Nonacademic competitions
Teamwork, excitement, and school spirit often grow from events that reward extra effort. School faculty members can encourage student excellence by building on friendly competition among teams in a variety of nonacademic events, including:
- Friendly competitions through homerooms, including a trivia question of the day (each class instantly responds through e-mail)
- Number of students who dress up on spirit days
- Door-decorating contests
- Student body fund-raising contests
- Teacher-student team competitions, such as an after-school volleyball tournament or noontime activities (such as a student/teacher egg tossing contest)
- Attendance (competitions among teams or houses, or with neighboring schools)
- Team test-day attendance
- Money raised for a community service project
- Sports, Recommendation 5—Relationships, TCSII.
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