Catholic Schools Week Ideas

Catholic Schools Week is fast approaching and this is the perfect time to celebrate Catholic education in the United States.  Each school celebrates differently but there are often open houses, Masses, and whole school celebrations.  

I've got some ideas to help you decorate and celebrate Catholic Schools Week in your classroom. 

How are you celebrating Catholic Schools Week where you teach?

Catholic Schools Week Bulletin Board

Decorate your hallway with a bright and colorful bulletin board that shares all the reasons your students love their school. This is perfect to celebrate the week, but also good if you give tours during Catholic Schools Week. Potential families can read about your school through your students' eyes.

I've made it easy and included everything you need. Just print out the title, banner, heart, and school. Then cut them out and put them on your board. Next, print out the student writing sheets. Have the students write and draw and staple those to your board. 

Buy Catholic Schools Week Bulletin Board HERE

CSW Theme Day Ideas

During Catholic Schools Week, many schools have different dress days. It is sort of like a spirit week. Yes, it adds to the crazy anytime kids are dressed out of the ordinary. But if you are planning for these type of ideas and looking for something new, check out this list I compiled from Catholic schools around the country.

Dress for your future career

Schools colors

Favorite decade

Book Character Day

Favorite Saint

MisMatched Dress Day

Sports Team (Souper Bowl day - bring soup to donate to a food bank)

Twin Day

Dress in favorite liturgical color

Lumberjack/flannel day

Pajama day

Fun sock day

Crazy hair day

Denim day

Safari Day

School spirit day

Class color day

Catholic schools day (including colleges)

Community Helper dress up

Priest or nun day

Dress like a food (then bring that food to donate to a food bank)

Hat day

Dress like your teacher

Neon day

Wear your teacher's favorite color

Superhero day

Wacky Wednesday

Historical figure

Zoo day (dress like a favorite animal)

Dress to impress

Catholic Schools Week Bingo

Do you play all school bingo as part of Catholic Schools Week? Check out this version that was made just for this special week. 

Each square contains a Catholic Schools Week related picture with label, which makes this perfect for practicing vocabulary and remembering what exactly we celebrate this week. 

Words included: uniforms, nation, students, parish, Mass, faith, vocations, prayer, priest, teachers, dress down, family, alumni, service, open house, church, volunteer, parents, community, education, school, grandparents, staff, friends

There are 30 different boards included in color and black and white, plus the teacher calling cards.

Buy Catholic Schools Week Bingo HERE

Catholic Saint Bingo

Another idea for all school bingo or even just bingo in each class is Catholic Saint Bingo. I have three different versions:

Catholic Saint Bingo (25 squares) and two version of Catholic Saint Junior Bingo that only has 16 squares and is a little easier. All of my bingo games include basic facts about each saint. 

With my Catholic Saint Bingo Bundle you can get all three versions to play. This is an amazing deal because you can use these games all year, not just during CSW.

There are 30 different boards included in color and black and white, plus the teacher calling cards.

Catholic Schools Week Service Projects

Another popular activity during this week is to plan a whole school service project. Some schools do the same thing each year. Some try to honor different members of the community. Some try different activities each year. Here is a list of ideas of service projects you could try:

1. Collect food for a local foody pantry
2. Penny Wars (which class brings in the most change) and donate the money
3. Souper Bowl - collect canned soup to donate
4. Make sandwiches/lunches for a local shelter
5. Create hygiene bags/blessing bags for the homeless
6. Have a baby shower and bring new baby items to donate to a pregnancy center
7. Make placemats for a soup kitchen
8. Thank you notes stuffed in the church bulletin
9. Park clean up
10. Collect items for an animal shelter
11. Hat/glove collection
12. Make no sew fleece blankets to donate to a hospital or shelter
13. Making  Cards

• Parents
• Grandparents
• Nursing Home
• Community helpers
• First responders
• Priests
• Teachers/Staff

Catholic Schools Week Reward Tags

Do you use reward tags in your classroom? Sometimes referred to as brag tags. If you do, I have a special set that is just for this week. 

This set includes 5 tags in color. The following tags are included:

• Catholic Schools Week (with a school)
• Catholic Schools Week (with a church)
• I Love Catholic Schools
• I Love My School (with a girl)
• I Love My School (with a boy)

Tags are about 1 1/2" x 2"

To download, just enter your name and email address in the boxes below and these will be emailed directly to you.

Does that help your Catholic Schools Week planning? Hopefully you got some new ideas that you can share with your school to help celebrate everything we love about Catholic schools!