One of over 200 congratulatory yard signs[/caption]
The signs are blue on a white background, Bay’s colors, with the signature Bay rocket and message. Distribution is done by volunteer high school teachers and staff. Signs and stakes are typically picked up from All Kinds of Signs on the Friday before graduation. The volunteers assemble and distribute them, finishing by Sunday. Organized geographically, most volunteers have 10 – 15 students on their routes. Volunteers often pair up with one person driving and the other jumping out the vehicle and planting the sign. Some teachers endeavor to get routes in their neighborhood so they can walk.
It was a hit from the start in 2011. As Luke noted, ‘Bay Village loves yard signs’. He related how they will ‘get calls and emails if a house gets missed or even not placed as soon as others.’
Each year, All Kinds of Signs makes the necessary changes to the message then prints directly on the 4mm corrugated plastic using a CET flatbed printer. The signs are printed 10 at a time (10 up), then cut to size. The wire stakes are fabricated in state by an Ohio company. All Kinds of Signs also produces stickers that modify the message for any signs that are left over from the previous year.
Families typically leave the signs up for quite a while, often for the entire summer or longer.
Luke stated, ‘I think it’s a nice way for our staff to connect with the community and I like that we deliver them – I feel like that is a very “Bay” thing to do’.
Yard signs in Bay Village, OH help The Bay Teachers Association congratulate the Bay High Class of 2017
SYNOPSIS: Following what has become a tradition, the Bay Teachers Association has planted over 200 yard signs in the yards of this year’s graduating seniors.
The tradition began 6 years ago when Luke Kieffer, Bay High Technology Education Teacher, learned t
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Following what has become a tradition, the Bay Teachers Association has planted over 200 yard signs in the yards of this year’s graduating seniors.
The tradition began 6 years ago when Luke Kieffer, Bay High Technology Education Teacher, learned that grant money was available from the North East Ohio Education Association (NEOEA) to foster good will between the Teachers Association and the community. Luke decided to apply for a grant to honor the graduating seniors of 2011 by putting a congratulatory sign in the yard of each senior. The grant paid for enough of the project that is was doable.
He called on All Kinds of Signs to do the lay-out, fabricate the signs and supply the wire stakes.
[caption id="attachment_1247" align="alignleft" width="300"] One of over 200 congratulatory yard signs[/caption]
The signs are blue on a white background, Bay’s colors, with the signature Bay rocket and message. Distribution is done by volunteer high school teachers and staff. Signs and stakes are typically picked up from All Kinds of Signs on the Friday before graduation. The volunteers assemble and distribute them, finishing by Sunday. Organized geographically, most volunteers have 10 – 15 students on their routes. Volunteers often pair up with one person driving and the other jumping out the vehicle and planting the sign. Some teachers endeavor to get routes in their neighborhood so they can walk.
It was a hit from the start in 2011. As Luke noted, ‘Bay Village loves yard signs’. He related how they will ‘get calls and emails if a house gets missed or even not placed as soon as others.’
Each year, All Kinds of Signs makes the necessary changes to the message then prints directly on the 4mm corrugated plastic using a CET flatbed printer. The signs are printed 10 at a time (10 up), then cut to size. The wire stakes are fabricated in state by an Ohio company. All Kinds of Signs also produces stickers that modify the message for any signs that are left over from the previous year.
Families typically leave the signs up for quite a while, often for the entire summer or longer.
Luke stated, ‘I think it’s a nice way for our staff to connect with the community and I like that we deliver them – I feel like that is a very “Bay” thing to do’.
One of over 200 congratulatory yard signs[/caption]
The signs are blue on a white background, Bay’s colors, with the signature Bay rocket and message. Distribution is done by volunteer high school teachers and staff. Signs and stakes are typically picked up from All Kinds of Signs on the Friday before graduation. The volunteers assemble and distribute them, finishing by Sunday. Organized geographically, most volunteers have 10 – 15 students on their routes. Volunteers often pair up with one person driving and the other jumping out the vehicle and planting the sign. Some teachers endeavor to get routes in their neighborhood so they can walk.
It was a hit from the start in 2011. As Luke noted, ‘Bay Village loves yard signs’. He related how they will ‘get calls and emails if a house gets missed or even not placed as soon as others.’
Each year, All Kinds of Signs makes the necessary changes to the message then prints directly on the 4mm corrugated plastic using a CET flatbed printer. The signs are printed 10 at a time (10 up), then cut to size. The wire stakes are fabricated in state by an Ohio company. All Kinds of Signs also produces stickers that modify the message for any signs that are left over from the previous year.
Families typically leave the signs up for quite a while, often for the entire summer or longer.
Luke stated, ‘I think it’s a nice way for our staff to connect with the community and I like that we deliver them – I feel like that is a very “Bay” thing to do’.
