Our PTO has decided to fund a Honor Roll Recognition Program for students in Grades 3-5 (Honor Roll is only applicable in those grades). The school has always recognized the AA and AB Honor Rolls for these grades, and gives the students stickers to wear stating which Honor Roll they achieved. We'd like to "spice it up" a bit, i.e. by giving coupons to a local restaurant, homework passes, etc., depending upon which Honor Roll level achieved. Would love to hear from all of you as to what your PTO/school does for Honor Roll recognition. Many thanks and Happy Holidays!

Actually, my son walked in the door yesterday afternoon with his honor roll discount card. He's in 7th grade at a 7-12 jr/sr highschool. His card entitles him to various discounts at local stores, mall stores, and services. Just an example of some:

10% off at Dicks sporting goods
10% at old navy
(most of the stores in our local mall did 10%)
free coke with a purchase at McDonalds
15% off glasses and frames at local eye doc (yippee-i just ordered his new specs to the tune of $200)
monroe even offers one free oil change (vehicle must be registered to student-but still a great deal for older kids)

What surprised me most is how many of our local small businesses are participating. The hotdog place where all the kids hang out does free soda with a purchase.
One of the local pizza places did a one time large pizza for eat in only. Looks like sonny boy is taking the family out to dinner friday night!!

The card is sponsored by the PTSA, and the woman who chairs the program said most of the businesses that she approached were mnore than happy to participate. Each card expires Feb 8, and than a new card is issued after the next marking period. It is a hard plastic card with the childs name and homeroom. Student must have achieved 90+ average and the high honor roll 95+ receives a certificate of recognition along with the card. I think it is a great program (especially the eye doc discount) and the kids really seem to enjoy the benefits of doing well in school!

Suzi

Our PTA does NOT single out groups of children. Our motto like National PTA is everychild.onevoice. We have prizes for children who participate in our(PTA) events, but we leave the educational rewards to the school. We want the children to know that we are there for each and every single one of them and that grades play no factor in being recognized by our PTA. I really don't think it is a bad idea of what you are doing but does your membership approve of spending their money on only a certain # of children who meet a certain requirement? I would also worry that this may hurt the children who will never be on the honor roll: the kids who make the grade always get recognized and get the rewards and the ones who do average or sloghtly above get left at the curb. What about the ones who are failing or close to it- usually at this grade level it is becuase no one has reached this child. I would rather implement a program to reach out to the children who are at that level or a program for all the children. just my opinion..