Teacher Appreciation Ideas for Middle-School Students

Steer your middle-schooler's energy into these great teacher-celebration ideas.

1. Design a Thank-You Card
Your child can write a note or poem about why she appreciates her teacher. She can design a special card or decorate her poem with pictures that show what her teacher has taught her.

Short on time? Email this card to your favorite teacher.

2. Create a Teacher Recipe
For example:
1 Cup of Patience
1 Tablespoon of Fun
A Pinch of Courage
Stir in a love for (science, music, literature) and Voilà, Ms. or Mr. Teacher!

Look at real recipes in cookbooks with your child to help him with the format for writing a recipe. Once his teacher recipe is complete, your child can present it tied to a bag of homemade cookies or muffins.

3. Plan a School Assembly
For a real show-stopping tribute, your children can work with parents (and the PTA), school staff, and fellow students to plan a show to honor teachers. Parents can work with groups of middle-school students to write, direct, and act out skits that portray:

A Typical Day in the Life of a Teacher
School Without Teachers
It's sure to be an assembly filled with original, funny, and heart-warming scenes.

4. Ideas from Parents
Get gift ideas from other parents and then share some ideas of your own.

Gift Basket
Memory Book
More Gift Ideas from Parents

Find more ideas at the Main Teacher Appreciation Page.

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