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...

Change the Time for Class

A simple fundraiser is to delay class until the teacher is finished counting the change on his or her desk brought in for a fundraiser. Students put coins on the teacher’s desk (or at a central location) and class cannot begin until all the money is counted and...

Army Day

Army Day It’s March 4th. (Get it sarge?) Dress in camouflage pants or march your way to class. Have “Guess that K-ration in the Caf” competition. Celebrate the contributions of the Armed Forces. Jenna Albrecht EDSS

Breakfast with the Principal

Our Student Council endeavors to promote respect and raise school spirit. To accomplish this goal, The EDSS Student Council has developed a new way of recognizing EDSS students who improve their school community. With the gracious support of Administration, Student...

Just Dye-ing for It!

We got two male and two female teachers to agree to let us dye their hair for the cause. We had each teacher pick four colours, and have placed boxes in front of their pictures in those colours. Students vote with their change as to what colour the hair should be. The...