Looking Teacher Appreciation Ideas for High School Teachers

[momoftwins]

Well, a new experience for me. I had no problems in the earlier years, but have no experience with high school teachers. I would love to hear of your ideas

Thanks and have a great day!

 

[golfgal]

No one really gives high school teachers gifts, at least around here...kids think it is like brown-nosing.

 

[SLK1]

Are you heading up a Teacher Appreciation Committee? Or just gifts in general from your children?

Our high school is HUGE, and they've done things like candy bars, small bags of coffee or teas, $5 Starbucks or Panera cards, mints, fruit, etc. (from the Committee...each day they get something and then each quarter, there is a breakfast or lunch catered).

From individual students, I have two high schoolers and they would DIE if I sent in a gift for their teachers. My friend is a high school English teacher and she gets very little...what she does appreciate is when she writes a college recommendation letter, she likes when they acknowledge that with a small token, because it takes quite a bit of time, especially if she writes several. So, keep that in mind; otherwise, not sure I would send in stuff from an individual child. Just my two cents...

 

[Mary•Poppins]

I have only given a gift if a high school teacher went out of their way to help my child. (My middle son was having trouble in history and his teacher helped him after school a few days. At Christmas I gave him a give certificate to our bakery. I came to school and put it in his mailbox ... there is no way my son would give it to him.)

I also get a large cookie tray from our local bakery and place it in the office one day around Christmas week for the whole staff with a note that says thank you.

Other than that, I agree with a previous poster that you usually don't give gifts to high school teachers.

 

[Liberty Belle]

The only thing my son ever brought in for a high school teacher was a Tide Stain Stick, that he picked up himself when he was at the store. He had German right after lunch and his teacher always spilled something on his shirt and tried to clean it off with water.

I don't know what your budget is, but I bet even just a $5 giftcard to Starbucks would be appreciated. If your child has 8 teachers like mine, that would be $40.

 

[momoftwins]

this is really not like the "what does my 1st grader bring to his teacher for Christmas gift", but more of a list of ideas that we as a parent/student body do for the teachers to show they are appreciated.

This could be something like: washing their car at lunch time or bringing in a baked treat for the teacher's lounge

This will be ideas that can be done throughout the year. Does this make sense?

 

[Disfan3]

I teach high school!

Donuts with juice/milk for breakfast

Books for classroom libraries

iTunes gift cards (for audiobook purchases or educational film purchases)

Treat bags with candies/candles/coffees/movie tickets

Pizza ordered in for lunch

student volunteers/ make out coupons to help with cleaning classrooms like dusting, etc. You know, things that don't get done every day by cleaning staff...

At my school, our PTO makes a pasta meal for us one night when we have conferences late. This is a WONDERFUL way to say thank you since we do not get more than a 30 min dinner break from about 3:30 to 8:30 on one of our conference nights...a hot meal that night is appreciated!!!!!

I don't know about car washes...LOL!! Hard to do in my state when its cold most of the school year!!

 

[momoftwins]

A big thank you. This is exactly what i was looking for. Anyone else have any great ideas to share? Also, a big thank you to all teachers and I hope you all have a great school year!

 

[jam217]

I teach at a middle school and several times a year the PTO surprises us with homemade treats in the lunch room such as small desserts (brownies, cupcakes etc.), cheese trays, bagels, crackers, veggie tray, hummus. We love it. They also do a very nice lunch for us during teacher appreciation week. It's nice that it's a surprise, too. We never know about it until that morning when the secretary sends out an email.