Yard & neighborhood signs for high schoolers -- are these prevalent in your area?

[Amira]

That's funny. People from Virginia and Utah said they see them and I never saw them in Utah and I've never seen them here in Virginia.

 

I saw them for the first time in Austin, Texas- ALL over.

 

I thought the same thing. I've never seen them anywhere I've lived- not in Utah or Virginia, nor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, California, or Washington.

[Lisa in SC]

I never see them here in SC, but they were everywhere when we lived in IN.

[T'smom]

I'm in SW Michigan and I see them a lot. I also see them where my parents live in Kansas.

[JenniferB]

I can't imagine a print shop owner scheming to make signs. :glare:

[brinkseven]

They are very common here (panhandle of Fl).

[AppleGreen]

I had one in my front yard 20 years ago for the team sports I participated in. I grew up in central Ohio. Even people who were in the choir or musical groups in our school had a music note in their front yard. Some people even had multiple signs at any given time. The prank at the time was collecting a bunch of signs and putting them in one person's yard.

[ocelotmom]

Those were common in the small town where I went to high school in Southern California in the 90s.

[scrappyhappymama]

I'm in TX and it is VERY common here. Not just for football though- I've seen swimming, baseball, soccer, choir, band, cheerleading- pretty much any extra-curricular you can think of. Similar stickers for cars are very common here too, with the child's number and often their NAME.

 

We don't have those, but families often put up a sign of a high school senior's college choice.

Iowa

 

Huh. I've never seen this here in TX.

 

When we first moved to DFW from CA I freaked out when I saw my first "Blank Cheerleader Lives Here" sign. To me it was like asking for trouble to advertise that a young teenage girl lived in this specific house.

 

When I lived in CA, as MOPS leaders were not allowed to put our last name in our brochure for our personal protection. The police said that our address could be traced from our last name. Also it was recommended that we not put any bumper stickers on our cars that mentioned we were female or moms.

 

Guess things are different in TX.

 

Yup. I'm from CA too & never saw anything like this there.

 

DH and I don't really think it's a good idea to advertise our personal business, especially our children's business. So even though it's common here, no yard signs for us, nor bumper stickers, nor back windshield stickers with our children's names, nor Baby on Board signs, nor stork announcement signs in the yard with a new baby. Despite the cuteness factor, it just seems to be inviting unnecessary attention.

[Myeightkiddies]

There were a lot in my area of Ohio during graduation time.

[BlessedMom]

We do not have signs like that anywhere in our area.

[whitestavern]

New England...I have never seen a sign like this.

[Mommyof4ks]

We have many that look like the first sign, but sports are really big here, so it is not surprising to see lots of them. :)

[Jen in PA]

I have never seen those before.

[Stacia]

Swimmers are ignored... As are gymnasts.

 

Not here. Pretty much any sport/activity has them. I see them for swimmers all the time (in fact, just saw one about 10 minutes ago), plus lacrosse, etc....

 

The car magnets are also everywhere here.

[Tap]

nope not in our area PNW

 

I remember them being very popular in Oklahoma and Texas when I was growing up though.

[Thea]

Nope, not here in my part of Oregon, however, I do see a lot of car vinyl clings for local sports.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

We have them for sports. They are usually made from plywood and are in the shape of something that represents the sport. Our DD had one for cheerleading (Megaphone) and tennis (Tennisball). The signs usually have the first name of the athlete and what position the athlete plays. No one does them for band or anything like that.

 

 

No one does signs for graduates and I have never seen yard signs for colleges either.

 

I am in west central IL.

 

Window clings are a big deal here. There are some minivans in town with so many window clings you wonder how the driver can see out the back windows.

[kewb]

I've noticed it cropping up in my area over the last year or two. I am in the Northeast.

[kiwik]

tacky!!

[Bearcat]

There is one local school district that does have yard signs and even banners that are usually hung on garage doors for athletics.

What is popular here, and seems to be expanding to more school districts, is a yard sign for graduation. I can't remember exactly what they say but something to the effect of "A (insert school name) graduate lives here."

We are in SW Ohio.

[Belacqua]

We don't have those, but families often put up a sign of a high school senior's college choice.

Iowa

 

Now that strikes me as really odd. While I haven't seen the sports signs where I live, it makes a certain amount of sense in that public cheering for athletes is kind of the norm. But college choice? Now I'm imagining GPA signs and SAT score signs and "5 on the APUSH exam!" signs.

 

Then again, those "proud parent of an honor roll student" bumper stickers have been around a long time, so maybe it isn't so weird, after all.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

Those signs are all over the place here in NE Ohio.

[Sharilynn29]

I'm near Chicago and we have these everywhere. Especially at the end of the year. Annoying.

[melmichigan]

We only have the graduate ones so far. We also have the flock of pink flamingos lawn ornaments that go around town during the school year as a fundraiser. I'm in a small town north of Detroit, MI.

[freeindeed]

Yes. I'm in Alabama.

[Jennifer in MI]

tacky!!

 

I think they are fun!

[magnificent_baby]

I see them in my area for sports activities all the time.

 

I think they are really cute and add to school pride and spirit.

 

Have never seen them for college or Kindergarten.

[LMA]

No. Signs of any kind are prohibited here by zoning laws. Political signs are only allowed within a certain window of an election and must be removed within 48 hours after an election. If you have a sign posted, the building inspector comes by and removes it.

[Caroline]

I have Home of a P--- Soccer Player in my yard. At the end of the school year there will be a sign at the front of the neighborhood listing the high school and college graduates in the neighborhood with my kid listed. No one has broken into our house during soccer games.

[Wheres Toto]

Our local high school does cloth banners for all the sports teams. They are usually hung from the roof of the house or a tree branch.

[Brilliant]

I see them in SoCal. A friend of mine has kids in public school sports. They have huge banners above their garage that say "Seahawk track star Susie Smith". Which I think is not a great idea simply b/c they have banners for both their son & daughter, and I wouldn't want strangers driving by to know my kids' full names. :001_huh:

[jujsky]

I've never seen those in our area.

[JFJ in IL]

Yep, all over the Chicago suburbs.

[Plucky]

Yep, we have seen those. We still have our congrats sign up from my ds getting into his first choice. It's hidden in the trees and vines now though.

[Library Momma]

I've never seen these in Connecticut.

[Pamela H in Texas]

Yes. In North Texas.

 

Football players, cheerleaders, dance team seem the ones mostly. Sometimes you'll see something for basketball or swimming or whatever. It seems to be trickling down to cheer teams and such also. I'm unsure of the ones that use the young person's name. That doesn't seem safe.

 

Then there is what we put on our cars. A LOT of people have an icon for their child's sport (soccer, dance, whatever) or honor roll. The ones for our elementary is a big letter for the name of the school (for example, K) with a paw print with smaller paw prints given for each grading period. Again, names are common also.

 

Here is a family sticker for our family (though we'd have to change out stickers for each foster kid we have/get also):

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[Remudamom]

Common in Kansas.

[HomeschoolMamaOfTwo]

I've never seen any here at all. Southeastern US.

[Nature]

We don't have them here in MN.

[Murphy101]

Common here. There are several in our neighborhood.

 

None in the next over neighborhood though bc their HOA doesn't permit yard signs of any kind.

[allie911]

These are everywhere around us. I'm in the metro Atlanta area.

[KrissiK]

Never seen one before. I live in a small town in Central California.

[PeacefulChaos]

I have never seen one.

[Jenny in Florida]

Yep, we have those here. I'm in Orlando, FL.

[Perry]

We don't have those, but families often put up a sign of a high school senior's college choice.

Iowa

 

Now that strikes me as really odd. ... Now I'm imagining GPA signs and SAT score signs and "5 on the APUSH exam!" signs.

 

 

Oh, I don't think they're bragging, it's more of an in-state rivalry thing. I think I've only ever seen them for University of Iowa, Iowa State, and University of Northern Iowa. I would guess that the majority of high school grads around here pick one of those three, and there is a friendly rivalry between those schools.

[Black-eyed Suzan]

None of those here, either.

[Belacqua]

Oh, I don't think they're bragging, it's more of an in-state rivalry thing. I think I've only ever seen them for University of Iowa, Iowa State, and University of Northern Iowa. I would guess that the majority of high school grads around here pick one of those three, and there is a friendly rivalry between those schools.

 

Ah, I see. So more of a school spirit thing than My Kid Got Into Yale. Much nicer! :)

[Jpoy85]

Ive seen them here.

[cindergretta]

I've not personally seen any signs like those, but the first one you posted looks like it is local... :tongue_smilie: I am in the PNW, for reference. ;)

[Arcadia]

Have not seen these signs here. I have only seen political signs and sports (not school sports) signs.