Ideas for School Spirit for High School Educators
A high school is a community of people working toward a common goal. Teachers can promote unity and cooperation by encouraging students to develop school spirit. There are an assortment of activities that teachers can facilitate to promote school spirit. These activities can be enjoyable extras, tacked on to the end of a long day, or a part of the standard curriculum, teaching content and imbuing the students with school pride simultaneously.
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Locker Decorations
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Splatter the halls with school pride by creating locker decorations. As an enjoyable aside or a break from a complex lesson, allow students to create locker signs and place them on the lockers of students who will be participating in upcoming sporting events or school-endorsed competitions. The recipients of these decorations will be delighted by the recognition, and students will be reminded of their school pride every time they spot a decorated locker.
Mascot Poetry
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Incorporate your beloved school mascot into poetic compositions. When teaching your students about poetic forms, take some time to write mascot poetry. You can prescribe a form, or allow students to produce a free verse poem. Encourage students to include characteristics of the mascot within their poem. Once students finish their compositions, have them decorate them with school colors and hang them on a bulletin board in the school hallway or in the classroom.
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Sporting Event Math
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Integrate school sports scores into your math lessons. Create story problems using the scores of a recent school sporting event. You can also incorporate student names and create problems that are personalized for your class. This activity will not only promote school spirit, it will also allow students to see a practical application for the math skills they learn in class.
History of Our School
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As students learn about the history of the country in which they live, take some time to explore the history of the school they attend. Gather together information about your school's past, including building information, enrollment data, extracurricular options and graduation rates. Take a look at this information with your students, allowing them to see how their school, just like their country, has changed significantly over time. To conclude your study, assign each student a decade during which your school was in operation. Instruct students to research that decade, and come to class on an assigned day dressed as students would have dressed in school in that era.
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