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10 Ways To Give Your Students A Superhero Send-Off!

June 9 By Linda Kamp 3 Comments

The last days of school are still just around the corner so I thought I’d share some ways you can make the end of the year both meaningful and memorable, but most of all FUN!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Your students will love these ideas for a Superhero awards ceremony plus a full last week of school celebration as you give your students a Superhero send-off they’ll never forget!

Hold A Superhero Award Ceremony

Send off your students in style by holding a ceremony to close out the year and send them soaring into the next grade!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Acknowledge Your Superheroes

Acknowledge your students and all their hard work by presenting them with these unique student awards.
End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.
 It means so much to your students to receive an award from their teacher. End the year on a positive note and make them all feel special!
End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Set Up An End of the Year Photo Booth

There is nothing more fun than a photo booth! Turn a corner of your room into and end of the year, Superhero style photo booth.  Grab pictures of your kids and let them take pictures with their friends too. I used this photo booth kit along with some black butcher paper to make a simple city with construction paper windows. This cloud paper is available at the teaching stores. I reuse this each year by attaching the title letters with removeable glue stick.

 10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme -End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school with your students meaningful, memorable, and FUN! Superhero last day of school photo booth.

Send home Last Week of School Keepsake Cards

Use your photo booth pictures to make end of the year keepsake cards with a special note from you inside. A simple message telling students how much you will miss them means the world to them. I used these editable card templates  or you can make your own.

 Superhero photo booth with first and last day of school signs and editable card templates. So perfect for a Superhero classroom!
Parents treasure these and it’s the perfect way to end the year on a positive note and get students excited about going to a new grade.
10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme -End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN!

 Wear Superhero Capes!

Cut plastic table cloths from the dollar store in half so your superheroes can wear a cape. With all of the patriotic holidays coming up it’s easy to find red and blue but you could certainly use any color.

 Highlight Their Memories At the End of the Year

I divide up the week and plan activities for each day. Monday of the last week of school is memory book day.  It’s an end of the year tradition in my classroom for students to be able to have fun with their friends as they talk and write about the highlights of their year.

Use these superhero themed memory books fit perfectly with our theme and are available for grades K-1 or grades 2-3 . I especially like that students not only write about all of their favorite events, experiences and learning superpowers, but also about the power of their words, kindness, friendship and respect.

 End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Reflect On Accomplishments

 As you plan your last week of school, make time to have your students reflect on their accomplishments. They’ve worked hard this year.
 10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme -End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school with your students meaningful, memorable, and FUN! Superhero goal setting craft for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade kids.

I like to have my students make superhero boys and girls that look like them and highlight the abilities and accomplishments, at school or at home, that they are most proud of. Inside the chest booklet I have them set goals they would like to achieve for next year too.

Induct Your Students Into the Knighthood of Kindness

Start a yearly tradition by “knighting” your students! I began this tradition a few years ago and my students took it so seriously and were so solemn as the kindness oath was read that I have done it every year since.

10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN! See how I inducted my students into the Knighthood of Kindness!

The purpose of this community building ceremony (which can be done any time of the year) is to reinforce and remind students of the importance of being kind in all they say and do.

10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN! See how I inducted my students into the Knighthood of Kindness!

Kindness is a pillar of our classroom culture. I want my students to carry this with them as they leave my classroom and enter the next grade. Students receive medals and certificates after they are knighted, then write in their Kindness Knights handbook describing how they Know words are powerful, Include others, Never forget they have a choice, and Demonstrate kindness in their words and deeds. KIND.

10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN! See how I inducted my students into the Knighthood of Kindness!

See the Kindness Knights resource I use.

Bestow Brag Tags

Shout out your students by making necklaces, bracelets, or decorating backpacks with superhero brag tags.

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Celebrate Your Superheroes!

Toast and cheer the end of another successful year with water bottle trophies!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Present your superheroes with these fun trophies during your Superhero award ceremony. With the temperatures rising this time of year, it’s also a good way to keep everybody hydrated.
10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN! Superhero water bottle gifts.

Remember Kindness Is Stronger Than Kryptonite

Make Superhero mailboxes for students to deliver kind notes to their classmates. Have your students deliver sweet messages for their classmates to look back on and treasure.

Superhero kindness activity- Students fill their friends' city with kind words of Kryptonite!

Read about how I use this with my students and turn Kryptonite from being Superman’s weakening agent to an empowering one!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

In keeping with our Superhero theme, on sharing kindness day, everybody goes home with Kryptonite on a stick!

10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school with your students meaningful, memorable, and FUN! FREE kindness student gift tags.

My kids flipped over these and they’re so simple to make! I purchased green apple rock candy sticks and added the gift tag. If you’d like to make them for your class the candy is available on Amazon with this (affiliate) link and you can download the gift tags for FREE!

Rock Candy on Amazon

Download your FREE Gift Tags 

Remind Your Students To Read

Pass out superhero bookmarks to remind your students to read over the summer!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Show Your Appreciation

Show your appreciation at the to school staff for all of their help and support of your class. The end of the school year is a great time to send a little something to show how much you value their help. We all know that the front office staff is the glue that holds the school universe together!

End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade. Post includes ideas for school staff awards too!

One of the things I plan for the week is a tour of the school to deliver staff awards from my class. Students wear their capes as we quietly slip in and present school staff and teachers with awards to show our appreciation.

Say Thank You

I wouldn’t make it a minute without parent volunteers. Make simple volunteer gifts or thank you cards from your class to send home to parents who have helped and supported your classroom.

10 Fun Things To Do The Last Week of School with a Superhero Theme-End of the year activities and ideas to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and FUN! Class thank you gifts for parent volunteers and school staff.

Rest, Relax, and Recharge This Summer

The end of the year is a stressful time for teachers. As you look at your long to-do list be sure to make time to enjoy your kids. Start your break knowing you ended on a high note and gave your students a send-off to remember!
 End of the School Year Award Ceremony- Ideas for teachers with a Superhero theme and end of the year activities to make the last week of school meaningful and memorable, but most of all fun! Ideal for elementary kids in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even 4th grade.

Need help packing up your classroom? check out these packing up tips that will make set up next year so much easier! Click here to read the post and download the FREE end of the year checklist. 

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Comments

  1. Cindy Calenti says

    June 10 at 12:07 pm

    You are creative "SUPER HERO" ! This packet is adorable. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "I wish I was a student in your class!."
    Cindy
    Granny Goes to School.blogspot.com

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  2. Linda says

    June 10 at 3:54 pm

    Thank you Cindy, that's so nice of you! We went out with a bang! It was a week they'll always remember for sure!
    Hope you're well and enjoying the summer!
    Linda

    Reply
  3. Sarah Stout says

    May 16 at 12:19 am

    Thank you! I have a Superhero room and now I have ideas for end of the year gifts and party fun!! 🙂 Thanks again!

    Reply

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