PRIDE STRIDE ELEVEN!
October social
The LT (Leadership Team) had so much fun planning this social! We had a great idea to incorporate fall as a fun way for the kids to find out their buddy pairs. During this social, we got plastic pumpkins for all the kids to decorate. On the bottom of the pumpkins, there were special stickers. Not only did the kids love the stickers, but the matching stickers matched up the people who were in the same buddy pair. It was a super fun way for the kids to find out who their buddy was instead of just reading the pairs off the list. After they found their buddy pairs, the kids started to decorate their pumpkins with all kinds of art supplies. The pumpkins looked amazing! While the buddies were decorating, we called up buddy pairs one by one to take pictures in front of the posters we had made. The pictures came out awesome and everyone had a blast!
happy halloween
November social
This social was Thanksgiving-themed! For this social, the LT prepared activities that revolved around Thanksgiving and what everyone is thankful for. All the buddies took a feather-shaped piece of paper and wrote what they were thankful for on it. Everyone got to learn so much more about their buddies and they had loads of fun coloring afterwards. Then, the buddies each glued their feather around adorable turkeys made out of paper. Not only did the social have this activity, but it also had a fun Thanksgiving Pictionary. The kids picked a random card that had a Thanksgiving thing to draw. Everyone had so much fun guessing what all the different people where drawing. This social was a blast!
December Dance Social!
This social was so fun and different! The dance was an after-school event where all the buddies did fun activities together. Not only did people dance and talk to their buddies, but they enjoyed pizza and other snacks provided by teachers and staff. everyone all took tons of pictures together and had an amazing time! In their pairs, the buddies decorated wooden snowflakes that could be used in many different ways. They used glitter and colored them to create something creative and one of a kind. The buddies used their imaginations and got to make something special for friends, family, or themselves. We all had so much fun being together!
January social
Unfortunately, our January social was canceled due to Covid concerns and safety reasons.
FEBRUARY social
With the break in school, everyone hadn’t seen each other in a very long time and we wanted to show each other how much we appreciated each other. To do that, the buddies made each other valentines in the Art Room with lots of decorations and fun. They also wrote what they loved on a heart-shaped piece of paper, which we ended up displaying in the hallways. While the older kids were making valentines, the younger grades made Valentine Books which were filled with nice things about their classmates. All and all, the LT and the buddies had lots of fun and loved to celebrate their appreciation for everyone and the buddy program!