SHRUB Student Survey (pre and post visit)

United States Department of the Interior
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
401 West Hillcrest
Thousand Oaks, California

Dear Teacher,
You are receiving this letter because your students will be asked to fill out a survey about their upcoming field trip to
participate in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Students Helping Restore Unique Biomes
(SHRUB) program.
Your students may respond to the survey either online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QN2QL37 or on
paper. If you prefer paper versions of the survey, please contact Lisa Okazaki, SHRUB program manager at (805)4183171 or: lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail); and we will mail them to you with a pre-addressed return envelope.
It should take about 20 minutes for the students to complete the survey and they are not required to participate
in the survey process as a pre-requisite to participate in the education program. However, we hope that you will
strongly encourage your students to participate and respond fully. We will use these responses to improve our
educational programs.
All information collected will be securely stored. Only researchers working with the study will review the data.
This research is conducted under stringent university and U.S. government regulations governing the collection
of information.
If you have any questions regarding the administration or content of the surveys, please contact: Lisa Okazaki,
(805)418-3171 (phone) or lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail).

Sincerely,
Lisa Okazaki

OMB Control Number 1024-XXXX
Current Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

United States Department of the Interior
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
401 West Hillcrest
Thousand Oaks, California

Dear Teacher,
You are receiving this letter because your students will be asked to fill out a survey about their recent field trip
and participation in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Students Helping Restore Unique Biomes
(SHRUB) program.
Your students may respond to the survey either online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QN2QL37 or on
paper. If you prefer paper versions of the survey, please contact Lisa Okazaki, SHRUB program manager at (805)4183171 or: lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail); and we mail them to you with a pre-addressed return envelope.
It should take about 20 minutes for the students to complete the survey and they are not required to participate
in the survey process as a pre-requisite to participate in the education program. However, we hope that you will
strongly encourage your students to participate and respond fully. We will use these responses to improve our
educational programs.
All information collected will be securely stored. Only researchers working with the study will review the data.
This research is conducted under stringent university and U.S. government regulations governing the collection
of information.
If you have any questions regarding the administration or content of the surveys, please contact: Lisa Okazaki at
(805)418-3171 (phone) or lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail).

Sincerely,
Lisa Okazaki
OMB Control Number 1024-XXXX
Current Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

United States Department of the Interior
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
401 West Hillcrest
Thousand Oaks, California
IN REPLY REFER TO:

Dear Parent,
You are receiving this letter because your child will be asked to fill out a survey about an upcoming field trip to the
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Your child’s teacher will be distributing a questionnaire during
regular class time. In some cases, your child will have the opportunity to complete the survey online either at
school or from your home computer.
If your child is completing the web-based survey from your home computer, please feel free to review it with them.
The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. We are very interested in your child's thoughts and hope
that you will encourage them to respond from their own perspective and in their own words.
What is asked of students?
There are no right or wrong answers; your child is not required to respond to the survey or to answer every
question on the survey, and their responses have no bearing on their school grades. Students' individual responses
are not available to either their teacher or other students.
All surveys will be completely anonymous; there will be no way to connect the students with their surveys. All data
collected will be securely stored, and only researchers working on the study will have access to the data. All survey
results will be reported in summary form only.
If you have any questions regarding the administration or content of the surveys, please contact: Lisa Okazaki at
(805)418-3171 (phone) or lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail).
Sincerely,
Lisa Okazaki

OMB Control Number 1024-XXXX
Current Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

United States Department of the Interior
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
401 West Hillcrest
Thousand Oaks, California
IN REPLY REFER TO:

Dear Parent,
You are receiving this letter because your child will be asked to fill out a survey about their recent field trip to
the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Your child’s teacher will be distributing the surveys during
regular class time. Your child will have the opportunity to complete the survey online either at school or from your
home computer.
If your child is completing the web-based survey from your home computer, please feel free to review it with them.
The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. We are very interested in your child's thoughts about their
experiences while visiting the park and hope that you will encourage them to respond from their own perspective and
in their own words.
What is asked of students?
There are no right or wrong answers; your child is not required to respond to the survey or to answer every
question on the survey, and their responses have no bearing on their school grades. Students' individual responses
are not available to either their teacher or other students. Knowing what your child thinks about their experience
in the park will help us continue to improve our educational programs.
All surveys will be completely anonymous; there will be no way to connect the students with their surveys. All data
collected will be securely stored, and only researchers working on the study will have access to the data. All survey
results will be reported in summary form only.
If you have any questions regarding the administration or content of the surveys, please contact: Lisa Okazaki at
(805)418-3171 (phone) or lisa_okazaki@nps.gov (e-mail).
Sincerely,
Lisa Okazaki

OMB Control Number 1024-XXXX
Current Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX