California Healthy Kids Survey HARVEST PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

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California Healthy Kids SurveyHARVEST PARK
MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Fall 2005
• 7th Grade

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Positive Results

• 99 of 7th graders have not tried marijuana
• 90 of 7th graders have not tried alcohol
• 98 of 7th graders have not been drunk or high
  from using alcohol or drugs
• 94 of 7th graders have not tried cigarettes or
  tobacco
• 92 of 7th graders have not been truant in the
  past year
• 0 of 7th graders have mostly failing grades
• 90 of 7th graders have high goals and
  aspirations

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Protective Factors - Comparison to 2003 State CSS
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Fall 2005 7th Grade
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Areas of Focus

• Alcohol- Safety, Availability and Perception of
  harm
• Health and Nutrition
• Violence Safety on School Property
• Male vs. Female Safety and Harassment

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Alcohol

• 33 have been a passenger in a car driven by
  someone who has been drinking
• 20 think frequent alcohol use is somewhat
  harmful
• 19 have experimented with alcohol
• 15 feel it is fairly easy to get alcohol
• 8 had one full drink in the past 30 days
• 6 had one full drink in the past 1 or 2 days

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Health Nutrition

• 25 of 7th graders do not eat breakfast
• 69 of 7th grade girls reported that they eat
  breakfast compared to 80 of males
• 11 of students are at-risk for being overweight
• 22 of 7th graders felt sad and hopeless for 2
  weeks or longer in the past 12 months
• 23 of males and 21 of females reported feelings
  of prolonged sadness and hopelessness

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Violence Safety on School Property

• 44 of 7th graders had mean rumors/ lies spread
  about them
• 32 of 7th graders had sexual comments, jokes, or
  gestures made to them
• 35 of 7th graders have been made fun of because
  of the way they look or talk
• 37 of 7th graders have been pushed, shoved or
  hit at least once in the past 12 months

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Violence Safety on School Property

• 21 of 7th graders had property stolen or damaged
  in the past 12 months
• 19 of 7th graders have been afraid of being
  beaten up on school property
• 19 of 7th graders have seen someone with a
  weapon on school property
• 16 of 7th graders have been in a physical fight
  on school property

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Violence Safety on School Property

• 41 of 7th graders were harassed or bullied on
  school property within the past 12 months
• 27 of harassment is due to hate-crime reasons
• 17 of harassment is because of Race, Ethnicity,
  or National Origin
• 12 of harassment is geared towards Religion

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Male vs. Female Safety Harassment
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Male vs. FemaleSafety Harassment
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Conclusion

• Harvest Park Middle School is a successful school
  with positive results and high protective factors
  compared to the California State Standards
• The school could benefit from a program that
  focuses on preventing, intervening with, or
  stopping the bullying, harassment or violence
  that continues to occur on school property