Spirit Week Dress Up Ideas for High School
Spirit week is an integral part of high school -- it's a way for students to express their creative side, show their support for their school and come together to celebrate being young. Assign each day of one week with a particular theme and let students dress in that theme to show their school spirit, even if it means relaxing the standard dress code for a few days.
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School Colors Day
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Let students show school spirit by dressing in the school's colors. Clothing, colorful socks, face paint and hair color are fun ways to get into the school spirit. Be sure to create guidelines beforehand and let students know if the school will not permit them to dye their hair or paint their faces. Hold a school spirit assembly and hand out awards for the most spirited students.
Hat Day
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Most schools don't allow hats in the classroom on a regular basis, so having a hat day during spirit week is a way to break out of the normal student dress code. Cowboy hats, military hats, top hats and even the traditional baseball cap are all appropriate for a hat day. Award prizes for the most formal hat, the funniest hat and the tallest hat.
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Pajama Day
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Make the Monday of spirit week a pajama day. Instead of dreading getting up on a Monday, students will relish in the fact that they can literally slide out of bed and into the classroom without getting ready for the day. Promote the wearing of fuzzy slippers, bathrobes and wacky pajama pants, but remind students of what is not acceptable pajama-school attire (negligees and boxer shorts).
Color Wars
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Promote unity within each grade level by having a color war day. Each grade in the school is assigned a different color, and the goal is to get as many people as possible in each grade to wear their respective colors. Hold an assembly and group the students by color to see who was the most successful. Award the winning class with a special privilege to be used later in the year.
Fashion Flashback
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Pick a by-gone era and let students dress up in costumes and attire from the chosen decade. For the 1980s think acid wash jeans, shoulder pads and leg warmers, and pop culture icons like Michael Jackson and Madonna. Get teachers in the act by having them play '80s movies like "Sixteen Candles" and "Back to the Future" in the classroom. For a 1970s-theme, bell bottom pants, go-go dresses and polyester fit the bill. Have a dance with flashing lights and disco balls to set the mood.
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