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When I first starting teaching I noticed that the two bulletin boards in the middle school hallway were quite bare. The smaller one had a calendar hanging on it and the larger one had a map of the world. When I asked one of the other teachers if the bulletin boards were used throughout the year, she responded, "no, the map is just there to cover some 'inappropriate' language left by past students." And that is when I took on the job of making our hallway warm and welcoming by decorating the bulletin boards.

The small one was easy. It is a simple "FYI" board where we post our school expectations and any flyers with information for the students. The bigger one is a bit more tricky. At the beginning of the school year I post each grade's schedule, but that can only last so long. It can be quite challenging to come up with a "inspirational" bulletin board for middle schoolers. I wanted to make sure it was something that could be left up for a long time (possibly the rest of the year), so anything seasonal was out. It couldn't be anything too "cheesy," because we're talking about middle schoolers. I was stumped! So I turned to Pinterest, because where else can you go to find tons of great ideas! I was really inspired by the one idea that I was saw several times which incorporated a ton of positive adjectives. So I gathered a bunch of adjectives, typed them in fun fonts, printed them on bright colored paper, and pieced them all together to make a bulletin board I'm very proud of. It encourages students to be positive citizens and reminds them that the most important thing is just to "be you!"

I made a Animoto video of parts of the bulletin board - I hope you enjoy it!


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