Activities
Dances
If you need to keep track of when your students enter and leave try this form. Have each student check in and write down the time they enter the dance. Write the number in permanent marker on their hand and if they leave more than 15 minutes before the end of the dance have them check out.
Guest applications are one of our most popular downloads. Most schools require guest to the dance to go through an approval process in order to purchase a ticket. It is important to make sure the guest is approved before any tickets are purchased so no refunds will have to be handed out.
Ever have that sinking feeling when you look around at the end of a dance and you realize its just you and a couple of students helping to clean up? Plan ahead and assign duties to make sure all of your students show up to help out. Try to make it a game and give yourself a time limit to clean up everything and have a prize for those who help out.
A few ideas to help you plan some new dances at your school in addition to the traditional Homecoming and Prom.
One of the most difficult parts of planning a dance can be just coming up with a theme that all of your students agree on. Many times the students come up with ideas and then take it very personally when someone disagrees or comes up with their own. Use this list to help bring impartiality to the process.
If you every have problems at Homecoming or Prom with too many students waiting in line for their pictures consider having early bird pictures at the school. This works well even with dances off campus. It gives the students a chance to take nice pictures before they go out to dinner or get hot and sweaty from the dancing.
Fashion shows are great way to let your students know what is appropriate dress for the upcoming dance. This is most effective for Prom, but it can also work well if you encourage students to dress up for Homecoming according to the theme.
Simple form but very effective in getting your student body involved in preparing for the next big dance. Use their input and pass it along to the DJ. You can expand on this little survey and add a section to ask the students to recommend their top 5 favorite dance songs.
Similar to the flyer in the Homecoming section you will want to create a simple flyer for your other dances that has all of the important information you want your students to remember.
A great collection of timelines, committees, and helpful hints for planning Prom. These ideas can be applied to any dance.
This is a great info sheet from Lebanon High School concerning their upcoming Prom. It has all of the important information and even includes picture prices. You can use this to inspire your own “cheat sheet” for the students to remember everything about the big dance.
You can never be too detailed when you are dealing with teachers or students. Here is a sample Prom Promo info sheet that was used right before the video photo shoot.
Use your photography company to help you do a mini photo shoot at your Prom site in order to start getting your students excited about the big event. Find a local business willing to help you with the color copies and you have found a easy way to effectively advertise Prom.
Getting and keeping the support of your teaching staff is very important to a successful activities program. This means keeping your teachers informed about what is going on with your activity. This is a sample form used to get students out of class for the fashion show. It helps the advisor know that all the students are allowed to be there.
Now that your teachers know what is going on with the fashion show you’ll need to remind the students. This form can easily be modified to meet your needs.
