Happy Teacher’s Appreciation Week to all the teachers out there. Did you thank your favorite teacher this week?
I’ve always appreciated teacher, both the ones I had growing up and my kid’s teachers. It’s not until I became an assistant to a teacher in a Kindergarten program did I realize just how much goes on “behind the scenes.” Coming up with lesson plans, grading tests, projects, parent/teacher conferences… its A LOT of work.
THANK YOU to all those wonderful and amazing teachers out there.
For the first-time, the fabulous online shopping destination, zulily, has created an entire campaign all around supporting and celebrating amazing teachers across the country!
For Teacher’s Appreciation week, zulily is highting the 50 winning teachers of their “Thank a Teacher Contest”. They had a whopping 8,000+ entries in their contest. They even ran six educated-themed events, curated by teachers.
FYI… you and teachers get an additional 15% off if you shop product from these events. Nice!
In addition, zulily created beautiful videos where parents and their kids were asked to “thank a teacher” and share their appreciation.
Check out some of those touching videos (below).
Awww… I love how emotional some of the people in the video got talking about the teacher’s that touched their lives the most.
I also agree with that one teacher in the second video about how teacher’s have many “bosses” including parents and students. I can certainly relate to that.
Did you know the average teacher spends $500 in their classroom. I can believe that. Even I, as an assistant, spends money on our classroom. What’s even more impressive, one in ten teacher’ spend $1,000 or more. WOW! Talk about commitment and dedication.
Winners of zulily’s “Thank a Teacher Contest” were given $500 to use towards their classrooms on zulily.com.
I know that some people think zulily offers consumers boutique style clothing. While that is true, zulily offers consumers so much more. They have plenty of shops for teacher supplies and so much more. They also carry plenty of brand name items as well as small “mom and pop” type products/stores – all up to 70% regular retail prices.
“Educators are a cornerstone of our community and great teachers have encouraged and impacted everyone in meaningful ways, big and small. What makes teachers unique is their passion and dedication to go above and beyond, personally investing time and money to better their students and their environments,” said Darrell Cavens, CEO of zulily. “We wanted to bring visibility to everything that teachers do and spotlight a few stories that are emblematic of all teachers who have moved our customers and employees. A heartfelt thank you, from all of us here at zulily.”
I think it’s wonderful that zulily took the time to highlight and reward dedicated teachers across the country.
Here are a few of the contest winners.
Marina Collier, 2nd Grade, Gilmore Elementary, League City, TX. Marina has gone above and beyond for what she considers her children in her home away from home. I have seen Mrs. Collier literally give a little girl one of the shirts off her own back when she was cold. She goes above and beyond to make each student realize they have potential for all things and while they may alone sometimes in this world they will always have her and her love for years to come. She’s not just a teacher, she is someone people should strive to be more like. – Meagan Molina
Crystal Schroeder, Special Education Work-Based Learning Coordinator for Hiawatha Valley Education District, Winona, MN.Crystal serves students within all disability areas, including Emotional Behavioral Disorders, Specific Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other such disabilities. In rural Minnesota, she travels to about 13 schools in the district to teach emotionally challenged and autistic students job skills, find them jobs, and works with employers to monitor their job skills and performance. – Cynthia Miller
Lisa Gifford, Language arts, Keller Primary School, Peoria, IL. Lisa has been teaching for Peoria School District 150 in Peoria, IL. for the past seven years. She mixes art, drama and reading to engage the students because she truly believes all children can learn when given opportunities to experience learning through their strongest ability, talent, and interest. She gives 110% daily in all she does and especially while teaching. Teachers everywhere give their all daily with little recognition or appreciation and Lisa is no different; but I feel she does an awesome job due to her ambitious desire to teach every child to their highest ability level. – Eva Balek
If you would love to learn more about the 50 inspiring winners of zulily’s Thank a Teacher Contest and how they have impacted lives everywhere, visit The Find.
Visit zulily.com. You can also check them out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. For more #zulilyThankATeacher inspiration and news you can also check out their social media accounts.
Did you have a special teacher growing up that you’d love to thank? What about your child/grandchild’s current teacher/teachers?
Are YOU a teacher?
Feel free to share your thoughts and your story in the comment section of this post.
Kimberly
*I have partnered with zulily to bring you this compensation. I’ll be receiving a zulily gift code in exchange for my participation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.