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Anonymous
| What do folks generally do? Gift Certificates? Money? Nothing? |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| I'd give the teacher a gift certificate and an amazing letter of gratitude. Nothing is worth more than such a letter. |
Anonymous
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Teacher lurking.
If you feel like your child has grown, had a good year, etc., a note that says so does mean a great deal to us. Thanks. |
Anonymous
| thoughtful note/letter for me. in this economy, after the crushing tuition, annual fund, auction, and all the miscellaneous add-ons, i'm tapped out by the end of the year. hope the teachers will understand. |
Anonymous
| Another teacher here. A nice, personalized note would mean so much! That would top my list of desired end-of-year gifts. |
Anonymous
| Personalized stationary. |
Anonymous
| Is there a legal limit for how much we can spend on a teacher? She did a few favors for us and we would like to get her something extra special. |
Anonymous
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I'd be surprised if there were a legal limit at private schools, but your school may have a policy. Check the handbook.
Personally, I think that even in this situation the best gift would be an appreciative letter and perhaps some simple flowers. I understand that you are motivated by gratitude, but doing more could be construed as an ex post payoff. |
Anonymous
| Zip. |
Anonymous
| Growing up and attending public schools, my family always gave teachers some sort of gift. Not always fancy, but something: a good cookbook, book of personal interest to them, giant tins of home-baked items, etc. Now, I try to give my children's teachers something directly of interest or use to them, or in some cases, something fun like a pie plate with a pie in it, or movie passes. |
Anonymous
| My DDs private school does not allow teacher gifts at holidays or year end. It includes some pretty wealthy parents so I think they are trying to level the playing field. I love it. |
Anonymous
This doesn't sound very good for the teachers! |
Anonymous
| Perhaps the teachers feel they have a full supply of coffee mugs and other mementos already. Actually the school allows parents to donate to a general pool, or contribute extra tickets, to be distributed to the teachers and staff overall. There are lots of way to express appreciation that don't involve gifts. |
Anonymous
| Nada. |