Arbor View High School My Name Is Caleb Gibb, and I Am a Junior at Arbor View High School

Arbor View High School My name is Caleb Gibb, and I am a junior at Arbor View High School. Our teachers, staff, and students do a lot for us here, so we enjoy giving back as much as we can. Lots of the return is through student recognition or teacher appreciation events. Our students tend to do well in sports, photography, academics, debate, and other school activities. We recognize student success in these fields everyday on the announcements, or during student assemblies. Our student body president gets on the intercom every day and congratulates each student for their achievement in the activity he/she participated in. For example, if a student achieves a national merit test score, they are acknowledged. If they score a goal in a soccer game, they are acknowledged. We try to recognize all activities so students feel appreciated. We also like to show our appreciation for our teachers and staff. For teacher appreciation week, each class in student council came up with a cheesy saying and a treat for all the teachers. Our junior class came up with the line, “We donut know what we would do without you”. With this saying came a fresh Krispy Kreme doughnut. Activities like these can really make teachers and staff feel loved by the students at your school. Battle Mountain High School Staff appreciation is very important at Battle Mountain High School. The past two years we have started serving them breakfast one day of the year. We present them a menu, giving them a choice of various breakfast items. This year we delivered them their choice of fruit, drink, and breakfast burrito to their classroom about a half hour before school started. We did this so that the teachers could still get their morning work done. During Staff Appreciation Week we hand out a snack with a cute saying attached. For example: “You are ‘o’FISH’ally’ the best” was handed out with a bag of gold fish. We hand out something creative like this every day of the school week. We also include staff members each month on our Wall of Fame. Students in our school have various ways of being recognized. Every month our leadership class nominates a student that has done a good deed. Then all the nominees are typed up including the reasons why they are deserving and the students in Leadership vote. The winners receive a bag full of candy, water, pen, and their name hangs in our commons under the “Wall of Fame” banner for the rest of the school year. We also do the same for Student of the Month. The only thing different is that the teachers nominate and vote on the monthly winners. Bonanza High School At Bonanza High School, Student Council spreads a lot of love throughout the school. For staff appreciation, we usually pass out treats or snacks to the staff and attach a nice pun to the item. We like to make sure our staff is as happy as we are. We also type up letters to the teachers, thanking them for all of their hard work. We make it known to the school so that everyone is respectful and appreciative of what our staff does for us on a daily basis. For student recognition we usually do something called RAK week, which stands for Random Acts of Kindness. One day out of the week we do a high five day or a fist bump day. We then do a wristband day and wear wristbands and t‐shirts supporting the week which helps spread the word. We also do something called a high‐five highway. We stand at the front doors before school and make a small walk way for the students to walk in and we give each and every student a high five as they walk in the doorway. We also do the same exact thing at lunch time, just to remind them that we care that they are here and get spirit going across the school. Boulder City High School Being that Boulder is a relatively small school, we make it a priority to recognize our teachers, activities, and most of all, our fellow students. Our student council has several committees that collectively focus on spreading the love. The Birthday Committee makes little notes with a piece of candy on them and hand deliver them to each student. Teacher and Staff Appreciation committees commend a staff member and teacher each week by giving them a shout‐out during the announcements, a poster signed by all of StuCo, and their favorite foods or gift cards. We also do simple tasks for them which seem like small tasks for us, but we have been told that it is a huge help. Student Appreciation recognizes a sport, club, or activity by making them a poster and supplying each member with a snack and drink that has a personalized note about why StuCo loves them. Our Public Relations Committee also advertises for “Pack The’s,” where we encourage the whole school to support the event. For example, we recently held a Pack the Play on our theater program’s opening night of the fall play. The Thespians were pleased with the turnout and grateful to be recognized for their hard work. Our student council has also planned an upcoming weeklong event, “You Matter Week.” The goal is to include all students and to reinforce the close connections we have as a school. Through our small tokens of appreciation for our teachers, staff, and student body, we, as a council, have acknowledged those who deserve it most and have made our school even more inclusive. Centennial High School At Centennial, not only do we have amazing teachers, but a whole staff of incredible people. They do so much for us, so the least we can do is show them how much we truly appreciate them! One way we show them we care is by having a welcome back breakfast at the beginning of every year with coffee, juice, bacon, pancakes, eggs, sausage, and hash browns. After the faculty and staff have been working hard for a few months, we let them know that they’re doing a great job during Teacher Appreciation Week in November. Each class is responsible for making gifts for all of the staff for one day of the week. Some of the gifts we have given are packs of Extra brand gum with a note that said “Thanks for being EXTRAordinary”, or handmade picture frames with a thank‐you note inside. Another thing we like to do for our staff in November is “Thanks‐a‐Latte”, where a truck comes to school and each faculty member can get a specialty coffee, hot chocolate, or smoothie of their choice. Also, we celebrate another teacher appreciation week in May to acknowledge and thank the staff for all of the work they did for us throughout the year. Similar to the week in November, each class gives the staff a gift with a note that lets them know we love them! The teachers are always so grateful during appreciation weeks because they love being reminded that their efforts never go unnoticed. Cheyenne High School We spread our love to our school by showing as much appreciation and recognition to our staff members and our students because we know they work very hard to reach their goals. This December for staff members as a council we cut out Santa sleighs in different Christmas papers and then filled them with candy. We then put them in all of the staff members’ mailboxes so that they would have nice treat as they left for their holiday break. Another fun idea that we had this year to recognize how great Cheyenne teachers are is that we created a “pencil” made from candy to let the staff know that they make Cheyenne the “write place to be. The “pencils” were a huge success! Our Cheyenne Student Council also like to make sure that students are recognized for their accomplishments, so for the students who received straight A’s during each quarter we deliver to their classroom the “Smartie Pants” Awards. We use a cut‐out of pants, tape the candy Smartie’s to the legs, and attach a saying, “Way to go Smartie Pants!” Our council also likes to recognize all of our Senior sports players during their last home game of their season. We take the time to make signs with each of their names in them so that they know how much we appreciate all that they have done during their last High School season. The students love the posters and many take them home with them. Coleville High School With all the hustle and bustle of a busy school day it is easy for teachers, staff, an students to go unrecognized. In our small school we try our hardest to make sure every student receives some acknowledgment through our posters. Our school is highly influenced by athletics so we usually create posters with every players name on them. Though the majority of our students are student athletes we understand that not all are, so we decorate our halls with small individual posters with the rest of the students names on them. These posters vary on the season, like Christmas trees, or eggs around Easter and so on for each time of year. In order to acknowledge our teachers and staff we purchase small gifts throughout the year just to show them we care. Things as simple as pens and pencils or just a thank you card for all they do.

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