
Spirit Box Tips & Tricks
We share ongoing updates, ideas and solutions from other Spirit Box school stores.

How to Build Your First Resume as a High School Student
Building a resume for a high school student can be challenging, as you may feel like you don’t have enough experience to fill out the page. However, resumes aren’t only for working professionals. Resumes for high school students can benefit those applying to college or an internship while also preparing you for the working world.

Creating Goals and Following through on New Year’s Resolutions
Creating goals is one of the most common traditions to welcome in the new year. From hitting the gym more to picking up a new hobby, the New Year’s fresh start is the perfect reason to create big goals for yourself to achieve.
Most new year’s resolutions don’t make it to the end of the year, but that doesn’t mean yours is doomed to fail. The key to ensuring that you follow through on your goals is all about how you reflect on what you want and how you create your resolutions.

Advisor Corner: Where do you start? How to begin using Spirit Box Academy Curriculum in 2022!
Happy New Year, as a Spirit Box advisor I am excited to finish the semester strong and begin to prepare for semester 2. For many teachers, including myself, we continue to grow and add curriculum materials to engage our students.

5 Small Ways to Make BIG Impacts the World
Many of us are looking to make our mark on the world. As a high school student, you are probably searching for your purpose and the direction you want to take in life.
Finding your specialty and your place will take time but making an impact can start today.

New Years Reflection: 10 Journal Prompts to Reflect on Your Year
Each year, many of us start January with grand plans and visions of what the new year will bring. This is a great way to start the new year…however, many goals and intentions fall away within the first few months. The best way to keep your New Year’s goals is to create realistic goals and realistic timelines for achieving them. Before you do that, it’s important to reflect on your year and figure out what you want to achieve in the future.

Advisor Corner: Fostering Positivity and Preventing 'Learned Helplessness' with Your Students
This is ‘Issue 4’ already and the time with students is flying by this year. As we begin to turn the corner on the school year, there are few challenges that are beginning to stand out. Some of these challenges can be characterized as student self-imposed helplessness.

What To Do if Your School has Snack and Beverage Restrictions
Every school is different on what they are allowed to sell but many schools have restrictions on what food they can and can’t sell. Be mindful of these restrictions and get creative on how you sell your products. Not sure what is considered a “healthy approved snack?” …

How to Stock Your Spirit Box: When You Launch and After it's Running
Let’s talk about how products will work for your Spirit Box Enterprise...
Now is the time to begin finalizing the product mix for your Spirit Box Enterprise, so let’s lay out how this is going to work.

November Roundtable Recap: Guest Speaker Debbie Taylor, DECA's SBE Certification Manager
Many of our schools are DECA teams and are working towards SBE Certification. We invited Debbie Taylor, DECA's SBE Certification manager, to come and share an overview of certification, how to get your Spirit Box certified, and answer Spirit Box team's questions.

Take Over the Vending in Your School and Watch the Endless Revenue Opportunities Unfold When Adding Snack and Beverage Machines
Here is how to expand your Spirit Box Business and bring up to $80,000 of revenue…in just ONE YEAR.