Thinking about celebrating National School Choice Week, but need some ideas for events? Here are 35 event ideas to spark creativity. Feel free to use any of these suggestions or come up with something exciting on your own! Check out our Event Handbook for more tips and information about planning an event. After you’ve decided on your event, don’t forget to post it online on our events page.
15 Ideas for Everyone
- Hold a community roundtable discussion about school choice
- Host a school choice rally on your state capitol steps
- Hold an awards breakfast or lunch to recognize a local education leader
- Stage a press conference to voice your support for school choice
- Screen an education reform-related movie
- Coordinate a community service project benefiting a local school
- Host a book fair or book donation project for kids in need
- Hold a “Brown Bag Lunch” at work and talk about education reform
- Organize a “School Choice Potluck” dinner
- Invite friends to an ice cream social
- Sing karaoke in support of school choice
- Throw a pizza party
- Schedule a speaking engagement at a Rotary Club or similar organization’s meeting
- Host a “Happy Hour for School Choice” at your office
20 Ideas for Schools
- Hold a community open house to promote your school
- Conduct a school tour for prospective parents and students
- Invite special guests to a school-wide assembly
- Plan a pep rally to generate excitement
- Invite your mayor or local elected officials to tour your school
- Bring everyone together for a “Family Night”
- Hold a student poster or essay contest and announce winners
- Put on a student/parent/teacher awards event
- Decorate lockers or classroom doors and announce winners
- Take your students on a field trip
- Plan a NSCW “flash dance" and videotape it
- Stage a student or teacher talent show
- Show your students’ smarts with a science fair
- Host a game night
- Hold a school fair or carnival
- Host a coffee house night with student poetry
- Paint a school wall or mural
- Have students plant a tree or a garden
- Compile a video of students, parents, and teachers for local cable access TV
- Hold a school-wide breakfast
