Hello Hillside Alumnus,
I, Kristen Bell Hughes, am an alumnus of Hillside High Class of 1999. Currently, as a psychology graduate student attending North Carolina Central University, I am working on my master’s thesis. As a Hillside graduate, I was truly influenced by my years at Hillside High School. As you know, Hillside is the oldest of the only 5 remaining historically black high schools in North Carolina. The objective of this research project is an attempt to understand what factors impact African American academics in historically African American high schools like Hillside. With the state of education today and lack of research on historical African American high schools, this research is critical. With your help, we can have a better understanding of factors that may have influenced African American academic success during your time at Hillside.
The master's thesis is being conducted in conjunction with the Psychology Graduate Program at North Carolina Central University. In this research, you will be asked to complete a survey that asks questions about how you view your high school academic experience. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point.
Please respond as honestly as possible. There are no right or wrong answers to any question or statement to which you will respond. The direct benefit to you for participating in this study, outside of contributing to the knowledge of your community, is that you will also be entered into a raffle for two, $50 gift cards at the completion of the study.
Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. Any data from this research will only be available to Kristen Bell Hughes and members of her research staff. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Kristen Bell Hughes at the email address specified below. You may also contact Dr. Jonathan Livingston at (919)530-7776.
If you have any questions regarding your rights as a human subject in this study, please contact the chair, Dr. Evelyn Yeh at (919)530-7333 of North Carolina Central University Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects or for additional information, visit the website at http://osrp.nccu.edu/committees/all_frame.html .
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
Permission to Participate in Study
Please check off one of the following:
What year did you graduate from Hillside High School? What was the name of the principal when you graduated? (You may enter "don't know" if you can't remember) What best describes your gender?
During high school, how would you best describe your family?
During high school, did your family receive any form of government assistance (daycare assistance, food stamps, healthcare assistance, etc.)?
During high school, how many people lived in your household (including yourself and any additional family members or friends)?
Which of the following best describes your educational background?
Which of the following best describes your current work situation?
During high school, what would best describe your parental/guardian involvement?
What best describes your extra-curricular involvement in high school?
During your high school years, what was the pre-tax income in your household?
During high school, which best describes your home structure?
During high school, what best describes your overall grade point average? What best describes your ethnicity?
Which of the following best describes your current total household income before taxes?
Read each statement and rate the degree to which you agree with each statement. Select the degree to which you feel the following statements are FALSE or TRUE for YOU and YOUR high school experience. Select the answer that tells best what YOU think about your high school experience. How would you rate the ability of most of your high school teachers compared to teachers in other high schools during your time in school? My teachers were… In my high school classes I got so interested in an assignment or project that I didn’t want to stop working.
Thinking of my high school teachers, I really liked…
During high school, my school and I were like…
In high school, my teachers and I were…
Read each statement. Then select answer that tells how often the statement is true for YOU about your high school experience. State the degree to which you feel the following statements are TRUE or FALSE for YOU and YOUR high school experience. In high school, I was excited to get to ….
The work I did in most classes was…
The things I got to work on in most of my high school classes were…
Out of all the high school courses that you took that were required to take, how many courses would you choose to take?
Read each statement. Then write down that answer that matches your agreement with the statement to tell how often the statement is true for YOU about your high school experience. Now you may comment in your own words about the quality of life in school: Some graduates say: “Overall, I liked high school.” Others say: “Overall, I hated high school.” How do you feel and why? $50 Gift Card Raffle Entry In order to show you our appreciation for participating in the survey, please complete the following information. This information will only be used to contact the winners of the raffle $50 gift cards. If you are not interested in being entered in the raffle, feel free to leave this section blank.
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