Ultimate High School Bucket List
Do you want to create the ultimate high school bucket list?
Here are 60+ ideas to add to your bucket list and complete before you graduate!
Everyone says it, but four years of high school really do fly by.
While I am not one of those people who will say that high school was the best years of my life (I’ve definitely had more fun in the past seven years since I graduated high school!) I was able to make some incredible memories and have great experiences during high school.
High school is actually when I created my first bucket list, and I’ve been ticking things off it ever since.
Need some inspiration for your own high school bucket list? Here are 60+ ideas that you can try to accomplish in the next four years before you graduate.
If you’re a senior, be sure to check out the ultimate senior year bucket list too!
Bring on the Ideas!
Join a sport… even if you aren’t good!
Go for a road trip once you get your license
Attend prom or homecoming at least once
Do a foreign exchange program for a summer, semester, or year
Get a summer job
- Work at a golf course
- Be a summer camp counselor
- Start a lawn care business
- Work at a cafe/restaurant
- Become a lifeguard
- Get a summer internship
- Babysit/nanny for kids
Join a club or extracurricular activity
Go to a high school football game
Take a cruise for spring break one year
Organize the best senior prank ever
Befriend someone outside your friend group
Ditch school (just don’t make this a habit!)
Take a foreign language all four years of high school
Cheer on a less popular sporting event
Sleep outside on a trampoline with pillows and blankets
Go to a party
Travel to at least one foreign country
Get a disposable camera and take photos with your friends
Pull an all-nighter and watch the sunrise
Try out for a school play
Keep a journal to look back on
Take at least one semester of an interesting class (art, music, etc.)
Go to the beach for spring break
Do something that scares you
Apply for at least one leadership position
Organize a senior skip day
Dress up crazy for homecoming, Spirit Week, and other events
Go to a pep rally
Watch all the classic high school movies
- The Breakfast Club
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Clueless
- Dazed and Confused
- Pretty in Pink
Have a water balloon fight
Buy a yearbook at least one year
Sneak out and don’t get caught!
Host or attend a Halloween party
Take creative and unique senior photos
Go to a water park
Host or attend a New Year’s Eve party
Tell your crush how you really feel about them
Make friends with the foreign exchange students
Write a letter to your future self
Get the 1 Second Every Day app and make a video of your years
Apply to your dream college
Go to a concert with your friends
Take at least one AP class so you don’t have to take as many classes in college!
Have a shaving cream fight
Start your own business
Apply for college scholarships (it pays off!)
Crash a party
Go to a drive-in movie
Watch a school play or other event
Take a camping trip
Have a graduation party
Go to Disney World and feel like a little kid again
Set goals for your grades
Get nominated for a senior superlative in the yearbook
Have a sleepover and make prank calls
Start saving money now (it 100% pays off later)
Have a photo shoot with your friends
Reconnect with one of your friends from childhood
Ask out your crush
Go to summer camp
Make the honor roll at least once
Cheer on a school team at an away game
High School Bucket List Ideas
Hopefully you got some inspiration for making your own bucket list with these ideas.
These high school bucket list ideas will help you make the most of your four years in high school. I know it’s a cliche, but it really will be over in the blink of an eye so make the most of it!
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