Kathleen Thomas | 2010/04/16

As a business and marketing teacher, I read Randy Pausch's passage from "The Last Lecture" about showing thanks and appreciation to my high school seniors when they are close to graduation. I then allow them to make their own or use notecards that I provide, to write a note to any adult in the building. Most of the kids choose a teacher, but some write notes of appreciation to our custodial staff or our cafeteria employees. The teachers LOVE the letters and many staff members have started a similar activity with their own students.

[Explicit] | 2010/04/12

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mytest | 2010/04/12

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Donna Sweet | 2009/11/21

For many years, I have had my eighth grade English classes write a thanksgiving letter to their parent(s)/guardian, a past/current teacher and a friend (optional/ extra credit). I have had them type in the computer labs, my classroom student computers, or hand wrote them. I provided stationary. I just read the letters enough to verify the content was appropriate. I would give full credit for the first two if completed. I collected the teacher letters to place in their mailboxes in the office and/or sent to other district schools' teachers. I encouraged they give their letters personally.

Janet | 2009/11/11

I also do this but I often have the students write a note to a teacher or staff member who has done something nice for them and I put them in their mailboxes before we leave for Thanksgiving. You wouldn't believe how much that means to a teacher!