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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here.

I've loved our school's take on the week; Each grade level's room parents took on a day (Monday 4&5, Tue 3rd&2nd, Wed 1st Grade, Thurs Kin, Fri PK). There is a table in the teacher's lounge that has been grab and go for treats/appreciation gifts. This also coincided with grade level classroom presentations, so many parents were already in the building.

No pressure for parents to participate.  Our PTA used it as a community building activity and it was well planned out, with donations from a few local businesses. They provided amazing continental breakfasts, had coffee and snacks delivered, goodie bags, and cards from their children each day. Morale has definitely been boosted as this is a tough time of year for most of us.

The great thing is that para-professionals, service providers, and other support staff (behavior techs etc) that also work with children were able to enjoy the treats gifts.

Our teaching staff is diverse in gender and age; we have teachers who are also mothers of small children, fathers, grandparents, beloved aunts/uncles, etc.  I think caring about one another is a good thing.

We also have family appreciation day at our school (parent appreciation day). The term family is intentional as many of our students have non-traditional care structures.  Children make cards for their family and the school provides a few school branded items for families to keep.  This also coincides with a schoolwide assembly and is the kickoff for Family Fun Day. Some schools have "Grandparents Day" which is similar in concept.

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Calling businesses to solicit donations is the worst.  Your whole week sounds like a lot of work and I’m sure many of the parents felt pressured into doing it.  Glad you enjoyed it, but I think it is poor taste for you to minimize the effort that went into it.[/quote]

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