Encourage your students – and their parents – to work together to craft a mural that commemorates the board’s work and its individual members. Students can design items for the mural during their lessons. These items could include works of art or written pieces such as poems, but the components of the mural don’t have to be limited to the products of lessons. Students, staff and parents could select photographs of school activities and events that can also contribute toward the mural. When all of the work has been combined together, the mural can be exhibited at an event the board will attend.
The centerpiece of a school event such as an assembly could be an awards show that’s focused on the achievements of each of the board members. This awards show could be light-hearted in nature. For example, you could theme proceedings around the Oscars or a similar ceremony and give out statuettes to each board member. Each award should be dedicated to an aspect in which a board member has helped out the school. For instance, a board member who is particularly dedicated to sports events could get a team spirit award. Ensure each member gets an award so that no one feels left out.
For this idea, you’ll need to research each board member in some depth and obtain a few photographs of each, possibly with the help of family and friends of each member. Compile this information and the photographs into a series of biographies for the board. You could start with the member’s education-related career prior to coming to the school and list their contributions and areas of interest. Finally, add a few anecdotes contributed by school staff and parents. Arrange these biographies as a display to be placed in school.
A hamper dedicated to each board member and filled with food, drink and toiletries can make a suitable centerpiece for each Board member’s table at a school gala or similar event. Items such as bottles of champagne and chocolates tend to be welcomed by most people, but if you can speak to the board member’s friends, family or colleagues beforehand, you can tailor each hamper to its recipient.