The first is a project for a teacher who is retiring from our school. My kids have had her for the past 4 years (my daughter has had her for the past 3 years) as she team teaches with two other staff members. She is a wonderful lady who we are going to miss at our school. In fact our school has 4 teachers retiring this year, including the one who retired at Christmas. It is absolutely wonderful for them as they retire, but a big loss to our school community to loose such expertise all the same year and another teacher is going on year long maternity leave. Of our 16 teachers on staff, 3 are retiring and 3 are laid off, and one heads off on maternity leave. This from a staff where most staff have been at the school for 15+ years, including one who is retiring who reportedly has been at the school since 1972!
For my daughter's class the class has made a small gift for this wonderful teacher. The gift is a rice bag made using a school t-shirt. The following poem we wrote ironed on the fabric using fabric transfer paper -- slight frustration as my printer driver doesn't have a "mirror" feature!!!
You've helped so many fingers throughout your teaching years,
You've taught us reading, math and science, and lent a caring ear,
Even when our fingers fumbled, you helped them with a smile,
You've taught us all to chase our dreams and go the extra mile.
You've taught us reading, math and science, and lent a caring ear,
Even when our fingers fumbled, you helped them with a smile,
You've taught us all to chase our dreams and go the extra mile.
And for some of the other teachers I'm using up some UFO 9-patches and making boxes! I have 5 more ready to go... These will be filled with school supplies for the teachers. These are using June's UFO Challenge!
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