Teacher Appreciation Week

Have you ever taken on a job that when offer you thought "Oh, I could totally do that. I'll show everyone how great I can be" and then realized that you'd gotten in WAY over your head? Being a room parent has been like that all year for me. I have these fabulous ideas that seem super quick and easy, but end up turning into craziness.

Take for example this year's Teacher Appreciation Week. We were told by the PTO that we could do something small for the teacher every day as long as we didn't ask for monetary donations. Working with Darlene, we came up with what I thought would be sweet and simple projects for the kids make in class or at home to let Mrs. Huey know how much they loved having her as their teacher. Keep in mind, everything had to be approved nearly a month in advance by the school secretary, so I didn't really know what the kids would be working on in class at this time, nor did I realize that it was also the week before spring break.

Here comes the craziness! Not only were we (Darlene and I) at the school everyday for teacher appreciation, we were also there for class projects, parties, pictures, and scholar dollar. And that's not mentioning the reports that the kids were working on at home. Please believe me when I say that it was a crazy week!

Our Teacher Appreciation week consisted of:

Monday~ "Thanks for Helping Us Bloom" where the students made flowers for Mrs. Huey.

I think the student bouquet turned out pretty cute!

Tuesday~ "Everything You Wanted to Know About Mrs. Huey" Scrapbook where the students completed a survey about what they thought about Mrs. Huey.

The cover page for the scrapbook

I know the print is small, but you've got to read some of B's answers!

Wednesday~ "Favorite Recipes for My Favorite Teacher" had the students baking their favorite recipe at home and sending in a sample along with the recipe for Mrs. Huey to try. I didn't get a picture of that, but it was a hit with her husband and son (who was home from college for a break).

Thursday~ "My Teacher Deserves a Little Pampering" got Mrs. Huey a basket of pampering items such as candles, soaps, lotions, and (from me) monogrammed towels. It turned out sooooo adorable! I couldn't have planned it any better!

Most of the items from Teacher Appreciation Week

On Friday, the students also made homemade cards for her to keep in her scrapbook to remember these students in the future

All in all, I think that Teacher Appreciation Week went over very well. While it was a lot of hard work, I know that Mrs. Huey appreciated everything that was done for her.

Now the question for you... what do you think?