Famous Figures + Growth Mindset Awards - End of the Year Certificates

Encourage a growth mindset among your students + celebrate the diverse personalities that your kiddos carry into class! This giant set of 80+ awards is perfect for the end of the school year (or anytime you want to affirm what’s best about your students). Each award highlights a specific character trait and connects that trait to an inspiring + quote-worthy figure from history or current events.

Save time + input your students’ names onto the awards using either PowerPoint or Google Slides… or just print the PDF + write out the names by hand.

AND (!) use the included "student award planner" to easily keep track of who will receive which award and guarantee that all students are recognized.

Famous women + men featured in the awards:

-Ada Lovelace

-Amelia Earhart

-Audrey Hepburn

-Aung San Suu Kyi

-Bessie Coleman

-Betty Holberton

-Beyonce

-Billie Holiday

-Billie Jean King

-Danica Patrick

-Ellen Degeneres

-Florence Nightingale

-Frida Kahlo

-Harriet Tubman

-Helen Keller

-Indira Gandhi

-Jane Goodall

-J.K. Rowling

-Joan of Arc

-Julia Child

-Katherine Johnson

-Katie Ledecky

-Lindsey Vonn

-Lisa Leslie

-Lucille Ball

-Mae Jemison

-Malala Yousafzai

-Marie Curie

-Maya Angelou

-Mia Hamm

-Michelle Kwan

-Michelle Obama

-Misty Copeland

-Oprah Winfrey

-Rosa Parks

-Ruth Bader Ginsburg

-Sally Ride

-Serena Williams

-Simone Biles

-Sojourner Truth

-Sonia Sotomayor

-Whoopi Goldberg

-Wilma Rudolph

-Abraham Lincoln

-Alan Turing

-Albert Einstein

-Alexander Graham Bell

-Aristotle

-Arthur Ashe

-Barack Obama

-Benjamin Franklin

-Bill Gates

-Bruce Lee

-Cesar Chavez

-David Beckham

-Fred Rogers

-Henry Ford

-Ichiro Suzuki

-Isaac Newton

-Jackie Robinson

-Jesse Owens

-Jim Henson

-John McCain

-Leonardo Da Vinci

-Mahatma Gandhi

-Martin Luther King Jr.

-Michael Jordan

-Michael Phelps

-Muhammad Ali

-Neil Armstrong

-Pablo Picasso

-Peyton Manning

-Roberto Clemente

-Shel Silverstein

-Stan Lee

-Steph Curry

-Stephen Hawking

-Steve Jobs

-Steven Spielberg

-Thurgood Marshall

-Usain Bolt

-Walt Disney

-Wayne Gretzky

-William Shakespeare

-Winston Churchill

-Wright Brothers

Click “PREVIEW” for a closer look!

PLEASE NOTE: There are three editable text fields for each award: (1) STUDENT NAME, (2) TEACHER NAME, and (3) DATE. The other text on the awards is NOT editable.

Looking for more student awards? You might be interested in my Dollar Store Awards -- End of Year Certificates.