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The 2011-2012 school year came to a close last week. The last days were bittersweet as students excitedly received recognition for their work and then tearfully said goodbye.
As with most years, we had our challenges, but overall, it was a fantastic year.
At the beginning of the school year, I shared my upcoming 2011-2012 events: Fall Festival, Christmas Program, and Spring Play.
Having posted the results of the Fall Festival and the Christmas Program, I will share some details of the last event.
Planned Events
Science Fair
Like most schools, we host a science fair and a history fair for the students. The science fair includes stations where the students display their experiments.
During a time of exploration, students share with those who visit their display how they used the scientific method to come to their conclusion. This event gets organized by a science teacher and occurs during one school day morning.
History Fair
In past years, our history fair was also a morning program. Based on a theme (i.e., architecture, food, etc.), the students work together as a class to create a display and short presentation.
Usually coordinated by a teacher, the history fair program included a formal time for the class presentations and then time to investigate each station with friends.
Event Change
To broaden the students’ experiences with the history fair, the school officials chose to substitute a live history fair for the spring play this year. This decision occurred before investing money, energy, and time into the spring play. Honored to be part of the planning, I stepped in to coordinate.
Upon volunteering to change from directing a spring play to coordinating a live history fair, I had to get a grasp of the concept. In next week’s post, I will begin sharing my journey through learning, gathering, organizing, delegating, presenting, and executing our live history fair. Until next week, happy planning!
Question: What events have you executed this year?
WOW – big things to take on! Look forward to reading more about them next week. Not sure I’d know where to begin with those 🙂
Yes, but God gives grace. I couldn’t have completed these tasks alone, so a great team was vital to this year’s success. Thanks for the comments!