
Covington-Harper
and
Enterprise
Elementary
Schools
joined
schools
around
the
world
for
Rock
Your
School
Day.
Complete
with
engaging
learning
activities
and
rock-
music-themed
decorations,
the
school-wide
events
were
also
a
morale
boost
for
both
students
and
staff.
On
Rock
Your
School
Day,
Covington-Harper
Elementary
teachers
and
parent
volunteers
transformed
the
entire
school
for
the
event.
Students
were
welcomed
with
positive
messages
from
parents
written
in
chalk
on
the
front
sidewalk
and
morale-
boosting
messages
from
teachers
on
the
windows
throughout
the
main
entrance
and
cafeteria.
The
hallways
and
classrooms
were
decorated
from
floor
to
ceiling,
and
teachers
incorporated
the
Rock
Your
School
Day
theme
into
student
lessons.
Jennifer
Nichols,
music
teacher,
explained,
"Learning
activities
were
elevated
to
include
exciting
and
engaging
features
such
as
activities
using
glow-in-the-dark
materials,
props,
and
costumes.
Parents
also
volunteered
to
cut
out
materials
for
learning
activities
at
home
to
help
teachers
prepare
for
the
big
day."
The
event
was
not
just
centered
on
students.
For
several
mornings
leading
up
to
Rock
Your
School
Day,
staff
members
visited
teachers
in
their
classrooms
with
a
decorated
cart,
complete
with
fun,
energetic
music,
to
deliver
treats.
Each
day
the
treat
had
a
correlating
message.
For
example,
a
wrapped
gift
arrived
with
the
message,
"Make
your
world
bright."
The
gift
was
a
disco
light
ball.
A
student
shared,
"We
had
reading
groups
with
the
disco
light
because
we
were
"rocking"
our
reading."
At
Enterprise
Elementary
each
grade
level
was
assigned
a
decade
from
the
1950s
through
the
2000s.
The
decorations
in
the
hallways
included
memorabilia,
such
as
movies,
books,
and
popular
quotes
from
that
decade.
The
reading
and
math
lessons
also
incorporated
the
Rock
Your
School
Day
theme.
A
fourth
grade
student
shared,
"Making
friendship
bracelets
in
math
while
practicing
our
multiplication
was
my
favorite
activity."
Creating
and
sharing
friendship
bracelets
were
popular
among
children
starting
in
the
1970s
and
into
the
1990s.
Students
and
staff
at
Enterprise
also
wore
costumes.
It
was
a
history
lesson
in
fashion
for
a
second
grader
who
explained,
"My
outfit
was
a
glow-in-the-dark
skirt,
black
tights,
a
shirt,
and
my
hair
was
in
a
ponytail,
because
my
teacher
told
me
that
in
the
1980s,
they
liked
to
wear
skirts."
Many
students
also
enjoyed
seeing
elementary
school
photos
of
their
teachers.
This
past
summer,
several
staff
members
from
Enterprise
Elementary
attended
the
Get
Your
Teach
On
National
Conference
in
Orlando,
Florida.
The
Rock
Your
School
Day
movement
was
one
of
the
initiatives
they
brought
back
to
their
school.
Principal
Kelly
Nickerson
said,
"The
purpose
of
the
event
is
to
focus
on
student
engagement
and
building
classroom
and
school
community."
At
both
schools,
teachers
and
staff
hope
the
captivating
school-wide
initiative
not
only
created
a
memorable
day
of
building
relationships
and
creating
a
sense
of
community
for
students,
but
also
sparked
an
excitement
for
learning
and
encouraged
students
to
"rock"
every
school
day.