Category: Bulletin Boards (Page 4 of 4)

I didn’t really do anything very productive yesterday, so I’ll let my work on Saturday count for the whole weekend.

I went in to school early Saturday morning and put up the bulletin board in the hallway for the eighth grade verse. They chose that perennial favorite of kids, 1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you’re young…” I'll have fun telling them the guy that was written to was in his thirties.

I think I actually kind of enjoy doing bulletin boards. But don’t tell anybody.

I always start my days back to school by doing the bulletin board in the front of my room. It gets me in the school mindset. I base it on the Bible verse for the year. This year’s Bible verse is from Proverbs.

It was nice to have only one goal yesterday. It was easy to focus and it was attainable. Plus, it left me time to jabber with people. I love jabbering when there’s work to be done.

I decided to go with a rememberable slogan for this year’s bulletin board. I always want to put something there I can refer to often during class. I think this will do it. I also wanted to use some cheery colors. Sometimes especially in January and February I need some bright colors. This bulletin board establishes yellow and orange as my main colors this year. I will use them on all the boards and signs in my room. Ehhxcellent!

I’ve been working with the eighth graders to select a class verse for the year. I wanted to take some time with it so they would be thoughtful about the ideas they put forward. First they brainstormed some ideas, then I had them narrow it down in three different votes. They finally selected 1 Corinthians 16:13 “Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.” I think it’s a good choice. Actually, the NIV says “Be men of courage.” I had to resort to a paraphrase version to find a gender neutral statement. It’s the New Living Translation… the daughter of The Living Bible. I hope I don’t go to hell for promoting a paraphrase version. The original Greek says: “Be men.”

Anyway, we have a bulletin board in the hallway that always needs something on it, so I came in over the weekend and did the eighth grade verse on it. Here it is:

Today is the first day of school. I spent most of yesterday freaking out because I wasn’t ready, but I’m feeling pretty good this morning. I got a lot of stuff done yesterday. I finally got my room straightened out. And I got all my papers in order for the first day. Now if I can just get ready for tomorrow…

Here is what my room looks like this morning, minus the punch bowl with crap in it. I took that home.

And since I recorded the last two years of bulletin boards, here is my bulletin board that is based on this year’s theme verse:

I always have to start my getting-ready-for-the-school-year process with my front bulletin board. I do the Bible verse of the year as my theme. It takes me a day. Once I finish it, the rest can follow. It’s all I did yesterday, and now that I’m writing it, it sounds like I didn’t do very much. But it’s all part of the transition from Summer-Brad to School-Brad. I’m going in to school today (on a Saturday), and maybe also tomorrow. Being there helps me realize it’s coming. Here’s my bulletin board for this year. The theme verse is around the border.

Here’s my bulletin board from last year. The theme verse is at the bottom.