Does school spirit strengthen with the support of the community, or does the community strengthen with the support of school spirit? School spirit is really important, especially when you’re in a small town. It helps your sports program to bring home wins. When they have their community’s support and backup,  and the school knows they have people to rely on, it can also be something that can help everyone, especially students. 

 It can show positive effects on students and how they learn, and it helps with participation and being more engaged with the school, and can help get students out of their comfort zone, and make them want to get themselves more involved, and can motivate them to try hard in their activity or academically . Dr. Karissa Niehoff said, “High school students with school spirit performed better academically, were more engaged in social and civic matters.” 

School spirit is a really important aspect. It can help in lots of ways, such as making students feel like they belong or helping students feel confident enough to put themselves out there and contribute to the school better. Knowing their school has people who support them. www.honorsociety. Org  said, “ School spirit nurtures a sense of belonging and camaraderie among students.”  

School spirit can also help bring funding to schools. For football games, there’s always a theme, and students always want to dress up for it because it’s fun to dress up to watch their school play. There are also small things that bring in funding, such as small fundraisers that can go a long way, and paying entry fees for sports events. boosterthon.comsaid, “School spirit gear is one of the best ways to raise funding.’’

To add on to school spirit, it also could help to have a song or something motivational that your school has that is special, like at Pahrump Valley High School, there is a fight song that, after every game win or loss, And after a touchdown the players and the student section sing the song, or even when the players are not really doing good, the student section sings it to boost morale, even after a win or a loss. That helps with school spirit because it builds up the team that’s on the field or court. Because they know whatever happens in the game, they have something to look forward to.

To summarize, School spirit is a really important aspect in life for many people, including students. It gives motivation and helps them feel they can be more involved, and also gives a sense of belonging to students who feel they don’t have anything going for them, and helps with learning and raising money for your school and for the athletic program, and can help the community, especially if you live in a small town. It can give people something to look forward to when games or academic things are going on because they want to support their town, and it helps raise school spirit