The National Junior
Honor Society will be hosting a Penny Wars between all 1st period
classes starting Monday, March 7th and ending Friday, March 11th.
The winning
classroom will be able to pick from a selected group of charities where the
money will be donated.
Rules:
The classroom with the most points at the end of the fundraiser wins
- Pennies count as one positive point each, but silver coins and paper money (including checks) count AGAINST the classroom.
This is where the
competition begins. Students can “bomb” their competitors’ jar by placing
silver coins and paper money into it. For example, if a homeroom looks like
they have a lot of pennies, a student can “bomb” (sabotage) that jar by putting
a quarter into the jar and that classroom’s points will decrease by 25, a
dollar will reduce their points by 100, etc.
At the end of each day, count the pennies separately from the silver coins and bills. Subtract the total amount in silver and bills from the total amount of pennies. The difference is the actual points earned by that classroom.
Publicly announce
the points each homeroom earned so students can plan what classrooms they may
want to “bomb” the next day. Remind students that pennies are positive points
and they need to continue bringing them in to add to their own jars. After a
couple of days most of the homerooms will have negative numbers.
Teachers are encouraged to participate. Many have been known to empty their piggy banks to help their classrooms out. Others have told their students that they’ll match portions of their contributions. Students begin looking down and picking up pennies they find on the ground; it’s amazing how many pennies are dropped and not picked up.
