"If you can read this, thank a teacher." Harry S. Truman

This week is TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, and today is TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY. When I was in the classroom, I enjoyed that week. Our student council did something special for the faculty every year - luncheons, thank you notes, and other surprises. It was wonderful to feel the love, appreciation, and support of the student body.

I enjoyed having my students write notes to teachers in our building and in the district - and then I would place them in mailboxes, or send then off in inter-school mail. I know for a fact that student notes mean so much! I saved all the student notes I received in my 37 years in the classroom, and I always kept a few in my desk drawer to read on a difficult day. When my friends retired from teaching, they threw lesson plans and curricula in the trash, but the sincere student thank you notes were placed in a box and taken home.

The teachers I know have worked so hard this year to try to make the home learning experience a good one. Happy TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY to all! 

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