15 ways to show your teacher appreciation

It's National Teacher Appreciation Week! Do you appreciate your teacher or your child's teacher and want them to know? Here are some tips from educators on the sorts of gestures that meant a lot to them:

• A former student visited.
• A current or former student sent a card.
• The parent of a student sent a letter.
• Volunteers made curtains and painted the faculty room.
• Volunteers made poster boards with each teacher's name at the top. They attached a marker to each poster board. Students signed the posters with messages to each teacher.
• A class made a thank-you book.
• Parents volunteered in the classroom.
• A class made a scrapbook.
• A message of thanks to teachers was posted on a local bank's sign.
• Homemade gifts from students or their parents were given.
• Flowers were brought in.
• A festive cake was shared.
• Gifts or gift certificates from school business partners and other local businesses were given.
• Classes created projects such as fruit baskets or buckets full of school supplies.
• Small daily treats, such as candy bars, fruit, key chains, pens or pencils, mugs, T-shirts, tote bags, personalized memo pads, stationery, and especially messages were placed in teachers' mailboxes.

Source: Education World