Anonymous
12/05/2023 06:53
Subject: Holiday teacher gifts
Anonymous wrote:Two MCPS students at elementary level. If there isn’t a room mom you can help organize so there is one! Each school is different.
We give $50 for each main teacher plus a small gift and note, and $20 for all specials teachers. If I could give these people a million bucks and the car of their dreams I would lol, it’s a small price to pay to support these teachers!!
They are all amazing except my 5th grader’s teacher who is a stone cold dick head but even then he is there teaching, responding to all us parents, and just showing up and teaching which is a hero’s labor in my book.
We also support as much as possible donating wipes, glue sticks, whatever they need.
As s specials teacher, I appreciate almost anything. I only get a handful of gifts (and believe me I get it that people might only have money in the budget for a classroom teacher gift) but I always give a handwritten thank you note to every kid.
Anonymous
12/03/2023 23:47
Subject: Holiday teacher gifts
Anonymous wrote:Another gift for MS teachers: a box of 150 presharpened pencils ($15 on Amazon). I go through one or two a quarter, which is effectively one or two pencils student per quarter, but can cost $60+ for the year. I am slightly jealous of ES teachers who can ask parents to donate supplies.
A parent once sent in construction paper and I was so grateful.
That's not a gift and if you need it, just ask the parents.