Hi guys, Im class president in my school and I need help thinking up events for upcoming winter term. I’m really in a ditch right now and all help would be appreciated. Big things and small things work too.
Hey, I wouldn’t mind helping you out.
As a participant of the Activities Committee Club of 2016, me and other students discuss ideas for each month. For December, we are planning a winter ball. Also, we will sell hot chocolates on Fridays afterschool. There is also a Meet Santa event that a student volunteers to dress up as Santa and there’s a room where you can take a photo with him/her. You could also try a movie night around Christmas week at your school, where students and other people in your community could spend time together watching a holiday movie (ex. Elf).
I hope this helps.
I think that high school kids have a remarkable, sometimes downplayed, capacity for helping others. And I think it’s something you should take advantage of.
Think of areas of your community that need help. Some are easy-- get a group of kids to regularly visit nursing homes. If your school doesn’t already have one, organize a “Junior Senior prom” where each of the senior citizens has a “date” for the night who will dance with them, bring them a corsage/boutineer, and chat. Some of those senior citizens haven’t had a visitor in years.
Organize a way of helping the hungry in your community–and, yes, your community has homeless and hungry. It can be as easy as making PB&J sandwiches and distributing them at the train station, or working at the local food bank or soup kitchen. People always make a big deal about the hungry at Thanksgiving. Bad news: all that food you collected last week, while appreciated, has been eaten. And those people are hungry again this week.
How about literacy? I bet you and every one of your friends has a bookcase full of children’s books that haven’t been looked at for years. Why not find a school, either in your community or the nearest large city, that could use them?
Is there an ESL segment of your community that could use someone to read with them at the local library? Run this one by your counselor-- the safety of your kids is the overriding concern here.
How about a coat drive? Lots of people are cold this winter. Or/and a glove and hat drive. Everyone I know has a bin of warm hats and gloves, and will be getting more for Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, each year since 9/11 my family has brought a tray of wrapped candies to the local firehouse and police station on Christmas Eve as a thank you. You could think of something similar.
What are the needs of your local VA hospital or chapter? Could you have a fundraiser to get them an extra wheelchair or something?
Closer to home, could you collect used prom/cocktail dresses and arrange for them to be distributed to those who can’t afford a new one? Those dresses are incredibly expensive, and get used once. Someone else could attend the prom if only she had a dress. Along the same lines, could you find a way of paying for those same girls an appointment at a local salon for hair and nails before the prom?
It’s actually pretty easy to come up with a list of ways your class could make a real difference in your community.
I was in a rush for during my first post so I couldn’t elaborate. I’m class president for the class of 2019, (freshmen). The ideas I plan will solely be for this class of 200 people. The whole freshman election is usually a popularity contest but I actually want to do some concrete things and not just be like the previous set of people who were in that position.
@WhateverLolaSays, the movie thing sounds good, unfortunately, its one of the two things I had thought of, combined, with the movie night/ a little cozy thing where ppl can bring warm songs and stuff.
@bjkmom, those ideas are great but they’re also things that happen on the daily in my school. It’s so annoying that so many of my ideas are already being done by the school like gingerbread house making. The coat drive sounds nice though. I’ll talk to our class advisor about that.
Pls oh pls, people of college confidential I still need ideas. You can’t see it but I’m on my knees.
This might not be super practical if you have a class of 200, but secret santas are a lot of fun. I’d recommend making that optional, though.
Sledding day if you have snow, a picnic day if you don’t.
^ may not fly in a public school where not everyone celebrates Christmas.
Eh, I see secret santas as being a pretty secular- the name is the most religious thing about it. We had Jewish/Muslim kids participating last year and they didn’t have an issue with it.
Polls. Do polls and possibly debates on whatever, maybe Christmas movies or something else Christmas-y. Maybe all movies, maybe fictional characters, whatever. Polls and debates get people excited as long as there’s some conflict. Like Gremlins vs Die Hard which is always a good one.
What exactly are you hoping to accomplish? To improve school spirit? To inspire class unity? To help others?
Decide what you want to accomplish and we’ll help you do it.
My son’s class officers organized a dodge ball tournament followed a few weeks later by a handball tournament. Each team of 6 paid $24 and the funds were split; half went to the class treasury and the other half was awarded to the winning team (or maybe the top 2-3). Teams from all 4 classes were allowed to participate, teams could be male/female combos, etc. The homeroom teachers for that grade served as referees, They had a nice turnout.
Another charity you might collect for is the SPCA, which takes old towels and blankets. Might be good in January when people are tossing their old stuff because of new year’s resolutions, got new ones for gifts, holiday guests, etc.
Its a private school and yeah, secret Santa would be quite secular even though Christmas is usually religious. As to what I’m trying to accomplish, it would be mainly to give everyone in my grade a good and fin time and maybe isnpire class unity.
Do a fundraiser. Toys for Tots would be a good fundraiser, and have the class freshmen homerooms make it like a contest. Whoever donates the most gets a prize like a pizza party.