Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas
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Marnita from Cumming, GA
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RE: Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas
What I love is when my students send me a note or an email if they like my class. That cheers me up, and I keep a folder of those. "Appreciation" doesn't mean gifts. It means, "Hey, if you think we're doing a good job, feel free to drop us a little note." I just want to put my two cents out there because this issue has been bothering me, especially since I work in a depressed area. I'm a teacher, and I would like to go on record as an opponent to this forced gift-buying/food making for teachers. I don't think that my students' parents should buy me things. I care a lot about my students but I'm not a volunteer - I get paid for my job -and I don't feel "neglected" if people don't buy me stuff. Most of my students have less money than I do, and I want them to use their money for themselves and their families, not for me.
Post By Carol (Guest Post)
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My three friends made something for our teacher. We bought some fruit each I bought grapes, 1 bought oranges and the other bought apples.
Then 1 bought a nice plate, the other bought flowers and I bought chocolate. 1 of us then found a massive card and we all split our money to pay for it. We wrote a message each on the card and bought our names on it. My friend got a tooth pick and wrote a message on a piece of paper and pinned it to the apple. We put all our items on the nice plate and put purple cellophane around it and tied it with a ribbon!
Hope this helped
Post By Storm (Guest Post)
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Our school provides the best teacher appreciation week. Each day a different grade level is responsible for providing snacks and goodies for the teachers lounge. We always have a ton of food. One year we all received corsages made from one mom! This year we were surprised with 15 minute massages for each teacher. A therapist came in to our building for 2-days and gave each teacher a 15 minute massage. It was wonderful!!!!
Post by mjesmom
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When I see all the beautiful gifts and ideas for My Best-ever Teacher, I wonder whether ANYONE has ever thought of doing something similar for My Social Worker with the Golden Heart! or whatever. A wee appreciation will go a long way in keeping us from feeling neglected. In our church, we have a Social Workers' Sunday annually.
Post By Willem (Guest Post)
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You need help with innovative ideas on what to do for Teacher Appreciation Week? I can help you out. I found this website www.teacher-appreciation.info which has all the possible information you would need. Apart from giving ideas and suggestions on how you could make your teacher happy, this website also has a space where you could put in something about your own teachers for everyone to read. This could in itself be such a wonderful gift for your teacher.
And if you are looking for just general information like something about the great teachers in our history or you want to tickle your funny bone with some student teacher jokes, this website has it all. I would say there is something in it for everyone. And well, if you think you have some much better ideas for felicitating your teacher, go ahead and post it in Your Ideas section on Teacher-appreciation.info. Let the world know your ideas and benefit from it too.
Post By rahul (Guest Post)
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Post by Sillybilly
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Our city has Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificates which can be used at almost any merchant in town. Those are what we usually give as a class gift. For our own, I give homemade food--bread, pancake mix, home grown eggs, stuff they can use and get rid of. They'll appreciate the gift, yet not have to feel guilty getting rid of it someday.
We also belong to lutheran schools so getting the teachers a gc from the christian bookstore works too.
Post By Kim (Guest Post)
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as teacher one thing that i all was seem to get is mugs and picture frames they are thoughtfull gifts but after that they just take up space as teacher i would like to recieve is cash but some pple may not like to give cash you can give it in the from of a money order or can give is a gift card to a major store(Macys)
good luck
Post by patg
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i work as an assistant to a student. i would love a gift card to anywhere. but then i would be able to choose what i get from that store or eating establishment.
Post By sandy (Guest Post)
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Gift cards are great even to Walmart.
You could also do a basket with goodies from a teacher store - notepads, stickers, pencils, etc.
Or, buy a Blockbuster gift card for $5.00 and add microwave popcorn and soft drinks with it.
Post By Trina Taylor (Guest Post)
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I would suggest either a gift card to any store that sells craft items or school supplies. If your teacher has a classroom pet, a gift card to a pet supply store is nice. We have also given gift cards to book stores and to restaurants. If you want to give presents, please give supplies (pens, pencils, markers, even stationery). Most teachers really don't need more Avon, Mary Kay and the like. Nor do they want knicknacky things (most of the teachers I know either donate them or put them in yard sales). And as far as homemade goodies go, save those for the teacher appreciation lunch or breakfast. I know several teachers who are diabetic, or on diets and just do not want another dozen cookies.
Post By Christine (Guest Post)
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I taught for 30 yrs. Fav gifts-gift cards to almost anywhere, Coffee and a muffin on my desk on the morning, homemade cookies, invite to a homemade pizza dinner at my students home, homegrown produce, classroom supplies. No-nos-anything Avon, anything with apple designs on it, knick nacks to be dusted(These things are sure to be sold at my yard sales).
Post By Linda (Guest Post)
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What about a gift card from a teacher supply store? Teachers end up spending SO much of their own money on supplies and classroom things- this is something that would be better than a little knicknack dust catcher.
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