Okay, this has nothing to do with school tips, but it is a personal school victory, so I thought I'd share.  I always wanted to direct a school musical, and I finally did. The kids at my school have never done an all-school biblical musical (which I think is a bit odd) so they weren't too thrilled to hear about it at first.  I won them over eventually.  We performed last night, and it went so well!  Of course there were little things that happened, like a cardboard sheep falling over and a beach ball being launched into the audience, but I expected things like that.  It went quite smoothly and got rave reviews from parents.  They found it to be very entertaining with a strong spiritual message.  Perfect!  I'm happy.  A little bit of stress and a lot of work paid off.  For those who are interested, we performed Joseph and the Dream Team Xtreme.  Go to http://www.jjonline.com/catalog/productPage.php?productID=17717  to hear clips from the musical.  I changed the last scene to make it more Lutheran.  I thought the theology was a bit of a stretch, so I just eliminated a few lines.