TABLE 3.

Examples of qualitative responses to for top themes

Challenges

School

‘Online school and group projects because they make us work with people and no one talks so I have to do the whole thing alone’. MS student

‘My biggest challenge is being in remote learning and really try to take in what is being taught to me for me to remember in the long run’. HS student

‘My biggest challenge is trying to get all my school work done because the teachers leave a lot of work and it is very stressful’. HS student

‘School is the biggest challenge I face I use to have A's and B's when we were in person now it is too much for me’. MS student

‘Not being able to have the face to face one on one time with the teachers to help if I do not understand something’. HS student

‘The biggest challenge in my life right now is staying motivated to do school because I honestly lost all motivation’. HS student

‘Not being able to fully put my attention in the lesson because its not the same as in person’. HS student

COVID‐19

‘COVID and not being able to do certain things that I want’. HS student

‘The biggest challenge in my life right now is thinking my family will catch covid’. MS student

‘The biggest challenge in my life right now is trying to stay safe from Covid’. MS student

‘My challenge in life is hoping me or any friends or family do not get the coronavirus’. MS student

‘My biggest challenge in life right now is covid‐19 and how uncertain it makes me feel’. HS student

Future

‘Thinking about and preparing for the future of our nation and society as a whole’. HS student

‘Thinking about the future’. MS student

‘Just figuring out what comes after high school’. HS student

Positive Aspects

Interpersonal Relationships/Interactions

‘The best thing my life at the moment are having my family and friends to talk to when time get stressful’. MS student

‘The best things in my life right now is the love and support I get from my family and friends’. MS student

‘My friends even tho we cannot hang out everyday like we used to they always got my back and they are like sisters to me I do not know what to do without them’. MS student

‘The best thing in my life is being able to stay home with my family the entire day instead o only a couple hours each day’. MS student

‘The best thing in my life right now is my family. I am grateful that I am able to spend time with them and I am glad that they are still here with me. It's reassuring and calming. They helped me every step along the way and they guide me when they know that I am doing something wrong. They let me talk about little problems and understand me’. HS student

‘The best thing in my life right now is spending more time with my parents because I hardly spent time with them’. HS student

School

‘The best thing in my life right now is that I'm doing alright in school and that I'm understanding much better’. MS student

‘Getting to have good grades more than last year’. MS student

‘My drive to be successful in school’. HS student

‘The best thing in my life is that I've been able to keep up good grades throughout the whole year so far, and I'm honestly so proud of myself for it’. HS student

‘Still being able to do school’. HS student

Hobbies

‘Playing the guitar’. MS student

‘Going to the gym’. HS student

‘The best thing in my life right now is getting back into sports’. HS student

‘Skateboarding and dirt bike riding’. MS student

‘Video games’. HS student

Notes: MS = middle school; HS = high school. Responses were lightly edited for capitalization and punctuation.