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Posting about the Hawaiian-Themed End of Year Teacher Gift with Hawaiian shirt koozies and festive drinks made me realize I never posted about the teacher gift we did last year! 😱  One of my favorite End of Year teacher gifts we have ever done was inflatable summer drink floats ! These were super fun and silly. Staff loved them! Below I will share everything you need to re-create this "Stay Afloat, It's Almost Summer!" End of Year Teacher Gift. This would also make a fun gift for a School Counseling Department, Student Services Department, Supervisor, Intern, and more... To make the "Stay Afloat, It's Almost Summer!" Gift, we purchased: Summer Inflatable Drink Floats Similar smaller quantity pack from Walmart Astrobrights Cardstock Paper Ribbon A Variety of Festive Summer Sparkling Waters Waterloo Italian Ice  (I can't wait to try this one!) Bubly Strawberry Sunset Bubly Coconut Pineapple Bubly Orange Cream Pop/Soda Diet Coke Coke Zero Regular Coke Sna...

Our PBIS Team has a tradition of getting a small gift for staff for our final "Treat Trolley" of the school year. This year, we did a Hawaiian Theme. We purchased Hawaiian T-shirt Can Koozies, fun and festive sparkling waters, and of course some pop! We put a colorful gift tag on each one that says "Aloha, Summer! We Hope You have a great Summer Break! Love the QVMS PBIS Team." Below I will share everything you need to re-create this Hawaiian Themed Teacher Gift. This would also make a fun gift for a School Counseling Department, Student Services Department, Supervisor, Intern, and more... To make the "Aloha, Summer!" Gift, we purchased: Hawaiian Themed Can Koozies  - Oriental Trading Company - Also available at Walmart Colorful Astrobrights Cardstock Paper Ribbon A Variety of Festive Summer Sparkling Waters Waterloo Italian Ice (I can't wait to try this one!) Bubly Strawberry Sunset Bubly Coconut Pineapple Bubly Orange Cream Pop/Soda Diet Coke Coke ...

Need a purrrfect way to de-stress after state testing? I got you! I literally lived my best life this week when we hosted Therapy Cats from a local therapy pet volunteer organization. It is all part of De-Stress After the Test, a series of stress-free activities to help students unwind and recharge after state testing. Some other activities that we're hosting include:  🧘🏼‍♀️ Yoga 🃏 Cards & Board Games 🐶 Therapy Dogs 😻 Therapy Cats 🎮 Esports 🥳 Dance Party I wrote a whole blog post about how you can implement this at your school. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/scdestress But wait, there’s more! I will be hosting an ASCA Webinar on this topic, May 20th at 11:00am: Promote Self-Care to Your School Community. A f ull registration link is available here: https://members.schoolcounselor.org/event-details?id=ba470317-780a-f011-a4de-6045bd866234 What questions do you have?! Connect with Danielle! If you have questions, connect with me on on  Instagram ,  Faceboo...

I am supervising a school counseling intern, Marisa, from my alma mater, Duquesne University. She put up this bulletin board using my original " Make Time for Mindfulness " design and added her own personal touches to it! I love how it turned out! She did a great job! This bulletin board really adds a springtime vibe to the school counseling office! Get all the details and read the original post about my interactive Spring Mindfulness Bulletin Board here  or by clicking the image below. Below are the materials used to create the interactive Spring Mindfulness Bulletin Board: Words and Pinwheel Template Pinwheels: this AstroBrights cardstock , stone AstroBrights paper for the sticks , and brass fasteners for the center of the pinwheels. Tip for the pinwheels: I poked a hole in the middle and on each triangle before sticking the brass fastener into the cardstock. It made it much easier to get the brass fastener in the cardstock. Background: light blue craft roll paper Grass: A...

Spring Break is just around the corner. A few years ago I created these Digital Spring Break Tips for Students to give them some reminders to make the most of their time and fully enjoy their Spring Break. I updated these tips for 2025 so that there is a new Instagram version and a presentation size you can share on closed circuit TVs. To share these tips with students you can schedule send emails , share on your school's learning management system, or send out the tips in a newsletter. If you have access to closed-circut TVs I also made a version that you can share on those!  Check out the images below for Canva template links you can edit to meet your needs. Spring Into Break: Digital Spring Break Tips (Square Instagram Template Link) Spring into Break: Digital Spring Break Tips (Instagram 1040x1440 Template Link) Spring into Break: Digital Spring Break Tips (TV/Presentation Template Link) You can view all 4 designs for the TV/Presentation size below. SPRING BREAK TV Tips...

Testing season can be a stressful time for students and adults! Last year our PBIS Team came up with an idea to help students decompress after our state testing days by hosting activity sessions we called "De-stress After the Test." Although we hosted this event for PSSA testing, our state standardized testing, you could host an event like this after any testing session or window... midterms, finals, and more! In this post I will share how we hosted De-Stress After the Test and provide you with all of the materials I made to promote it at my school. Stress-Free Activities For De-stress After the Test we recruited PBIS team members to host different activity sessions. We hosted: Cards and Board Games E-Sports Music, Coloring, and Bracelet Making Therapy Dogs Dance Party It was so fun to host these events for students. My personal favorite was the PSSA Dance Party hosted by one of our teachers. She did a dance workout and it was super fun!  There are so many activities that cou...