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Cook Elementary students tell district their classroom builds trust and individual goals
Summary
Four Cook Elementary students told the Davis County School District meeting that their teacher creates a supportive classroom culture, uses a camping theme and individualized goals, and celebrates student progress.
Four students from Cook Elementary told the Davis County School District meeting on 2025-10-11 that their teacher’s classroom climate helps them feel safe and ready to learn.
Student 1, a student at Cook Elementary, said the classroom’s trust and safety “helps the students to be willing to come to school so that they are open to learning.” Student 1 added, “They feel willing to take those risks whether it's reading out loud to me or doing math in front of us as a class. They're willing to take those risks because they know we're they're supportive here.”
Student 2, a student at Cook Elementary, described the classroom theme and how it affects engagement: “He just has, like, a really cool set up in her classroom. Because it's all camping camping and they like going camping. She's fun and she helps us be safe.”
Student 1 described how goals work in the classroom: “My students all have goals and they know where their goal is and I know what their goal is and then they'll come and check-in with me. When they reach those goals we have classroom cheers that we do all together and we celebrate their success.” The student continued that goals are individualized, saying some students’ goals are to “complete 2 lessons” while others aim to “complete 20 lessons.”
Student 3, a student at Cook Elementary, said students can ask questions when they do not understand: “If we don't know, like, what's going on, then we can, like, raise our hand and stuff and then she and then she'll, like, explain it and stuff.” Student 4, a student at Cook Elementary, said the teacher’s kindness helps classmates feel they belong: “She's really kind and if we, like, get a question wrong, then she helps us and makes it so we don't feel like we don't belong.”
Student 1 also spoke to the long-term impact teachers can have: “As a teacher, you have such a big impact on these students. Just those kind words, that smile for that day, the checking in on them, how are they doing and such. I've had students, that have come like back after high school just to come and see me and just to know that they still think about their second grade teacher or their first grade teacher and the power that that teacher has on impacting their lives and hopefully it's for that positive that they remember the good times, but a lot of times I think it's more they remember how they felt in the class.”
Another student closed by saying, “I think she's the best teacher that I've had so far throughout when I've been in Cook Elementary.”
These remarks were testimonial in nature; the transcript contains no recorded motion, vote, staff directive, or formal action tied to these comments.
