The more spirit days you add to the calendar, the more reason to expect diminishing returns. Through a process psychologists call “habituation,” the novelty of a new experience wears off the ...

Nonetheless, school spirit days don't have to be focused on one-upmanship or inequity — rather, they are most beneficial when they are, at their core, about unity and openness.

Spirit days in school are getting out of hand. My son had 26 theme days in one month. It was causing him to get anxious about what his classmates were going to say about his costumes.

The tyranny of school spirit daysScarcely a week goes by that Katie’s 9- and 6-year-old daughters don’t wear a costume to their school in the Dallas suburbs. For the “Neon Party,” they ...

One school is taking end-of-the-year school spirit days to a whole new level—with "ABC Countdown to Summer." There is literally a spirit day for every letter of the alphabet that runs from May ...

One of the spirit days at my kids’ school is camo and tie dye day. Because juxtaposition? — hahahaheater ️🌨️☃️ (@dishs_up) June 12, 2023 I’m all for schools having spirit days.

The Grinch made a surprise visit to the third-grade students at Clark’s Valley Road School on Friday, Dec. 13 as part of “Grinch Day” celebrations.