CSMA J-DAY RESOURCES
Thank you for attending “A Survey Saved Our Yearbook” at J-Day 2025! I hope you were inspired to up your coverage in a big way. If you want help designing your own big content survey or have questions, please send me an email: mjbrockman@varsity.com
Coverage Ideas
-
24/7 Life
Amazon orders
Amusement parks
Announcements
At school in the evening
Beating the cold/heat
Blood drives
Board games
Boba
Boredom
Community Service
Cooking
Cruising
Cultural diversity
Dress codes and uniforms
Driving
Drug Awareness Week
Embarrassing moments
Environmental awareness
Fashion and trends
Favorites: TV shows, movies, music
Food: eating out, cafeteria, home
Food delivery: Door Dash, Postmates, Uber Eats
Friday afternoons
Friendships
Gaming
Graduation: measuring for caps/gowns, grad night
Hairstyles: most popular, worst disaster
Hangouts
Holiday celebrations
Homecoming: rallies, class competitions, theme dress, constructing floats, the outfit, dinner before the dance
Home workouts
Indulgences: how do you reward yourself
Jobs
K-Pop
Lawn signs
Monday mornings
Money: how do you pay for things? Apple pay, PayPal, Zelle
Music
Nothing has gone right today
Student pets
Pet peeves
Plants
Prom-: committee work, costs, preparations, parent perspectives, catastrophes, post-parties
Puzzles
Routines
School as a second home
School play/musical
School rivalries
School spirit
School trivia: how many books in the library, lockers at school
Shopping: by mail, by mall, by yourself, online, with friends
Social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok
Spring break
Staycation
Staying in touch: how do you keep track of your friends, set up get-togethers
Streaming: what do you binge watch, favorite sites
Stress
Student picks for Oscars, Grammys, etc.
Summer-: vacations, camps & workshops, summer school, travel, tanning
Summer’s end: back-to-school shopping, the last weekend, the last night, etc.
Technology: apps, tablet, phone, computer
Thrift shopping
Transportation
TV: reality shows, cable shows, late night, reruns, streaming
Video Games
Weekends
What you can’t live without
-
Advice: tips to freshmen, what you would do differently
Cars: favorite, financing, parking spots on campus, insurance
College applications
Curfews
Freshmen again: how seniors feel about being college freshmen, last year’s seniors giving advice to the new graduates
Graduation: gifts, traditions
Memories: looking back, saying goodbye to friends
Myths about the senior year
Privileges: off-campus, senior lawn/patio, free periods
Senioritis
Stress: grades, college, parent expectations, becoming an adult
Studying: how to be successful
Traditions: senior ditch day, pranks, homecoming float
-
Age: kids who are much older/younger than you in your classes
Bedroom
Birthday celebrations
Buses: school bus, public bus
Chores and responsibilities
Class activities: junior dance, sophomore homecoming float, freshman orientation
Cliques
Communicating: e-mail, texting, Snapchat
Driving
Friendships
Heroes/Idols
Injuries
Keepsakes
Lockers
Middle School/Junior High vs. High School
Milestones: first date, kiss, job, car
Money: allowance, babysitting, part-time jobs, how you spend it, borrowing or loaning
Mornings: rituals, how long it takes you to get ready, how you wake up
Names & Nicknames
Perfumes
Pet Peeves
Privacy
Siblings: at same school, twins
Stereotypes
Stress: school, relationships, family, dealing with
Student bands: students who form music groups off campus
Time: free time, is there any, finding time to study and participate in activities
Toys
Travel: places you’ve been, places you want to go
SURVEY TEMPLATE
⋆
SURVEY TEMPLATE ⋆