Marching band against marching band, basketball team against basketball team, math geniuses against math geniuses. Get several schools or groups involved, and have everyone pay a nominal entry fee. Annual fund-raising drives . That's the method for St. Benedict at Auburndale School in Memphis, Tenn., where students directly solicit donations from benefactors. The money supplements what tuition doesn't cover, said Sharon Masterson, the director of institutional advancement.
Students ask donors to earmark their contributions for specific student groups.
That way, said Masterson, the school receives larger annual donations instead of a few dollars here and there. Talent shows . They can range from miscellaneous acts to a battle of local student bands. Something wild . A student group in Bakersfield strung together anklets of small, brightly-colored fish cut from construction paper.