It’s the final day of Teacher Appreciation Week. I hope your week has been “fan-tabulous”! Just in case there’s any question in your mind about how we feel, you are appreciated every second of every day by your pals at The Mailbox! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And along those lines, be sure to…
Teacher Appreciation Week
How High Can We Go?
It’s Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week—do you hear the applause? This mean it’s Day 2 of our special week here at the blog! Answer today’s question and you will automatically be entered into our “Thank You, Teachers!” drawing. There will be five prize winners. Yes, you read that right! FIVE winners will be announced next…
Hooray for You!
Happy Monday! Happy Cinco de Mayo! And most of all, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! To show our appreciation for each and every one of you—for your love of children and your enthusiasm for and dedication to the teaching profession—we have planned a special week here at the blog. And you know what that means—prizes! Simply…
First Friday Giveaway
Happy first Friday of the month to you! May is a special month, don’t you think? It boasts May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation Week (next week!), Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and much more. For example, May is National Egg Month. Hey, do you know how monsters like their eggs? Terri-fried! And comedians? How…
Life, the Universe, and School Supplies
For me, the answer is always 42, unless the question is “How many times per month do you buy school supplies with your own money?” In that case, my answer would have had to be “between three and six.” What would your answer be? Submit a comment with your answer to my previous blog post…
Are the Cupboards Bare? Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway
By early May, with the end of the school year on the horizon and Field Day looming, a supply cabinet filled mostly with air and dust bunnies always stared back at me. The tissue reserves had been decimated by March, if not earlier. Notebook paper? Fugeddaboutit! Cleaning products? Sure, there were a few items left,…
Slow Down, 2012
Is it just me, or did someone set the 2012 calendar to “Stun”? Really? It’s the middle of the second week of May already? Where did this come from? I’m stunned. If you’re feeling the same way, then I think it’s a good idea if I get a few items of looming summer business out…
Wrapping Up Teacher Appreciation Week
To tie a bow on Teacher Appreciation Week, I got to thinking about a question we put to teachers on The Mailbox Facebook page. We asked whether there was a particular student-given gift a teacher remembered better than others. There were some great replies, everything from homemade spring rolls to a waffle iron to a…