Date: March 3, 2017
Location: Clay High SchoolUsers: Student Volunteers at Clay High School
Conducted by Faisal Shariff
Escorted by Principal Eid, I went into various classrooms around the school and made a two minute announcement regarding my photo journal. I had notecards with instructions written on them and my email address and phone number for the students to send their photos to. The instructions were to take 5-10 pictures of their favorite things about Clay. I tried to leave it open ended. My hope was to get picture of people, places, and interesting objects.
In our experience walking around the school, talking to students, teachers, and administrators, it seems that there is a very welcoming community for people who identify as LGBTQ. Most recently, there was a play with an LGBTQ character. In our survey research, we also found that a number of students listed this community and support specific to LGBTQ issues as a reason for coming to Clay.
It is clear that there is a lot of love for the teachers at this school.
An art showcase in the main hallway. As the Arts magnet, Clay attracts many talented students and they produce beautiful work. It is a core part of this school’s identity.
Classroom with piano keyboards. The class was learning how to produce music electronically. They first try to add small beats to the background of existing tracks and then they proceed to producing their own music.
The Dual credit program and the CTE(Career and Technical Education) classes. This program is extremely valuable at a high school because not everyone has a desire to pursue further education. Some people want to enter the workforce immediately. The programs in Clay are listed below. Some notable ones are Automotive technology,
The Sports facilities. What is notable is that athletics are not as prominent. Students from the survey and card sort research did not list athletics very highly.
Below is a video of me walking through Clay through the eyes of Snapchat.