With the rising cost of travel and compressed instructional time, the trend of offering in school field trip alternatives is on the rise. What many school officials are finding is that it makes greater economic sense to offer school assemblies over the traditional off-site field trip. For example, when factoring in staff costs, educational down-time, and travel expenses, the cost of just one grade level field trip could fund multiple assemblies.
Many PTA/PTO groups are also looking to school assembly programs to help foster exposure to serious life issues such as drug prevention, anti-bullying, character development, suicide prevention and cultural awareness.
Of course school assemblies can be used to help kick-off a school project, reward students for achievements or simply to have a fun activity.