Welcome To September
Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the "School Celebration Newsletter."
September is a critical month to keep yourself reminded of the goals you set this summer. Are you getting enough sleep? Are you eating healthy most of the time? Are you getting exercise and taking timeouts from electronics? It is so important for all
educators to make time this month and do something to charge their batteries. I want to challenge you to make a musical playlist for yourself to listen to on your drive home to help reset your mind from work to family time. What will be your go-to
song?
In this month's edition, you will find so many fun and easy-to-implement ideas. Choose a couple and use them to bring some fun and joy to your school. I am an email away if there is anything I can do to support your work, and please send me a picture
of your celebrations @sholtys. Take care and be well.
A Few of My September Favorites
September Days to Get Excited About
September 1 | National College Colors Day | What a great way to bring in
some fun for your staff and celebrate higher education no matter the level of your school. Encourage staff to wear college, military, or trade school attire. Wear something from your Alma Mater (I will be wearing #wildcatforlife). If you are an AVID
school make sure you take a staff picture to use in your spring report.
September 4 | Labor Day | Please take the day to rest; no work today!
September 5 |
National Cheese Pizza Day | Do an online poll to see what your students choose as their favorite pizza. Teachers can use the information to teach
or enrich graphing skills to students based on the data.
September 6 | Read A Book Day | A great day to promote literacy with your students.
Read in classrooms, at lunch, a Facebook live, create a staff-recommended section of books in your library, or make a poster for staff to write in their current reads.
September 8 | National Actors Day | Another simple idea to incorporate with your
staff. Make a chart in your staff room with post-its for staff to write their favorite character on. AND if you have a theater program/club/class, CELEBRATE these amazing students today!
September 12 | National Day of Encouragement; National High 5 Day, AND National Video Games Day | This is a ridiculous day of SO much goodness. High 5 your students every opportunity!! Provide note cards for staff and students to write words of encouragement for each other. AND if you have an esports team, CELEBRATE these awesome kids and program
today!!
September 13 | Fortune Cookie Day | Pass out fortune cookies to staff today.
September 14 | National Coloring Day | Have a coloring competition for staff and/or
students. Did you know they have coloring books designed for teachers and those of us in education? (Heads up--Check the appropriateness ahead of time) There are also some great adult coloring books to help with emotional regulation. I had placed
several of those books in my staff room last year, and the feedback was awesome. Don't forget the good crayons though! You could easily create a slide show of the final products for social media.
September 15 | National Linguine Day | Help your staff answer the dreaded "what
are we having for dinner tonight?"
September 18 | National Cheeseburger Day | A couple of ideas for this one: have
students or staff design the perfect cheeseburger or have staff/students identify who makes the best cheeseburger. They could incorporate the information into a graphing or geography activity.
September 19 | Talk Like A Pirate Day | Need I say MORE???
September 20 | National String Cheese Day | What a great snack to share today
if you have a treat wagon.
September 22 Hobbit Day | Use quotes from this classic story throughout the day and have your staff guess which character said it for
door prizes AND it is also National Ice Cream Cone Day Not a fan of the Hobbit? Well, it is also the day to eat an ice cream cone!! Purchase ice cream drumsticks and pass them out today.
September 25 | National Comic Book Day | Share comics online, in your school bulletin,
and post around your campus (don't forget the bathroom stalls). This will bring some much-needed laughter today AND
September 25 | National One-hit Wonder Day | Music trivia, anyone??
September 26 | National Pancake Day | I love days that I can meet and break bread
with my staff. As staff to join you at a restaurant this morning to celebrate pancakes. (Everyone pays their own way) OR ask your PTO or a Booster club to help sponsor a pancake feed before school.
September 27 | World Tourism Day | This could be a great entry activity or exit
slip for your staff to share or simply utilize a question board in your staff room. Ask staff if they could travel anywhere on earth free of charge where would they go?
September 28 | National Good Neighbor Day | Have students do an act of kindness
for their neighbor today or write a brief note of encouragement/appreciation to a local neighborhood business that supports their school or sports league AND National Strawberry Cream Pie Day No explanation
needed on this one.
September 29 | National Coffee Day | Coffee bar in the staff room and bring all
of the fall creamers you can find at your local grocery store.
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Cindy Sholtys-Cromwell |
Principal, Loowit High School and Kelso Virtual Academy (K-12)
Kelso School District |
Cindy is in her 23rd year as a school administrator. She is currently the principal of Kelso Virtual Academy and Loowit Alternative High School within the Kelso School District in Kelso, Washington. Cindy has been recognized by the National Association
of Secondary School Principals as the 2021 National Digital Principal of the Year. She has two teenagers and has been married to her husband, Leszek, for 23 years.
Find her on Twitter @sholtys.