Our Cellphone Usage Challenge

The challenge will involve students giving up their cellphones for an entire school day, and there will be school spirit points (a competition between grades dubbed JOMA) awarded as an incentive to all those who complete the challenge. On a strictly volunteer basis, students will be asked to hand in their phones for an entire school day—and reap the rewards of true social interaction. A list will be made to track who signs up for the challenge and the phones collected will be labeled and placed in the principal’s office where they will be returned to the students at the end of the day. (It is to note that the cellphones may be retrieved at any time, if the need arises, however, only those who manage the entire day will be have successfully completed the challenge.) We are aiming for a participation of at least 50 students, in order to properly spread our message. The goal of this activity is to reveal to students exactly how dependent they are on their cellphones as well as encourage social interaction without the presence of cellphones.