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Teacher's gifts for end of the year

Posted: Jun 10, 2012

Anyone have any good ideas for teachers gifts? I was thinking of gift cards, but am always so unsure of how much to put on them. My 1 son has 1 teacher and 3 assistants in his rooom throughout the week (1 full time and 2 part time helpers), so I would need to buy for all 4 of them. My little guy has 1 teacher and 1 assistant in preschool, so I would need for them too. Also my big guy has a bus driver and an assistant so I want to get them a little something as well.

Any help or suggestion on how much you would do a gift card for would be great!

Thanks!!

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Teacher's gifts. - MTgrandma

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Most of the teachers I am acquainted with love to get gift cards (in any amount) to office/stationary/hobby stores, since they have to spend their own money to buy lots of the craft/bulletin board/prizes etc for their classrooms. I also have, for my kids and grandkids, asked the teachers at the beginning of the year what kind of supplies I could donate to the classrooms--they usually need envelopes/paper/pencils/stickers/craft supplies and I check the clearance merchandise while I'm shopping and when I find inexpensive items, send them to school. :)

Someone just gave me a Panera gift card that I love. NM - anon

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NM

Their paychecks.... - sm

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I never understood why you have to buy the teachers a gift?? Nobody gives me a gift for doing my job. I have given little things when my son was little to THE teacher, not for everyone who darkens the doorway. I have never and will never "tip" a teacher with a gift card and I do not think it should be allowed.

It is not about giving them a gift for doing their job - CJ

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Yes, they do their job and they get a paycheck for it. It is nice to show how much you appreciate what the teachers do and how giving they are. Many teachers spend their own money for things they use in the classroom. My son's teacher purchased special projects for the kids with gift cards that she recived from last years class. Did they need to do the extra projects....NO, but did it make learning and school a little more fun...YES! So I would like to pay it forward and give a gift card for next years class. We donate throughout the year for things that they need...tissues, bags and such. I also help out in the school so I see and know that the teachers spend their own money on things. I got the teachers gift cards and the assistants a Yankee Candle Jar. We have excellent teachers in this school and it shows as my kids love school and learning, so if I buy them a candle and give them a gift card to show my appreciation....so be it. I might also add that the teachers gave my kids Christmas gifts and they give them end of the year gifts. I just think it is a nice thing to do.

sm really? - NicoleMT

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sm you would really just give a gift to the teacher if there was a teacher and an assistant in the class? I find that sad. The teachers assistants do just as much with the kids as the teachers do. I always said that I would be one not to give teachers gifts, but now that my kids are in school, by the end of the year the teachers are like family and I do not want to say good bye, so I give them a gift. Teachers do not get paid all that much for what they have to do. Think about it!

i agree - mmm

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I have never given teachers end-of-year gifts yet and never will. I think it's a ridiculous custom & people only do it because of peer pressure. "All the other kids give something, so my kid has to too!" Then everyone tries to one-up the other on what gift they gave. My best friend is a teacher, and let me tell you she hates most of the cr@p she gets every May/June. She would much rather people pass the school levies when they come up than waste their money on stupid tokens that mostly end up in the trash.

that is why I do gift cards for teaching stores - Carrie

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Not likely to end up in the garbage and the teacher will use it. I do not give in to peer pressure. If I think the teacher was great then I will give her a gift at the end of the year. My little guys kindergarten teacher last year was AMAZING! She just went above and beyond in everything that she did. My son came off the bus last year sobbing on the last day of school, he was so upset he had to leave his teacher. Honestly, if I did not think the teacher was a good teacher then I do not get them anything. We never have a problem with our budget passing in my town because most of the people that live here have kids and understand it is important.

Now that is a good idea.... - paychecks

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If I really felt compelled to give a gift to a teacher for a personal reason, I would definitely agree to that. When my kids were in elementary school, I was always in the class helping and would donate supplies to the room without question because I knew the teacher was dipping into her own pocket, but as far as giving gift cards for dining out, etc., I just do not feel it is appropriate. It sets people up to play favorites and make others who cannot afford to gift in that way feel "less than." If I were a teacher, I would express to the parents that I did not accept gifts, but would accept things for the classroom and all the parent support I could get.

The "room parents" in each of the classes - in our district

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usually take up a collection at the end of the year, and your child's name is on the card whether you contribute or not. They take whatever is in the collection and purchase a Visa, AMEX or MC gift card. I try to contribute generously as I know the teachers put a lot of one-on-one time in with my son.

I love when the parents get together and do that :) - CJ

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it makes thinks much easier :)

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