PA-per Announcements

“Nobody listens to the PA announcements!” is a comment heard in a lot of schools. This may be that the announcements are not interesting or teachers don’t take the time to make the class listen. Take the time to have your announcements posted for...

Kraft Dinner Dominoes

Collecting cans of food for the Food Bank can become a weak activity as people get tired of collecting the same old thing. Instead, collect boxes of Kraft Dinner and set them up like dominoes on the gym floor. Have a member of the class that brings in the most Kraft...

Spelling Bee

Run an old-fashioned spelling bee as a home room competition at lunchtime. Promote it with signs filled with spelling mistakes. Host it by grade level for each day with Friday as the finals for school champ. The words are made known to the audience by placing them on...

Which Witch is Which?

This is a home room contest for Hallowe’en activities. Get the basic elements of a witch’s costume: hat, hair, nose and cape. Have random teachers dress up on the costume and take their mug shot with a digital camera.  Put all of the pictures on one page...

Semi-Formal Sell Off

A dance is fun because people attend, not because of the DJ or the dress or the food. KCI attempts generate some buzz for our semi-formal by selling tickets in this manner: $1 for the first ticket $2 for the second $3 for the third and so on to $15 Then they stay at...