ACS parents, students, and administrators found creative and heart-warming ways to make our teachers feel extra special during Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8, even as the COVID-19 pandemic required social distancing measures to keep everyone safe.
Elementary students in each class worked together to create special photo collages for their teachers that were emailed to them by Elementary Principal Gail Alford. Each collage included a message that said how much the students missed them and appreciated them for being such an amazing teacher. A Teacher Appreciation Video was also created with warm, personal messages from our K-12 students thanking teachers for their efforts during this difficult COVID-19 period of remote teaching.
CLICK HERE to view the Teacher Appreciation Video, which runs almost 13 minutes and was posted on the ACS Facebook page and YouTube channel.
On Tuesday, the Parent-Teacher Fellowship treated teachers to a complimentary chicken Caesar salad lunch that they could drive by and pick up at the school and also gave teachers Wawa gift-cards.
On Thursday and Friday, the administrative staff did drive-by gift bag drop-offs at the homes of every teacher and full-time aide. The gift bags included a specially-designed ACS Quarantine 2020 shirt and mug, snacks, a Wawa gift card, tissues, hand sanitizer, and more.
“It was great to see their smiling faces in person,” said Upper School Principal Meg McHale. “We are so thankful for all their efforts to keep our students involved and engaged. We even had a few laughs as we interrupted some of their Zoom classroom teaching sessions when we dropped by.”
