May 4-8, 2015

2015 TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK

During National Teacher Appreciation Week, we want to thank you and show appreciation for the great work teachers do every day.

Students are able to grow, excel and pursue their dreams thanks to teachers. You are valued and appreciated especially during this week.

On behalf of the Board of Education, I want to wish our teachers in GSCS a very happy Teacher Appreciation Week. We are the best because of you. Thank you for your commitment and loyalty to our students.

You are appreciated!

Jim Smith

Interim Superintendent

In appreciation for your dedication and hard work, Interim Superintendent Jim Smith's gift to staff is a jeans day on Friday, May 8. Be sure to wear appropriate attire and your school spirit shirt.

TEACHER APPRECIATION DISCOUNTS & FREEBIES

In recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week dozens of retail locations and restaurant chains nationwide are joining us in thanking you. These businesses are offering free and/or heavily discounted products to educators to participate in the celebration. Don't miss out on your share of appreciation! Keep in mind that most locations require teachers to provide a valid teacher ID or other proof of employment.

* At the Marco's Pizza in Griffin, on the 2nd Tuesday of each month all educators get 30% off.

Click HERE to see 2015 teacher appreciation discounts and freebies.

HISTORY OF TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY & WEEK

People in the United States started celebrating National Teacher Day in 1953 when Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded Congress to set aside a day to recognize educators. The origins of the idea for a day are unclear. They date to the early 1940s. But some references cite the advocacy of a Wisconsin teacher and other references credit the efforts of a teacher in Arkansas for first working to establish a teacher appreciation day. One of these teachers is thought to have written to Eleanor Roosevelt, urging her to take up the cause.

It didn't become a national day until March 7, 1980, after the National Education Association (NEA) along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City, Kan., local chapter lobbied Congress. People continued to celebrate the day in March until 1984, when the National Parent Teacher Association designated the first full week of May as Teacher Appreciation Week. The following year, the NEA voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.

DID YOU KNOW???

In the United States, 3.7 million people work as elementary and secondary teachers in public schools. (Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2012)

About 40% of people entering the profession in the United States are coming from other careers. (Source: National Education Association)

"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time,

all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence

for nine months, then he might have some conception

of the classroom teacher's job."

~ Donald D. Quinn

"A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow

in every child's eyes."

~Author Unknown