Friday: School Assembly

All of the teams from the middle school got together to pass out awards, show student-made videos and skits, and perform music.

It was an exciting rally.  One team from the school is in charge of putting on the assembly--a different team each time.  The team responsible creates videos to advertise clubs, show student achievement, and give out awards to students from each team.

The kids obviously love this event.  They gathered in the assembly room with high energy, participated (for the most part) with the cheering and singing, and (for the most part) were very attentive.

All in all, I like this sort of incentive for the students.  The students can be awarded for various aspects--not purely, traditionally academic.  They have a chance for winning.  Videos and photographs catalog their greatest achievements, and they seem to be ever-grateful for a diversion from the regular Friday schedule.

I enjoyed being a part of the assembly.  I got to see first hand the work that students and faculty alike put into it, and I got to see the general benefits of congratulating the students with incentives and rewards.