February Is
School Board Appreciation Month

        Suggested Activities

 

Below are ways school districts around the state have in the past celebrated their school boards during School Board Appreciation Month.

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• Invite board members to a school event and publicly thank them for their service.

• Provide free admission to school board members into sporting events during the month.

• Ask the staff or students who write the school newsletter to feature board members individually.

• Encourage parent organizations and/or student groups to sponsor an appreciation breakfast/lunch/coffee for the school board.

• Use marquees and message boards in and outside the school(s) thanking board members for their service.

• Include the state legislature’s or governor’s proclamation of School Board Appreciation Month in the school newsletter or read it aloud at the annual district meeting (if held in February).

• Write a letter thanking board members for their service for publication in district-wide/school newsletters, local newspapers, and/or on the district’s website.

• Present certificates of appreciation to board members at the board meeting.

• Send a press release to a local newspaper.

• Host a reception at the February board meeting. Invite students, staff, and local community members to attend.

• Display board appreciation posters in schools and community businesses.

• Sponsor a student poster or essay contest to thank school board members. Post the work in local public places around town and/or submit to local newspapers and put them in the school newsletter.

• Create posts on the district’s and school’s social media platforms to give shout-outs to school board members.