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Most school assemblies in Virginia get booked for the wrong reason. A date opens up. Somebody remembers a performer from three years ago. The PTA has a little money left. So the show goes on the calendar, and nobody asks what the kids should walk away with. There's a better way to choose. And it starts with knowing what you want that 45 minutes to do.
What did your students learn at the last assembly you booked? If you had to think about it, you're not alone. A lot of school assemblies in Maryland are fun for 45 minutes and forgotten by lunch. The kids had a good time. Your teachers lost a class period. Nothing carried back into the classroom. It doesn't have to work that way. A great assembly can be a lesson your students actually remember.
Imagine it's a gray Tuesday in February. Four hundred kids file into your gym. Half of them are still thinking about recess. Forty-five minutes later, they're laughing, shouting out answers, and talking about fractions on the way back to class. Your teachers are smiling too. That's what the right school assembly does. The wrong one burns a class period and leaves your staff rolling their eyes.
What did your students learn at the last assembly you booked? If you had to think about it, you're not alone. A lot of school assemblies in Maryland are fun for 45 minutes and forgotten by lunch. The kids had a good time. Your teachers lost a class period. Nothing carried back into the classroom. It doesn't have to work that way. A great assembly can be a lesson your students actually remember.