School Staff “Christmas Drop-In”

The week coming up to Christmas is a stressful week for both students and teachers.  Students are excited about upcoming vacation, Christmas and then stressed beyond words due to a week of finals. Teachers are just trying to make it across that finish line. Six or seven classes means finals for a couple hundred students. A couple hundred students means a couple hundred tests to grade and get into the grade book before break. Not to mention last minute conferences with frantic students and parents about missing papers, grades, etc.  There really is no extra time for anything else.

Last year, I wanted to somehow treat the staff to some sort of Christmas party but I knew that it would be crazy to expect them to “be able to” or “want to” spend any extra time at school at any point.  I came up with the plan that I’d invite them to a Christmas Drop In. I wanted them to know they were invited to come in and visit or just drop in for a treat and leave if needed.   [Read more…]