by dave | Oct 21, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness, School Spirit
On a Wednesday morning (or any other day) hand out magic wiggle worms to students. Lots of smiles behind the masks and lots of posts on Instagram. You can get 120 for $40 on Amazon here. Everyone needs a smile, and a wiggle worm can help! ...
by dave | Oct 21, 2020 | Halloween, Special Days, Virtual Activities
Using the ideas and format from the TV show, The Masked Singer, Tanenbaum CHAT school had a video made of staff members singing with their choice of mask (Hallowe’en would make a scary version of this for your school). The individual staff members were edited...
by dave | Oct 13, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness, School Climate, Special Days
Everybody loves a cookie, so why not celebrate all of the different varieties? December 4th is the day to celebrate the goodness of this treat. You can hand out free cookies and just make everybody happy! Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia,...
by dave | Oct 11, 2020 | Games and Activities, Virtual Activities
Use online polling platforms for instant and interactive answers to questions. Platforms such as polleverywhere.com allow you to use this with a live and virtual audience. Create questions that will give you a barometer of how people are feeling. You can also have fun...
by dave | Oct 7, 2020 | School Spirit, Special Days, Virtual Activities
You’ve always wondered when it’s national Talk like a Pirate Day or that World Kindness Day is November 13th, and that Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is January 30th. Spice up your calendar with some serious and silly commemorations. Find all of your serious...
by dave | Oct 7, 2020 | School Spirit, Virtual Activities
The Leadership class at Olds High in Alberta hosted a Walk-in Movie with Fresh Air Cinemas from Red Deer. This was to replace our welcome back dance. The feature was “Grease” and we had about 140 students attend. The $10 ticket included the movie,...
by dave | Oct 1, 2020 | Virtual Activities
If you create the list of topics, you can keep this raucous party game in a PG format. Here’s how this activity goes: Create a list of PG topics like “Never have I ever stepped on Lego” or “Never have I ever eaten an entire pack of Oreos” or “Never have I ever climbed...
by dave | Oct 1, 2020 | School Spirit, Virtual Activities
Crescent Heights High in Calgary decided to uncover the people behind the mask at their school. They took pictures of their staff and students first with their mask on and next without the mask. Then, on the school’s Instagram feed, they shared a short write-up...
by dave | Sep 29, 2020 | School Spirit, Uncategorized, Virtual Activities
Hosting a virtual spirit week can be a great way to positively impact your school culture and community. It offers an avenue for everyone to be involved, and takes an “events for everyone” approach. Here are some suggestions on types of “spirit days” to include in...
by dave | Sep 16, 2020 | School Climate, School Spirit
If Walmart can do it, you can copy it. Centennial High School has CentMart greeters with t-shirts at their two doors every Wednesday morning before school. They welcome students with music, a wave, and a “Good Morning Yotes”. They created their own...
by dave | Sep 16, 2020 | School Climate, Virtual Activities
Many of your new students may not have been able to get their pre-school tour of your building. It is still not too late to give them the royal tour of your school hosted by seniors and staff. Your first-year students may be distance learning or just in your building...
by dave | Sep 15, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Spirit, Virtual Activities
Have each student in each homeroom or first period class submit a song that they feel should be “the song” from their class for the school playlist. The student’s song then is assigned a random number with the maximum being the total number on both sides of the...
by dave | Sep 15, 2020 | School Climate, School Spirit, Virtual Activities
Create a photoblog based on the concept of Humans of New York for your school. Ask students and staff to submit pictures of themselves at school or at home doing what they normally do. Have them attach short descriptions of their activities and life. This is a great...
by dave | Sep 15, 2020 | Grad Events, Mural Ideas, School Climate
Put this mirror in a hallway beside your honour roll listing. The “Picture Yourself Here” will give students a subtle reminder of the positive future ahead of them.
by dave | Sep 15, 2020 | School Climate, School Spirit, Special Days
Everybody loves a birthday party, so why don’t you celebrate your school’s birthday with a giant cake and decorations. It gives you an opportunity to celebrate some history to the building, and the event allows students to understand the present and former traditions...
by mcampbell | Sep 14, 2020 | Interviews, Speaker Spotlight, Student Leadership Certification Program
By now we hope you have heard about our new program offering for 2020-2021. It’s called the Student Leadership Certification Program. After many years of teaching and training advisors in student leadership and providing them a certification, we finally have a...
by dave | Sep 14, 2020 | Community Support, School Climate, School Spirit
It was decided to engage the students of EDSS in building connections with a Just Say Hi campaign. Four different coloured buttons were made with the “Say Hi” logo on them. A budget was created from local donations and a United Way grant to fund the campaign. A prize...
by dave | Sep 13, 2020 | Games and Activities, Halloween
Putting Pumpkins Create a mini golf challenge with ping pong or real golf balls and decorated pumpkins as the hole. Frankenstein Perfectly named for the season, Frankenstein challenges players to carry yardsticks that have batteries balanced on either end. The game is...
by dave | Sep 13, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Spirit
It’s difficult to get a good 18 holes of golf in during the winter in Canada. Take advantage of this by involving your school in constructing an 18-hole miniature golf course within your school. This can make use of the physical intricacies of your school inside and...
by dave | Sep 13, 2020 | Remembrance Day, School Climate, Special Days, Veterans
Have a Formal Day once a month where staff and students are invited to wear their “Sunday Best” to school. The cafeteria can menu can be changed from hot dogs to tube steaks or perhaps better. Olds High school runs their Formal Day on the same day that they have their...
by dave | Sep 10, 2020 | Fundraising and Awareness, Halloween, Special Days
Have students purchase the blank white jugs for $2. They are given a black sharpie and allowed to create their own scary ghost. The jugs are lit and provide a decoration for your upcoming Hallowe’en festivities and also a way to raise money for a charitable...
by dave | Sep 10, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness
Kermit knows that “it isn’t easy being green,” and your administration knows that it isn’t easy being the boss. Take the time to create a bit of post-it praise for the people in charge. Have members of your student leadership team write a brief...
by dave | Sep 9, 2020 | Community Support, Virtual Activities
Here is a new #challenge. Take a picture of an area in your community that needs cleaning up or maintenance, then take a photo after you have done something about it and post it. In an online world, perhaps take a picture of a room in your house (your bedroom,...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Community Support, Fundraising and Awareness
Over 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year and socks are the #1 requested item in shelters, which is why WE BE US co-founders Nick Foley and Phil Kerr came up with 20K Sock Day. Nick, Phil, and other members of the 20K Sock Day team start sending out...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Climate
In the spirit of March Madness, challenge the mathletes of your school to a Math Madness Tournament. Each homeroom is given a basketball-themed worksheet for the preliminary round. The class is allowed to work together to solve the problems. This creates the bracket...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Spirit, Virtual Activities
This activity demonstrates who can navigate the Wikipedia rabbit hole the fastest. Set up two video screens in the cafeteria attached to separate laptops. The race starts at one page of Wikipedia for both contestants and the challenge is to get to the announced page...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Spirit
Have stickers or buttons made up with the three letters in bold: IYQ Students hand them out to other people in the school. When a person asks what it means, the distributor answers, “I-Y-Q!” hunh? (it is supposed to sound like “I like you”) You then have a second...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | School Climate, Special Days
At Sunnyside High in Fresno, a different department hosts an all-staff lunchtime nacho party on the first Friday of each month. The leadership students provide the chips and cheese, and department members bring the rest of the toppings. The tradition has caught on and...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness, Recognition and Awards, School Climate
Have a schedule that organizes a different school team or club to host a “Thank You Thursday” snack table in the main office or teacher’s lounge. The school group can bring in cookies or healthy snacks to give back and thank those staff members who make a difference...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | School Spirit, Special Days
This two-day activity is similar to a gigantic, school-wide game of tag, only it involves no running and a lot of detective work. Each participant, who signs up for the game and pays the $1.00 fee to play, will be given the name and picture of another participant in...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Fundraising and Awareness
A visible way to raise funds and show who is ahead is to create a balance fundraising device. This is a great way to have your juniors challenge your seniors and raise money at the same time. We all know that students carry little change with them, but they may be...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | School Spirit, Special Days
Elmira District SS is a little bit country and proud of it. The best way to celebrate is to have Hick Day and recognize the hayseed in all of us with some barnyard games and live chickens! If you’re going to eat, you have to know where your food comes from! Make...
by dave | Sep 8, 2020 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate
Brent Dickson, from Centennial in Calgary, uses candid shots of his student leaders to highlight quotes and character traits. Put these professional-style posters up to make an impact in many ways. You can challenge students to match the best yearbook shots with...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | School Climate
A student council felt that they needed to do something about the appearance of the bathrooms in their school. They decided to have a competition between various groups in the school to clean up their school bathrooms. The idea was presented and each club volunteered...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Fundraising and Awareness, School Spirit
It’s fundraising in a bottle! Participants are asked to donate bottles for your fundraiser. They can be filled with anything—bath beads, coffee beans, motor oil, pasta, jam, gummi bears, beanie babies, dog kibbles, salsa, bubble gum, salad dressing, anything—as long...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate, Special Days
Student leaders create a lot of activities which put stress on a building and its caretakers. Take the time to thank the custodians by having a Custodian Appreciation Day. Serve them a complimentary lunch and have your leaders clean the cafeteria and halls on...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | School Spirit, Special Days, Valentines
Do you remember when everyone got Valentines in Kindergarten? The Sr. Leadership Class at St. Patrick’s High School in Quebec City realized that no one really wants to admit that they want to get a Valentine, bit it’s a great connection builder. So, they created their...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | School Climate, School Spirit
School Spirit is more than pom poms and pep rallies: School Spirit is: Scholarship Passion Integrity Reflection Involvement Teamwork Create a mural that lets your students know what true School Spirit is.
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Games and Activities, School Spirit
This is an event that you can use to involve everyone in the whole school in an amazingly short amount of time. You can do it as part of announcements and have your principal judge the finalists in the Main Office (start in homeroom and send each winner down to the...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate
Recognize the students who have perfect attendance with a bit of donut therapy. Each month, have a “Donut be Absent” moment for those who make it their priority to fill in the whole day at school. Also, those with most improved attendance can receive an...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Mural Ideas, School Spirit
This can be a homeroom challenge or just a celebration of the incredible, artistic talent in your school. Assign individuals or classes a piece of sidewalk to channel their best artistic efforts.
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate, School Spirit
There are staff members who should be recognized for their tireless efforts at your school – so recognize them with a tire award painted in your school colours. Nominations can be made for work done in the classroom or outside – all efforts to improve the school...
by dave | Sep 7, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness, Recognition and Awards, School Spirit
Nothing is better than winning a chocolate chip cookie to start your day. At EDSS, all of the names of the students, staff and support staff are put in a bucket at the beginning of the year. Each morning, at the end of the announcements, a name is drawn from the...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | School Spirit, Special Days
This unique event only happens once every four years, so your students can’t really say that they’ve done it before. The hook for the event is in the name if you want to market it that way. Your announcement might go like this: “It’s finally bissextile...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | Community Support
Centennial Secondary School held a get together for all students and their grandparents. The first Grandparent Tea was held near the Christmas Holidays in the school cafeteria. The cafeteria was decorated with seasonal displays and the foods classes provided the...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | Community Support, Virtual Activities
Student leaders can host a mask drive for community members to drop off any clean masks either made or purchased. Donate these to a local Food Bank or community shelter. Important things to note: Find someone who is skilled at sewing or who can volunteer to create...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | School Spirit, Virtual Activities
Admit it. Your students play video games online. Reach out to a student who is passionate about Minecraft to help create and moderate the server. In place of a traditional home room challenge event, you could create Minecraft competitions: students from each class can...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | Mural Ideas, School Climate, Virtual Activities
Use a different “hello” or “hi” from the cultures represented in your school in your official memos or social media each month. In your school entrance, post “welcome” in the languages that students from your school speak. August: “Hello” (English) September: “Buenos...
by dave | Sep 4, 2020 | Mural Ideas, School Spirit
A little LED magic helps to levitate this Gryphon from Selwyn House School in Montreal. Two students made this a class project and raised the profile of their school mascot.
by dave | Sep 3, 2020 | Fundraising and Awareness, Games and Activities
This is a great reward activity for winners, and it won’t cost you as much as it would appear. A Loonie Drop was held in front of the school (call it a Fist Full of Dollars). A student is selected in a draw and asked to stand with one hand outstretched at waist...
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