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The PTSA hosts a luncheon each spring to thank the teachers and other staff for their efforts on behalf of the students. PTSA volunteers organize, decorate, contribute food and host the event.
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| "If you can read this, thank a teacher...." |
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National Teacher Day
National Teacher Day is a time for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives. National Teacher Day is always the Tuesday of the first full week of May, so the actual date varies from year to year. That whole week is designated Teacher Appreciation Week by the National PTA . It's a time to strengthen support and respect for teachers and the teaching profession. The history of Teacher Day goes back to 1944. History The origins of National Teacher Day are a bit murky, but it's known that an Arkansas teacher, Mrs. Mattye Whyte Woodridge, began corresponding with political and education leaders as early as 1944 about the need for a national day honoring teachers. One of the leaders she wrote to was Eleanor Roosevelt, who persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day in 1953. In the late 1970s, the National Education Association, its Indiana and Kansas state affiliates, and its local affiliate in Dodge City, Kansas, all lobbied Congress on behalf of creation of a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day for that year only. NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when NEA and the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day. The above is excerpted from the National Teacher Day website. |
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