Teachers do you thank your students for end of the year gifts?

[Anonymous]

I've seen teachers who have preprinted thank you notes already written for the last day of school. I think that's an appreciated nice gesture that is easy to do with planning. Just add the child's name to the note or card and it's done.

[Anonymous]

Culturally, people don't typically give gifts during thanksgiving in the United States. Gifts are typically given to teachers around the winter holidays, teacher appreciation week or the end of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would I be thanking the students for? Thank you for being a pain in my @ss? Thank you for interrupting every lesson? Thank you for actually getting a passing grade?

I really hope my kids never have you as a teacher.

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Thank you for proving that it is indeed possible for someone to NEVER stop talking. Ever. To never, ever, evverrrr shut up.
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Just kidding! Yes, I try to send TY notes but sometimes it all gets lost in the end of year (or week before winter break) chaos.

[Anonymous]

I try.
I don’t always get them all done.
I feel bad about not usually finishing, but I’m wrecked by year end.
Thank you.

[Anonymous]

i thank the child in person and always say "tell your mom and dad thank you so much!". that is really the best I can do with the chaos of the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I try.
I don’t always get them all done.
I feel bad about not usually finishing, but I’m wrecked by year end.
Thank you.

Same here. The to-do list at the end of the year is intimidating, frantic, time-sensitive, and long. I add thank-you notes to the list, but I always get pulled in other directions.

[Anonymous]

I think in-person at the time is plenty and would not expect teachers to spend their hard-earned, short vacations doing this type of thing. Any expectation of such really makes your gift more of a bribe. Get out of your silly DCUM bubble.

[Anonymous]

I always email a thank you and address it to “(Student) and Family)”.

[Anonymous]

We're always generous gift givers to our student's teacher. He's a lot. They work extremely hard. We get it. I would never, ever, not ever expect a thank you. Have I received them, yes. But I'm also busy all the time and have competing priorities. And a performative thank you note is so low on my list. I absolutely get it if a teacher doesn't send one and I'm okay. I think most parents (I hope) are giving gifts because THEY want to say thank you, not because they want a curtsey in return.

[Anonymous]

End of year gifts are a thank you to teachers, correct? So the question is whether teachers send a thank you to a thank you gift? Should students then be expected to send a thank you in return? When does it end?

[Anonymous]

I don’t want my gift to the teacher to be a burden. The last thing they need to do over summer break is to have to write us a thank you note. Take the $20 Target gift card and enjoy yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In US, by MS and HS, students/parents stop giving gifts to teachers. We are immigrants and we give gifts to all subject teachers through MS and HS. Until kids graduate.

We normally give generous amounts ($100 - $200) of amazon gift cards to all the teachers during Thanksgiving in a thank you card. We do not give during Christmas or end of year. We find Thanksgiving the best and most logical time to give "Thanks" to the teachers.

My kids have been taught to personally give the gifts to the teachers, instead of putting it in their mail cubby because then it gets stolen. It takes a full week for my kids to give the gifts to the teachers because they want to give it without an audience. Most teachers send a thank-you card because of three reasons - my kids have given it to them personally, the amounts have been significant, and it was handed to them before thanksgiving and no one else is giving them gifts, so there is no confusion about who gave them what.

Where do you live? Many districts and schools have ethics rules around how much to give teachers. The amounts you are mentioning are too much to give at once and might be considered inappropriate for a high school teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want my gift to the teacher to be a burden. The last thing they need to do over summer break is to have to write us a thank you note. Take the $20 Target gift card and enjoy yourself.

Agree wholeheartedly. I don't expect a thank you, though all my kids' teachers so far have sent us a note back in his backpack.