If you are a school administrator or a student council representative and want to help your group bond and showcase school spirit, then keep reading. The student council members are the leaders of school pride in a way. They are the voice of the students and can easily set a tone for the school year. Wearing high school spirit items like t-shirts and hats and promoting school pride in other ways is a big part of being a student council member. Here we discuss a few ways to keep the pride going in the group and for the rest of the school.

Retreats: Take the student council members off-site for some bonding activities. Play games and host workshops where members have to solve a puzzle, go on a scavenger hunt or solve a mock student council problem. Anything that promotes team building and has the students working together to reach a common goal.

Volunteering: Have the student council students volunteer as a group. They could visit an animal shelter, read to the elderly, or do clean up around the school or community. Giving back together is a great bonding experience.

Fundraising: What better way to spread school spirit than raising money for your school selling high school apparel? T-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants and more are just some of the items that can be customized with your school’s name, mascot or insignia. Programs like Rokkitwear offer free online stores where you customize your high school spirit items and then sell them, with part of the proceeds going right back to the school.

The student council can help bring the school together in many ways. Here a bunch of events the student council can host to come together but also unite the students:

• Freshman orientation
• Welcome back dance
• Ice cream social
• Blood drives
• Decorating the halls
• Homecoming and prom
• Pep rallies
• Canned food drive
• Spirit week
• Graduation
• More!

Having a student council that demonstrates unity and school spirit will go a long way in getting the rest of the student body excited and involved. Once the votes are in and the student council members are elected, that is just the beginning. It is important to keep delivering results, bringing on the school spirit and representing classmates.

School spirit never stops