Year-End Activities

The year is coming to a close! Here are some activities & tips to consider for the final weeks of school.

For many students, the close of the school year comes with anxiety about the transitions ahead. Try these strategies to help you and your students address those anxieties in a positive way. This is Tip 3 of our 3-part end-of-year care package. Also see Tip 1 and Tip 2. 

During the last few weeks of school, we and our students often struggle to stay focused. And yet there is still work to be done. Try these steps to keep students engaged (and yourself sane) as summer approaches.

This is Tip 2 of our 3-part end-of-year care package. See Tip 1 and Tip 3. 

These strategies, from bringing plants into the classroom to mindful breathing, can help us and our students cope with the pressures of testing season.  

This is Tip 1 of our 3-part end-of-year care package. See Tip 2 and Tip 3. 

Students reflect on the way their advisory or class has worked together and consider the values that are most important to them as a group now and going forward.  

Students read and reflect on a poem and on their experiences over the past year, and consider things they've learned or goals they want to set for the coming year.   

Students reflect on the school year through a guided visualization, Circle, and community-building activity. 

Five activities use different methodologies to help you and your students reflect on the year and look ahead to next year.