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Our parents are amazing!

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It is important because it shows ownership. It comes in the form of helping others. Roadblocks occur when you are only doing something for show.

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Having a community event, be it a global fest or a festival would be nice to bring us together.

A welcoming entrance to the school consisting of maybe a mural.

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We recommend having responsible 5th graders participate in Safety Patrol.

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We suggest that we have Safety Patrol in our school ran by responsible fifth graders.
In the past, we have seen either the Guidance Counselor or the PE teacher run the program.

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Fabulous things
*in the past duty free lunch
*positive and supportive admin
*Boosterthon
*community involvement
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Why? to build community
Looks like? teachers,  Classes and grade levels working together for a common goal
*tidy the building
*understanding the importance of why it is important
How?  build community in classroom and then branch out
Roadblocks? teacher/student buy in
time
too focused on something else
Accountability

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Why:  Having a sense of pride will allow the students to be willing to try their best in everything they do.  The students will be excited to come to school and be a Spartan.

Ideas: Have school spirit grade level competitions.

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Why? Spartan Pride is important because kids will be excited to come to school when they believe in what they are doing. When you take pride in your school you are willing to work towards the greater good.

On the outside it looks like  wearing Spartan wear and wearing a positive attitude. On the inside you are excited, caring and advocating for the school.

We get started by community building and getting the community excited in what we are doing for their children. (ex: grandparent's day)

Roadblocks would be last minute planning of activities & looking at factors that impede Spartan pride.

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The staff is respectful to each other.

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Teaching that it is OKAY to be different, and to
demonstrate leadership, advocacy, and collaboration. To be a role model for EVERY student and to foster and instill a sense of pride for the students.

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Having Courage to stand up for something you believe in and is determined to help ALL students build character.
Teaching students to be "Scholars Today and Leaders Tomorrow." My vision is for students to become well rounded individuals that believes that they can achieve all their goals if they just believe and is committed to challenges and is determined to Never Give Up!!

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- School Spirit Days
-  Sense of community
- We need to be cohesive (PTO, Staff, Admin, Students)
- School Spirit Nights to bring in parent participation
- Would like to see our announcements be led by students like at other schools (use of a tripod, student directed) and maybe even interview staff or have 'guests' on the announcements sharing info about themselves - where they went to school, what they majored in, interest... get to know others around the school and be invested in each other

- I would like to see our hallways with more student work, larger art work, grade level art work for the students to have a sense of pride.

- Families could purchase a "tile" and have a family tile decorating evening and place tiles in hallway ceilings in foyer and going down to cafeteria/media - would be a great fundraising campaign, as well

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What is a Spartan?  Who are we?  What does our mascot stand for?

Spartan:

-immense bravery, faced impossible odds against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae

-Spartan Race is a leader in the sport of obstacle racing – “To prove to myself I can.”

-Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which completely focused on military training and excellence. Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical world.

Powerful

Excellent

Trained

Unique

Overcomes obstacles (and SVES has had its share…)

The Best

That’s why we have Spartan Pride!

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Morning announcements with administrators present for students to see everyday with reminders and other important information. Saying pledge together as a school

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What fabulous things have you seen at our school that made a difference?

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Pride is strength. Pride is dedication. Pride is determination.

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Why? Because just like SVHS Spartan football team has demonstrated Spartan pride, they now have a 4 game winning streak for the first time in many, many years. We, too, can begin our student leadership at SVES in 2016/2017 for all the community to rally behind!

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What it means to be a Spartan in the world

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What it means to be a Spartan in the world

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To me, the biggest contributing factor to school spirit is to have a sense of pride about being part of this school out in the larger community. Our reputation is built partially yes by who we are within our 4 walls, but largely by what we can contribute to our community.

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We could have designated days to wear Spartan shirts/colors

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We could have designated days to wear Spartan shirts/colors

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Why is it important?
What can it look like?
How do we get started?
Any roadblocks or things to consider?