Teacher Appreciation Blog

Just a week before the nation marks the teacher appreciation week activity, parents and students in Broadmoor United Methodist Church Day School have already prepared their own kind of celebration. They said they cannot wait anymore for May 3-9, 2009 before they could show their appreciation to teachers. In fact, one week before the national teacher appreciation week 2009, many parents started to celebrate Monday for the weeklong activities. The five-day event was fun-filled because committees really worked hard to make it even more exciting than last year’s.

Mexican theme – On Monday, the school celebrated teacher appreciation week through a Mexican style fiesta. There were lots of food to make the educators and their families enjoyed the whole day. Mexican cuisine was the theme of the celebration because all the food prepared has been inspired by Mexican delicacy.

Garden-inspired Tuesday – There were also the garden-inspired Tuesday which the educators also enjoyed. They were able to show to their audience how much they value the support of the school and other support groups.

Beach theme celebration – There will be breakfast for teachers and this also made them happy and very contented that they were treated to the best food.

Day at Oscars – The Thursday was also very memorable as teachers who have contributed outstanding achievements were given awards by the sponsoring host of the awarding ceremonies.

Spa relaxation – On the last day of the celebration which was a Friday the teachers were treated to a very relaxing spa moments. They were very thankful again to the sponsors because they enjoyed it. The spa day for educators was also added with a reflexology session by Tiffany Burden at the Haven Spa.

Amy Taylor, one of the organizers of the said special activity for teacher appreciation week said a fundraiser was held so that the organizing committee was able to solicit funds from generous groups and local businesses. He said during this annual event for teachers it is important to show them how much they are loved and appreciated for their outstanding performance in the schools everyday in their lives.

With the Teacher Appreciation Week 2009 coming to a close a lot of activities are also lined up, making the celebration this year lively and memorable for everyone that participates in the various events.

Two more of the companies in the US, U.S. Cellular and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza are among those actively involved in recognizing the efforts of many teachers. The US Cellular has already launched a fundraiser campaign aimed at raising funds to finance for the purchase of classroom materials as well as for the educational experiences of students in the campuses. The organizer is hoping to funnel at least $1 Million for the implementation of its various projects. Teachers that are also interested to request for some help from this organization may just post their requests at www.donorchoose.org. It was also learned that the projects that will be chosen to receive monetary awards will be named during the celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week 2009 on May 4-8, 2009.

Meanwhile, The Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza is also joining this year’s teacher appreciation by offering their current promotions. They offer free tapas for educators having their purchase on various locations in San Diego. The teachers will only show their identification cards in any specified locations in San Diego, as well as to log on at sammyspizza.com for more details of the promo. It was noted that there are now more activities lined up by private businesses that are interested in recognizing the gargantuan task of dedicated and committed educators in this part of the country.

With this development in the US and other countries in Europe, we can still expect many private companies joining the annual celebration as their way of showing their support to the education industry which is a very vita component for a lively and educated community.

A top-ranking official of the Farmington Middle School thanked the school staff for their great contribution to the school.

FMSW principal, Malie Lee, said since the week of May 3 up to May 9, this year, is considered National Teacher Appreciation Week, is also a fitting time to recognize the great contribution of many teachers who dedicate their lives to teaching.

Lee said he would like to take the teacher appreciation week as an opportunity to publicly thank the school staff for the wonderful work they do to the school’s students and for believing that the students will learn more provided that there is good environment for learning.

He said the teachers in Farmington Middle School has accomplished a very exceptional task this year by dedicating themselves to actively raising the morale of students enrolled in the school this year. He said that during the celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day 2009 he is encouraging parents, students and guardians as well as the whole Farmington community to pay their respects to the teachers as well as to take a time to reflect on the most valuable things they have achieved everyday in school.

The principal also underscored two things to appreciate the teacher’s efforts:

1. Believe in their capacity to educate our children. It was learned from the school principal that parents should believe in the capacity of educators because they are properly trained to become one. This means they are schooled and properly trained to handle all situations in the school.

2. Support on their needs in school to provide quality education. The teachers can always provide quality education in the school. They only want support from school administrators. The quality of education that parents always wanted cannot be given by the teachers alone but with the able support of the school they are serving. The implementation of complete laboratories is included in the so-called quality of education and not only from theories which maybe learned from educators.

Another prestigious award-giving body is giving teachers enough recognition by holding special teacher appreciation day so that the good deeds and noble contributions of teachers in the US and other countries of the world can be awarded and properly recognized. The event was participated by more than 500 people.

In Ashwaubenon, at least nine dedicated educators who managed to inspire students recently received their recognition awards during a very fitting ceremony. In fact, their friends and families also shared the celebration during the day they were cited the award during the 16th annual Golden Apple Awards held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce proudly presented the awards to the successful recipients of the awards because they have made a difference in the lives of everyone most especially the students.

The lucky awardees received their trophies while they also enjoy the teacher appreciation day evening with cocktails, dinner and speeches which were the main focused of the evening. There were also entertainment numbers ably prepared by the students to make the teachers feel free to do because teacher appreciation day was their very special day. There was also the picturesque of a dripping ice sculpture at the hotel’s lobby, live TV cameras as well as large bows placed in each chair and glass podium.

Ron Huisheere, a math teacher and one of those awardees at Franklin Middle School said logistics is amazing. He said this achievement is something he would always look up to. Event organizer Nancy Schopf added the elegant level of the show is something he would not try to forget because they were very important. She said the show’s elegance is a good sign that all teachers can be appreciated for their efforts. This also includes at least 60 persons that also receive honorary awards.

Aaron Sperduto, a high school teacher at Pulaski High School, said teaching will make you feel your life has meaning because you’ve been helping a lot of students. All of this year’s awardees have very inspiring stories to tell in their respective communities.

There’s no stopping to the continued scheduling of activities for teacher appreciation as the world awaits the celebration in May of this year. In the United States, the teacher appreciation week 2009 will be held from May 8 onwards. This means a lot of schools are participating in this annual celebration honoring our educators for their great achievements every year of their lives as part of the academe.

In Waikiki, Many teachers in Oahu got their symbolic apples as well as royal treatment during the annual teacher appreciation luncheon. The activity has been going for the past 20 years, with the educators nominating their fellow teachers for a very special tribute. The luncheon for this year had 41 teachers from different schools who participated. They were properly screened according to their contributions both in the schools and the community.

Meredith Monteville, a retired educator said the teachers were loved by students and the parents because of what they’ve done in the school and also when they are in the communities, so that this year’s celebration had the teacher’s families also sharing the happiness because they were also invited. The teachers did not only win awards they were also given special citations, honored with lei and crowns which made it very special in their lives.

In Dartmouth, a private company also conducted a very special celebration for teachers during the teacher appreciation week 2009 which started from April 18 and will also end on the 26th.

As part of the special occasion, the Barnes and Noble stores offer special discounts for interested people buying books, plus another 10 percent on CD and DVD orders for those having Educator Discount Card. The special Teacher Appreciation reception was also conducted by said company on April 18 where both teachers and school administrators also learned about their benefits at the stores. These include a year-round discount for bulk purchases, statewide test prep, assistance when they choose titles, fundraiser support as well as summer reading program that will also enable students to have free books.

When individuals look back during their childhood days, they often reminded those grown up people or ahead of them including their teachers or mentors who have given them a better impact and shaping their lives. With that, teachers are given much important and be formally appreciated or honored through the Teachers Appreciation celebration that usually be conducted in the first week of May in the United States and other countries of the world who believes and recognize the important function that teachers render in the society. Last Wednesday, there about more than 50 educators or teachers that been honored in the 3rd annual Teacher Appreciation Night at Bentoville USA. The high school student of especially the Student Government Bodies in Bentoville just generally initiated one of the pre-teachers appreciation celebrations as an autonomous educational learning institute or High schools in the United States.

The Student Government Bodies initiated the celebration by organizing the programs for the awarding night but before it, they have asked the entire high school learners to participate not only in the awarding night but as well by nominating the teachers that they believe provide a better and biggest influence in their lives towards continuing their educational learning and become successful or better individuals in the society. Those nominated educators were invited in attending the Teacher Appreciation Night but not been told who those learners nominated them but during the awarding night, student representative came on the stage to present their respective nominated teachers and been clearly given them a tribute or honor. Succeeding learners who may honor their favorite teachers also came on the stage after their student representative provided the general honoring or appreciation.

Part of the celebration is the concise statement given by the Bentonville School District Superintendent Gary Compton about the important function that teachers are holding and may they become good or better living examples to their learners upon continuing their education especially foregoing career development and be eventually become successful professional in the society.
Aside of that, Compton also encourages the teachers to do their best in attaining excellence towards their teaching profession and be able to appreciate the people who are ahead of them, it might be their educators or mentors before who also encourage them to continue their teaching profession. The teacher appreciation nigh is not only dedicated for appreciating or honoring teachers but as well to let the student show their gratefulness towards their teacher or mentor.

There’s no stopping to the continued recognition of teachers since the celebration in the United States is fast approaching as well as in the rest of the world. The teacher appreciation week has become a good way to give honor to our educators.

In Duxbury Middle School, the organization of parents and teachers has also find time to celebrate it on May 4-7, 2009 and they are looking for more volunteers that would ensure the success of the four-day long teacher appreciation celebrations. The events now under appropriate planning stages include:

May 4 – Breakfast. The breakfast is one of the best welcome salvos of the celebration of teacher appreciation week 2009 in this part of the country. Many people in the community has always been following this tradition how to carefully take care of people involved in the celebration such as giving them special treatment especially the teachers as they are the center of this celebration.

May 5 – Snacks. The snacks also forms part of the celebration and many people are also excited for this, believing that this is the best opportune time to meet many parents and teachers.

May 6 – Lunch. The luncheon time is also very significant for everyone because this is the time when students, parents, teachers and several guests are also given the opportunity to bond together and have some acquaintances. Indeed, the teacher appreciation day 2009 is the day when teachers are finally recognized according to their efforts in schools.

May 7 – Desserts. There are also many delicacies that maybe prepared by the organizer because the volunteers are requested to bring their own provisions.

During the celebrations it was learned that volunteers are requested to bring any of the items mentioned therein such as breads, bagels, cakes, coffee, muffins, fresh uncut fruits, bananas, apples, cases of canned soda, cases of bottled water, boxes of coffee, desserts, individually wrapped candies, orange juices, popcorn, pretzels and apples.

With the upcoming celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day 2009 and Teacher Appreciation Week 2009 in the US and other countries in Europe many educators are now receiving their awards as outstanding teachers of the year.

This time the awardee is Kevin Rodgers, Brookside Elementary School library media specialist in Lake Forest Park. He was selected as the Shoreline School District Teacher for 2008-2009. It was formally announced during the Brookside special assembly, according to the report reaching this website. Rodgers will receive his award and honor on April 27 before the school board meeting will be conducted. It was learned that all the school’s community will grace the said occasion as the District is going to celebrate its own version of Teacher Appreciation Week 2009 on May 4-8.
The Shoreline School hired Rodgers in 1990. He started his teaching career in sixth grade while at Briarcrest Elementary School. After three years he finally transferred to Brook side. His good performance paved the way for his promotion in 1996 as library media specialist.

The nomination committee nominated and finally decided to honor him the most prestigious ward given to a teacher because of his very outstanding performance as an educator. It said that “Mr Rodgers is highly regarded by parents, students and staff as he excelled in the art of teaching. He is very instrumental in introducing technology in Brookside. It was during his term that the school has set up its first computer laboratory, lead in the maintenance of KINGS5 weather station as well as he also continually supported all aspects of technology in Brookside. He also established the field trips for sixth graders which is highly regarded event which promotes bonding from the teachers and students.

The school’s Safety Patrol Program would not have been very successful without the active leadership of Rodgers by organizing the student pick up system and other strategies to create a good flow of traffic within the school. In fact, this system was emulated by other schools in the district that has seen its very effective implementation. This means Rodgers is really doing his job as an educator and a leader in the community. This also that Kevin Rodgers is really fit for recognition during teacher appreciation programs.

As the celebration for teacher’s appreciation day and week nears many schools are now starting to prepare for their kind of celebration to make the teachers happy and become proud of their profession. In some countries of the world, the teaching profession is not well-respected. Many people only regarded teaching as merely a low profile and profession only for the people who cannot afford the expensive cost that education can bring.

In Langston Charter Middle School teachers were treated to a very special celebration. In fact, they were treated to walk on stage under a red carpet. They also posed for pictures while they were being dressed in Tuxedo which made them look very respectable and glamorous.

Playing their own version of the Oscars, the students also treated the teachers like celebrities while conducting the Dicey Teacher Appreciation Day 2009. The celebration is named in behalf of Dicey Langston, a hero of the Revolutionary War. The student body government in the school rewarded the teacher in a very appropriate way without even giving a headache to the parents.

Barbara Cleland, parent volunteer said this unique celebration of teacher appreciation without giving burden to the parents is a very appropriate gesture of helping the parents because of the down economy of the country. She said the students no longer ask for financial help from their parents and the activity was still very successful.

Cleland was even instrumental in organizing the awards show actively participated by the students. The teachers who were beautifully-dressed were given awards and also flowers by the students and they were escorted to their seats during the awarding ceremony.

The teacher appreciation day 2009 in Langston Charter Middle School is very exciting and a clear display of how students and teachers become solid partners of the activity. Many people and teachers hope this would be done also in many schools of the world.

The Abilene’s Parent Teacher Association had already lost for about 500 members for over the last years but lately a group of new PTA leaders is currently working in order to reignite the program that raises hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year for these local schools. Throughout Texas, Abilene Independent School District is one of the schools that currently got several membership of Parents Teachers Association despite of its little membership in the past years. The Abilene PTA council has already made up for the parent representatives from various educational learning institutes of Abilene. Just recently the group of Abilene PTA members from the different district had come together in order to elect new officers for new Abilene PTA association. The current new elected president is Douglas Byrn is now ready to do its duty of boosting the parent involvement and be creative in their accountability. Since, Byrn wants to bring the school’s PTA officer for the leadership training this summer and support them to their fundraising and tactics for school top notching award or be a member of Top Schools World Wide.

Aside of that, Bryn will be trying to set more fundraising programs in order to provide an extra funding for their schools activities especially to the upcoming teacher appreciation event which is one of the important event in the country and to the different educational learning institutes. This fundraising program will also provide support for other parent’s teacher’s activities or even school activities with the participation of parents on it. Bryn is looking forward that there will be more PTA members that will be coming for this year not only to increase the population of enrollees for the school but as well to increase the membership participation between parents and teachers for support of the educational growth of the school and to students learning growth. Although, some schools in Texas and even in other states in America have chosen to part of PTO or called as Parent Teacher Organization because it exercise more autonomy such as the Austin Elementary School but still there are several schools, parents and teachers who chooses to be part of PTA instead of PTO.

Even though, PTO and PTA are different organization or association but they just a common goal and that is to provide support to the Student Community Resources for the educational growth of the learners and continual support for teachers profession not only that but as well for the betterment of relationship and communication between the parents and teachers of their respective educational learning institutes.