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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...