Com-Mini-Cations Survey Results
In our last issue of Com-Mini-Cations, we sent out a survey asking people if they enjoy the paper and we received some very positive responses. Following is some of the feedback from our readers. We also received donations for our paper. We’d like to thank all that responded to the survey, verbally and monetarily.
We get lots of ideas from your publication and we enjoy reading about the happenings in another “alternative” setting!
– The Nexus Family, Nexus Inc.
I enjoy seeing what some of my former students are doing. I am impressed with the quality of the articles and the improvement over the years.
– R. Jezierski, MHS Teacher
I enjoy reading the comments, articles, and interviews of the students in Mini-School. It helps me be aware of the attitudes and ideas that make them who they are. It provides an avenue for the students to say how they feel–and provides me an avenue to here “where they’re at.”
– Dolores Tessier, Parent
Excellent outlet for all levels of journalism.
-C. Schmid, MHS Teacher
It’s an excellent public relations tool for Mini-School as well as giving the students an opportunity for writing.
-Dale Rusch, Minnetonka Director of Secondary Ed.
I do not want to see the Com-Mini-Cations paper discontinued. You have a more liberal paper than most I’ve seen. This aspect has its own merit.
I enjoy the creative writings in your paper. I can remember moments when I’d come across a most beautiful poem, sometimes wishing I could meet the creator. I have seen prose and poetry written with individual flare, holding qualities of refinement as well as excellence in expression.
At times my conscious level has been opened to the intellect in its pure form.
Other portions of the paper that are of interest to me are the concert and field trip reviews.
Com-Mini-Cations (Mini-School) offers another approach to living within a school. I am a mainstream teacher. It is important to me to see other ways of doing things. I appreciate exposure to a non-traditional classroom. This is my feedback,
-Linda Buchanan, Wisc. Teacher
I think they should probably get rid of Com-Mini-Cations. If there isn’t much interest in producing and reading it, they should not have it.
I myself don’t particularly like the articles and rarely read them.
I don’t know the cost of Com-Mini-Cations, but I think they would save some money on it if they did away with it.
It also takes a lot of time for the staff and time is money.
I think they should get rid of Com-Mini-Cations before Mini-School goes bankrupt.
-John Bakke, Mini-Schooler
I feel Com-Mini-Cations is a big part of Mini-School. It informs the public of what Mini-School is all about. It tells about the different Mini-School trips going out and about different activities we do.
I think it would be a really bad move to take Com-Mini-Cations out of circulation. How else are we going to keep our positive public relations up throughout the world? If the Wall Street Journal was discontinued, Wall Street would crash and it wouldn’t get any positive P.R. If the Minnetonka Sailor was discontinued, Minnetonka wouldn’t get any P.R. No one would know about Minnetonka and it would dry up and blow away. So I think we should keep Com-Mini-Cations going. Get some people that are serious about it or just don’t give credit to the people that don’t do anything in class. We need good P.R.!
-Doug Snyder, Mini-Schooler
I think the paper is one of the most important things Mini-School has. Our paper goes all over, such as to the couple that live on the Gunflint Trail. They have no other way of knowing what Mini-School is doing. People that receive the paper have written in and told us how much they enjoy receiving and reading the paper. Com-Mini-Cations is not a class that has to be taken, it’s an option in which the individual decides on. The paper has been around so long, I don’t feel as though it should be taken away. It’s not just work making the paper, it’s also fun and you get your own personal satisfaction out of it.
Not only do the makers of the paper have fun, but people who the articles are about have a good time reading about themselves. When I went and interviewed the people at the nursing home, they were overjoyed that I was taking the time to listen to what they had to say, and when I went back to give them the papers, they couldn’t wait to read them. I read to Daisy Dillman so she knew what was written about her. I had told her I’d let her sleep and she said “no, no, go on reading, I enjoy hearing everything that’s in the paper.”
We don’t just write it for the satisfaction of accomplishing something, we also write it for the satisfaction of knowing other people get something out of it too. Why disappoint all of the people who enjoy the paper? Like I said, it’s much too important.
-Rona Gruidl, Mini-Schooler