Resource Round Up 4.3.08: The School Spirit Edition
Posted by Jim Berigan on 03 Apr 2008 in: Resource Roundup, School Spirit Items
As I have written in the past, one sure-fire way to increase your fundraising results is to boost the level of your school spirit. The more people love and identify with their school, the more likely they will be to open their wallets for it.
Here are a few links to articles that tackle the issue of school spirit from a number of different angles. Enjoy!
The website My Clay Sun, has a fun article about building school spirit in a school-wide dodge ball tournament.
From the Education World web site, here is a great collection of ideas from principals on how to use year-long themes to boost school spirit.
The blog Cheer4Life, posts a number of school spirit week activity ideas. From a young person’s perspective. Totally.
Here is an interesting article by Chris Ellis posted on the Business Ideas blog about the importance of branding your school.
Here is a sarcastic view of school spirit from the perspective of a student on his blog. Good for a quick laugh. The title of the post is “You Are Now Required to Show School Spirit”.
This is another list of school spirit activity ideas. This one is from the Teens page of Lovetoknow.com
From Christy Forhan at the PTO Today website, here is a terrific, in-depth article on building school spirit.

Here’s a quick idea that I have seen work on more than one occasion. For your next group-gathering fundraiser, like a school carnival, ice cream social, or book fair, see if you can recruit some of your local high school athletes to work the event.
Today, I’d like to tell you all about a great way to make money for your school. Product sales have traditionally been very effective in many school settings. Among the leaders in this industry is
There are many brands of chocolate bars that offer fundraisers for schools and other groups. You can find Hershey’s, M&M’s and Snickers just to name a few.
Many school groups over the years have used the “world’s greatest” chocolate bars from the 




