Have you ever been bothered by the appearance of your school? Maybe your school building is too old to look dull and dirty at many points; maybe your school is not too big so the school is reluctant to bother setting up a variety of interesting extracurriculars. Do not worry; Basically, the school has the right to respond to all complaints that are justified and can be accounted for. If you feel you need to improve your school's image, both in the eyes of students and the public, try asking friends, teachers, or even your principal for help. Encourage them to make physical changes, increase student involvement, increase opportunities for students to participate in various activities, and campaign for a healthier and prouder school image.
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Method 1 of 4: Improving School Appearance
Step 1. Make your school look more beautiful
Increasing school attractiveness is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to improve your school's image. Take an occasional walk around your school to see what changes need to be made. For example, observe whether the school needs to cut weeds, plant flowers, paint walls, and pick up scattered trash to make your school look cleaner and more beautiful.
Step 2. Create a school garden
Creating a school garden that will be managed by all students and staff at your school is a brilliant idea to increase the involvement of the entire school and make your school look more proud. Before making it happen, don't forget to ask permission from the authorities at your school, OK!
- Create any garden that looks beautiful and attractive, for example a flower garden, vegetable garden, etc.
- Managing a school garden can also be associated with activities in the classroom, you know. For example, students from a science class can study photosynthesis and the plant life cycle while working in the garden.
Step 3. Decorate your school walls with murals
Trust me, your school's image will improve significantly if you do. To realize this idea, try to invite the authorities to discuss suitable mural designs such as school mascots, influential figures in your school, local geographical features in your area, etc. You can even involve students from art class to make the mural.
If your school wants to hand over the responsibility to an outside artist, make sure that all designs, budgets, and work schedules have been completed beforehand
Step 4. Launch a campaign to create a healthier school environment
Some school buildings – especially the older ones – contain various hazardous chemicals such as lead paint, lead pipes, or asbestos. Indeed, it takes a large amount of money and a very complicated process to completely remove these substances; However, if the issue of environmental health is also a concern for the parties in your school, there is no harm in getting involved directly to encourage the school to do so.
Method 2 of 4: Expanding Opportunities for Students
Step 1. Develop extracurricular activities at your school
If what your school lacks is enthusiasm or a sense of belonging from those in it, try expanding the extracurricular activities available. Trust me, there will always be something interesting for everyone! To make this happen, try running a campaign to increase student engagement in school activities or clubs. Some of the possible activities are:
- sports club
- Cheerleading Club
- art club
- Drama Club
- Gardening club
- tech club
- business club
- Judicial trial club
- Choir Club
- volleyball club
Step 2. Make your school feel more interesting
If your current school feels boring, don't just give up! Try asking for help from all parties such as teachers, school administrators, and your friends to make learning activities more interesting and fun. If your goal is to innovate and improve the school's image, chances are the whole school will be willing to help make it happen.
Step 3. Have a green campaign
Do you feel your school will thrive if it is more environmentally friendly? If so, there are actually many things you can do. For example, you can garner support from students, teachers, and other schools to:
- Buying school supplies that are more environmentally friendly
- Ensure trash cans are available in all corners of the school
- Replacing tissue with a hand dryer in the toilet
- Carry out the process of biodegradation of organic materials contained in garbage or waste
- Planting trees on Earth Day
- At night, make sure all lights are turned off, all windows are closed, and make other efforts to save energy.
Step 4. Have a healthy eating campaign
Currently, there have been enough discussions held to encourage the general public to improve their diet, including to improve the food menu provided in the school canteen. If the issue also grabs your attention, try running a campaign that prohibits the consumption of candy, fast food, and fizzy drinks in your school environment. You can also ask the school for help to change the food options sold in the canteen to be healthier.
Step 5. Organize a fundraiser
If there's a school project that requires financial support (such as decorating a field wall with a mural or buying school supplies for students in need), offer to help with a fundraiser. Basically, there are many things you can do to raise funds, such as:
- Selling used goods
- Request contributions from local entrepreneurs to donate shopping coupons that can be raffled at charity events
- Auctioning student artworks
- Host a game play event with a certain entrance fee
Method 3 of 4: Making Schools More Inclusive
Step 1. Allow everyone to join in various school activities
Make sure all students are allowed to join in every school activity, game, and event, regardless of how bad their capacities and abilities are. For example, if you and your friends are playing a game that requires 8 players, try rotating the game so that everyone gets a share. Allowing everyone to get involved, no matter how bad their abilities, can make the atmosphere feel more fun and friendly.
Step 2. Be friendly to new people
Entering a completely new environment can make a person feel very lonely; therefore, make sure you try harder to welcome every new student in your school well.
- Invite him to sit next to you at lunchtime.
- Introduce him to your friends.
- Involve him in every game and activity you live.
Step 3. Don't gossip or talk bad things about other people
Make your school a better place by not speaking negatively about other people. If the people around you are doing it, don't hesitate to interrupt and ask them to stop.
- If someone invites you to gossip, try changing the topic or making it clear that you don't want to talk behind your back.
- If someone is talking negative things about other people, try saying, “What you're doing isn't cool at all. It's not fair you know, mocking [insert name] behind him like this."
Step 4. Reject the bullying
Remember, bullying is a very serious matter and should not be tolerated! If one of the problems that occurs at your school is bullying, try talking to the school to solve the problem. If you watch it live (both in the real world and in cyberspace), you can also try to stop it by:
- Not laughing or just being a spectator. Instead, try saying, “What are you doing? Can you go now, can't you?"
- Become a friend of the victim. If one of your friends is being bullied, try harder to be kind to them. Trust me, you've made a huge difference by not leaving him alone.
- Avoid physical confrontation.
- Share what you see (even if you don't try to prevent it) with a trusted parent.
Method 4 of 4: Gathering Support
Step 1. Talk to the school
If you feel your school needs change, try talking to school authorities such as your principal. If possible, you can even try attending teacher meetings to voice your opinion. In addition to communicating your concerns and complaints, getting the school's support can also help pave your way for making meaningful changes.
Do not hesitate to invite your school to meet. If you really want to realize your idea of developing the school's image, they will definitely welcome you with pleasure
Step 2. Ask parents to get involved
Remember, school is not just a place to learn for students; in fact, schools are also the spearhead in every community. In other words, your family and friends will want to be involved in whatever changes are happening at your school. For that, try to involve them in parent meetings, school board meetings, club activities, or any other opportunity that opens the way for them to help improve the image of your school.
Step 3. Leverage social media to garner support
Although some people think that social media has no educational value, the fact is that in today's modern era, social networks have a very powerful power to gather people, you know! For that, make sure your school is active on various social media services; if not, try to encourage school authorities to start doing so. After that, whenever your school has plans for projects, campaigns, or similar events, they can use social media to advertise and reach a wider community.
Step 4. Let everyone contribute in their own way
Generally, it takes a fair amount of support to make any changes in the school. But of course, everyone doesn't have to make the same contribution. When gathering support from across the school, make sure everyone understands that there is a lot of space they can fill. For example:
- Some people may be better at managing the course of events, while others may be more talented in design or writing.
- Some people may only be able to work during school hours, while others may be willing to make time after school or on weekends.
- Some people may be able to get involved directly, while others may be better able to contribute indirectly outside of school (such as by raising funds).
Step 5. Make sure the changes are sustainable
Your efforts to improve the image of the school will only have an impact if it is carried out in a sustainable manner. Remember, creating historical moments or institutional memories is critical to long-term success.
- Choose someone to be a school historian. He was in charge of recording all kinds of changes that occurred and transferring these records to the next historian.
- Find out if the school is willing to provide land or a special room to keep the records. For example, these historical records might be kept in the library or teacher's room; In addition, the school may be willing to provide a special space to store photos, placards, or other objects that record your school history.
