Collinwood High School's Report Card: Aug Thru Oct, From a Student's Point of View

As we all know Collinwood is known as one of the CMSD's investment schools. I always felt that our academics wouldn't improve solely on replacing the majority of the teachers. For me nothing at Collinwood really changed. Although, I do think that my teachers are certified to teach I feel that we don't do as much classwork compared to my previous years.

I'm not saying that things have gotten worse, I'm saying that not much has improved from what I've seen. The best thing about going to Collinwood is that there are shorter class periods and they aren't as strict on dress code. Now when you first enter class you have to complete "Do Now" activities and before you leave you have to complete "Exit Ticket" activities.

One of the things that they did actually improve was some of the class sizes. Some don't have as many students which makes it easier for the teacher to assist students. For the most part, all of my teachers have an objective they want to achieve for that day. They have all of their material together and it seems like they are very prepared for class. My teachers discipline their students well, they know their material and always move the class forward with their learning.

I feel that most of the teachers that I have had in the past were on track just as well, if not better than my current teachers. My overall opinion of Collinwood's transformation is that it isn't as bad as i thought it would be but the whole change was unnecessary. The only major change was that Investment School Plan hired and fired a bunch of staff members; the students' learning process didn't really get affected in my point of view.