School Assembly Ideas on Fresh Starts
A school may decide to do a school assembly on "fresh starts" after an event that has shaken the school or during the first week of school to help get students acquainted with one another. There are several topics to consider to make the fresh start assembly enjoyable and relatable to students.
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New Starts for Freshmen
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If you are having an assembly on "fresh starts" with freshmen or new students to your school, talk to them about taking advantage of everything the school has to offer in order to help shape each of them as a person and student. You can have ice-breaker activities to get the students used to one another and invite an older student to come talk about fitting in and finding his niche within the school's atmosphere. Have clubs come in and speak with students about different types of activities they can get involved in within the school and activities in the outside community.
Going Off to College
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Gather your students for an assembly featuring different colleges graduates from your school have gone to. Private school students may also have a choice for high school. Ask former students to come back and talk about the admissions process, testing processes and getting a fresh start in college. Students who are in college can discuss how high school helped them select their majors.
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Cultural Activities
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Celebrating a New Year varies by culture. Help open your students' eyes to the world around them. Emphasize different cultures' calendars and different celebrations for the new year, whether it is celebrated Jan. 1 or not. Have students make different dishes to share with the rest of the school highlighting their own culture. If students are able, have some of them dress up in their cultural costumes or do a cultural dance. Use the fresh start of a new year to celebrate the diversity of the school, community and the world.
Turning Over a New Leaf
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Fresh starts don't always have to be about a calendar year, instead it can be about students taking a look at themselves and turning things around. If you have a speaker in your area that speaks about a difficult time he went through, such as past gang activity, and was able to turn his life around, invite him to speak to your school during an assembly. Students can then break into small groups and discuss what they would like to change about themselves. Have students write down one habit they would like to break, big or small, and tear it up to symbolically "get rid of it."
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