Bulletin Board Ideas

I have been working on some ideas for my classroom bulletin board. The goal is for the board to brighten up the space and be meaningful for my students. I am hoping to involve my students each time I change up the board. Which, let's be honest, will not be often. So, since I will not be changing it up more than three-four times a year,  I want it to look really great.
Here is the first idea I am going with:

Turn Over a New Leaf

• Freshman do a journal entry about what they want to do differently this school year
• Seniors do a quote activity: find quote on Quote Garden (a great site!) and share it with a small group
• Freshmen choose a word to represent what they’re going to change and put it on a leaf, seniors write their quotes on leaf bordered paper--both are added to bulletin board
• Occasion: start of the school year

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