Back To School Themed Scripts
Find the right script to perform for your church, school or next event.
Holiness and Homeroom
Holiness and Homeroom
A student goes back to school tired of business as usual and wrestles with what it means to be holy in the school hallways.
- Characters: 1
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Returning to School (Girls Version)
Returning to School (Girls Version)
A young girl considered the “social outcast” of her high school contemplates her life and the secrets she has kept as she starts another school year.
- Characters: 1
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Returning to School (Guy Version)
Returning to School (Guy Version)
A high school student of influence contemplates his choices and his desire to be different as he returns to school.
- Characters: 1
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
The First Day
The First Day
A mom is having a hard time letting her “little boy” go off to school and reflects on how fast time flies…especially when her “little boy” is going off to college.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 2-4 minutes Themes:
A Teacher’s First Day
A Teacher’s First Day
A new teacher is reconsidering her career choice after a very rough first day of school, but a wise custodian talks her off the ledge.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
This Year Will Be Different
This Year Will Be Different
Six people vow to make changes for the new year, but will they stick to it?
- Characters: 6
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-4 minutes Themes:
Time (Student Version)
Time (Student Version)
Where did all or our time go? Here an actor spends some time trying to figure out where God fits in to her life.
- Characters: 1
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
Back to School Gauntlets
Back to School Gauntlets
A student faces hard choices with friends she encounters throughout her day. Will she choose to follow Christ’s example?
- Characters: 5
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
Flunking English
Flunking English
A high school student (boy or girl) has a meeting with his English teacher who is flunking him because he (the student) always has a Christian slant to everything he writes in class.
This piece can be used in conjunction with “Flunking Life”, a follow-up piece.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-5 minutes Themes:
Flunking Life
Flunking Life
Mr. Johnson, a retired English teacher, walks into the office of Paul Clark, a newspaper editorialist. Mr. Johnson taught Paul twenty five years earlier, and flunked him because he wrote compositions about Jesus. Now, Mr. Johnson comes to Paul, seeking his advice on life.
This script is best used in conjunction with “Flunking English.”
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 3-4 minutes Themes:
See You At The Pole
See You At The Pole
A popular TV show host shows up at a local high school’s See You At The Pole™ Rally. Through his interviews with students, we see shallow reasons for attending, and the true reason for the gathering.
- Characters: 7
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes:
Life After High School
Life After High School
Three friends have just graduated from High School and sit around discussing the future. These friends all think of success in different ways. Only one seems to have a responsible look at the rest of his life.
- Characters: 3
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 8-10 minutes Themes:
Football Script
Football Script
The football game just ended and two guys from very different crowds meet in the locker room. We see that evangelism can take place under almost any circumstance. (5th Quarter)
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 7-9 minutes Themes:
Most Likely To…
Most Likely To…
This skit follows two friends through four different scenes, each representing a year of high school. We get asked the question, “What does success in high school look like?” and “What will our legacy be?”
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama Themes:
Ring Around the Rosie
Ring Around the Rosie
After making commitments to God and each other at camp, two friends return to High School. They grow apart as spiritual apathy takes one of them over.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 6-8 minutes Themes:
To Be or Not To Be
To Be or Not To Be
After a party, these two girls talk about their desires to be the most beautiful and popular girls in school.
- Characters: 2
- Genre: Drama
- Length: 4-6 minutes Themes: