World Teacher's Day

To any teacher who is reading this, I appreciate every hour you spend in meetings, planning and discussing and preparing and assessing. I appreciate your expertise and the education and training that makes you singularly qualified to do what you do. I appreciate your willingness to put up with all of our questions, concerns, emails, calls, and your amazing ability to deal with every parent.

I appreciate every cup of morning coffee you miss, every bathroom break you don’t get, every rushed step you take to meet the demands of your days. I appreciate the care you take to make sure we know our value is more than a test score. I appreciate every tear you spare them by not heaping pressure on them, even while you have to worry about how those scores will affect your own evaluations.

I appreciate the time you take to talk to us, and get to know . I appreciate the sense of family and community you create for us.I appreciate the personality, the joy, and the love you bring into the school.  I appreciate the example you set for us, of the value of education, of being safe, respectful, and responsible.