yes, because you can meet
people and get educated for
jobs
No, you have to wake up early
and deal with annoying people
No, too much work, wake up
too early, too long

Do you see any bullying at school?

BULLYING
Yes, I see bullying

No, I do not see bullying

44%
56%

Student Response
I get picked on everyday
I am different and thats why Im
picked on, not fair
very little
Lots and lots and lots of bullying
not for the most part
yes, over the type of music we listen
to
no, not really, sometimes
yes, a lot

Do you like school lunch? Why or why

not?
SCHOOL LUNCH
No

Yes

It's okay

26%

9%
65%

School Lunch
No way, everything is greasy
and watery
I like the Pop Tarts
No, the government makes it
horrible
It was good until Michelle
Obama made it healthy, ugh
It is overcooked and rubbery
Yes, the pizza is good

Do you feel safe at school?

SCHOOL SAFETY
Yes

No

It just depends

19%

39%

42%

Do you do any physical activity in

school, and whats your favorite
activity?

No
Gym
Sports
Yes, capture the cone
and ultimate football
Yes, CTC
Football
Basketball

Softball
Baseball
Capture the cone
No. Band.
Gym, capture the cone
Farming Chores
CHEERING

How do you feel about your grades?

GRADES
Good

Bad

Failing

I just need to pass

27%
39%

13%

21%

Grades
Not very
good

Eh, I could do
a lot better
Not good

Poorly

Failing, oh
well
Pretty Good
So So

AMAZING

thumbs up!

Great ALL As
50/100
okay
wonderful
I need to be
better, Cs
arent
accepted
decent
not terrible

What do you want to be when you

get older? (graduate from high
school? go to college?)

I dont know yet

a dentist or a dental assistant

vet

I want to go to App state and play

basketball, then I want to work for my
Dad and race
work with animals

play in the NBA and play for Oregon

basketball

basketball player

go into the Air Force (2)

go to the Navy

an engineer (marine)

MLG or video games designer

mechanic
farmer

Noffing
I want to be in something like rescue

swimming or something like that

a nurse, I love to help people (2)

an electrician
everyone expects me to be a vet but I

want tot a singer and dancer

judge

Nail tech
go to Rochester Institute of

Technology

chef

fine arts, technological studies

kindergarten teacher

graduate college and get a job

get a bachelors degree in music or be
a history teacher

dentist or sports doctor

professional basketball player or cop

graduate from high school

I want to go to college to be a doctor
RN or physical therapist
go to college and open a nail salon
go to college for animal science

TWERK TEAM CAPTIAN

MRI Tech
dentist or occupational therapist
dentist or sports physician

go to Duke or Baylor
chemical engineer
graduate and go to college to be a
teacher
lawyer, doctor, author
baker
teacher
something in the medical field
Author

culinary arts
work at Microsoft

college, medical school, surgeon,

cardio
I want to join the Marine Corps

get a good paying job

musician

go to college

What could make school even better

for you?

Later bell schedule

Better math teachers
More pretty ladies
better food
teachers that care
and no common core
math
less drama
less homework
phones anytime we
want
if we got to have fun
better bathrooms
nicer people
musical opportunities

less people
swirly chairs
not being judged by
everything you do
soda and naps
Play One Direction
being able to play
two sports at the
same time
More PE
Make it shorter
If the state wouldnt
test us every other
week
recess go to school at

9:30
free time
more interesting
science labs
study hall instead of
RTI
listen to music
if we could have
square pizza again.
That was GOOOOD!!!

What type of music do you listen to?

How many hours a day are you on your

phone, computer or TV?

What do you do on the weekends?

What clubs/sports/groups are you

involved in?
Students
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

Students

Who is the most important person in

your life?
Students
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0

Students

What type of clothes do you and your

friends wear? Where do you get it?

What are your favorite slang words?