October 2008
Looking Forward to Monday Morning
Click on the above picture to enlarge. Don't forget to get this quote and artwork as well as MANY others in the newly published book, Quote This! Staff members have a fun time dressing up for Halloween, too. This year try having a staff costume theme. For example, the administrators could dress up as doctors and all of the staff dress as patients. Or use the 101 Dalmatians theme. The administrators dress as the parents and everyone else is a Dalmatian puppy. Or the administrators dress up as Rock Stars and the staff members are groupies. You could also have a general theme such as:
Divide the staff into teams which will challenge each other for the best Halloween decorations. Let each team draw for an area of the school to decorate such as the staff lounge, office, entry to school, etc. You can select a theme for the entire school or allow each area to have its own theme. Themes could be specific to Halloween or general theme decorations. Examples are a Haunted Lau, an 80's Prom, Spooky Hollywood (red carpet style), The Wizard of Oz with many munchkins, Private Eyes, Home with the Adams Family, etc.
 Cut out 30 patterns of pumpkins - 10 each of
three
different colors of paper such as orange,
yellow, and
green. Using markers draw fun faces on each
one.
On the reverse side:
Hide the pumpkins around the room before the staff members come for a meeting. When they arrive instruct them to find as many of the pumpkins as they can before you say "Stop!" When they are done, have each person add up the numbers on the backs and the person with the highest number of points is awarded a prize. You could also use real pumpkins and gourds and allow the members to keep them as room decorations. Get more Halloween ideas in Looking Forward to Monday Morning and Looking Forward to MORE Monday Mornings.
 Each month I will be giving a free
book to
one person
whose name will be drawn. There is a
section
on my
website that allows you to post fun staff
member ideas that
are being used in YOUR school. What are you
doing
for fun this
fall, your Halloween ideas, did you
celebrate bosses
day in a fun way, etc.?
You can post your ideas for
others to see or
e-mail
them directly to me at
diane@dianehoges.com.
The
form can be reached through the link
above or
from
a link on the right column on any page of my
website.
The winner this month will be sent the book, Developing Highly Qualified Teachers ($26.95). The winner of last month's book was Janice Darnell from Dawsonville, GA (Read Janice's motivational idea). The other contributors were each sent a Thought Pad or Humor Pad. Will this be YOUR lucky month to win?
You're too old for Halloween if...
Find more fun in Laugh Lines for Educators and Grin and Share It.
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Please join me and bring a supply a smiles, chuckles, and grins! Do you need more Monday Morning ideas? This year I am a weekly columnist for Education World. I will have new entries each Tuesday www.educationworld.com. I will also continue to have podcasts with the IL Principals Association www.ilprincipals.org. Visit Our Website Drive your colleagues HAPPY!! Diane Hodges
Threshold Group
email:
diane@dianehodges.com
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