How can you increase student engagement, enhance school culture, and have tons of fun in the process?

Well, we were invited to one local elementary for a very special day called Rock Your School.

It is a beautiful fall day at Steve Schorr Elementary School.

And this morning, the entire school is rockin'.

(Shannon Williamson) There's a lot of stuff going on here today.

It's exciting and really just a vibrant atmosphere today at school.

-That's because this day is Rock Your School Day, part of a global initiative by Get Your Teach On, a professional development group for educators.

[cheers] (Sheila Helal) It's about bringing engagement back into the classroom, doing activities that aren't typical to our everyday teaching.

It's just a way to celebrate the students and staff and bring some joy back into the classroom.

-Inside, students enjoy a special assembly with performers like 5th grader Landon.

(Landon Soisoongoen) I'm gonna be playing piano.

♪♪♪ Another person is going to be performing a Hawaiian dance, and we're just gonna be having a lot, a lot of activities and things for people to watch and enjoy.

-And the activities continue into the classroom... (Greyson Blair) We're doing Pie in the Face.

-This is not something you do every day?

(Ashley Goffstein) Not something we do every day.

- ...where an assignment in Miss Goffstein's 1st grade class... (Braelyn Hale) It's a chef's outfit, because if we get dirty, our clothes will get dirty.

- ...takes a very exciting turn.

-They're able to kind of encourage each other to find the answers, work together so that they can be the first to actually play the Pie Face game, because they all want whipped cream in their face.

-It was fun.

-The idea is to mix up the normal school day... -The kids need to feel welcomed at school and sometimes need some motivation.

And when we change up the day and make it exciting, they want to come to school.

- ...and provide things for staff and students to look forward to.

-If we don't change our teaching styles and keep the kids interested, then school is not going to be a place they want to come.

We want to make sure they enjoy coming to school every day and wanting to be here.

-And that is the lesson... -So this just brings excitement back into the classroom for the students as well as for me.

It gets me more excited to teach.

This is way more fun than that every day day-to-day.

- ...that will last well beyond one day.

-Yes, this is our first time celebrating Rock Your School.

Everybody said it went really well, so we look forward to doing it for years to come.

-Definitely, we are going to do this again.

-What a fun day!

Absolutely love that.

And that does it for this episode of Student Spotlight.