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CLUMMB DAY
At Wadena Composite, students were encouraged to wear; Cowboy Boots, Loaders, Uggs, Muklucks, Moccassins, or Boots! If they wore one of...
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Business on the Top and Casual Bottoms Spirit Day
This is a zoom inspired Spirit Day, where no-one knows what you are wearing underneath the desk on a Zoom Call. Catherine Hogan Westwood...
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Stairway to Spirit – Give your steps a lift!
So, you don’t have room on your walls to put a mascot mural? How about doing what the Westisle Wolverines did in Elmsdale, PEI. (The...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Adam Sandler Dress-up Day!
So, are your students are tired of Pyjama Day and Wacky Hair Day? Adam Sandler Day is here to blast your apathy out of the sand trap with...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
BINGO is bonkers!
What started out as a small leadership group project has now blossomed into a school tradition that is here to stay at KCI. I’m talking...
Mar 11, 20223 min read
An Open Cookie Mindset
Here is the snickerdoodle recipe for the best Christmas cookie of 2021. Download here: Snickerdoodles.
Dec 28, 20211 min read
Punch a Cup
How to stretch $100 into – prize for EVERYONE…4 of these cups have $25 gift cards in them, the rest have mini chocolate bars! As everyone...
Dec 3, 20211 min read
12 Days of Christmas
Fill the days before the holidays with festive fun. The elves at LP Miller have lots of fun on the shelf for their little children.
Nov 30, 20211 min read
What IS that sound??
Schools are always looking for ways to spice up their daily announcements, and contests are a great way to get people in your building to...
Nov 12, 20211 min read
TP the Town (yes, that means toilet paper!)
TP the Town started as an English assignment to Change the World . . . a pretty daunting thought to most grade 11 students. Jordan...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Cerealicious!
What if you provided all of the amazing breakfast cereal for your students as a free, delicious treat on Cerealicious Day. All they have...
Oct 24, 20211 min read
We love you because . . .
Staff appreciation doesn’t have to be expensive to make a significant impression. St. Patrick High in Quebec drew red hearts, that...
Oct 23, 20211 min read
My Jersey – Your Impact
Emerald High School now has a new game-day tradition called “My Jersey. Your Impact.” For each home game, senior football players select...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Anything but a backpack Spirit Day
Kirksville High School decided that a unique spirit day would be to challenge students to transport their “stuff” in “anything but a...
Oct 9, 20211 min read
Where’s the Spirit Stick?
To successfully captivate our school, district, and our community during an abnormal homecoming week, Sauk Rapids-Rice High School’s...
Aug 12, 20211 min read
Staff Gala
In December, on the Thursday and Friday the week before Christmas break, KVHS had a Staff Gala. Three weeks before the event, staff...
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Intergenerational Art Show
The Grade 10 Leadership Class at Centennial High in Calgary goes weekly to the local senior’s centre to visit and do activities with...
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Staff Bitmoji Competition
St. Peter’s Catholic Secondary in Barrie challenged their Staff teams to participate in the Staff Bitmoji Challenge. The following is...
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Easter Egg Smash
We ran a fun and simple activity this week that may work for you. We advertised all around the school about the upcoming Easter Egg...
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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