What I Have Been Doing With My Life Lately

I was once a teacher. A high school English teacher.

8 years in the trenches at a public high school gave me a pretty good idea of the way teachers and other employees in the educational arena are compensated.

So when the opportunity came available for me to head up "Teacher Appreciation Week" at my kids' elementary school, I guess some psychological factor came into play and I determined to make it a week they wouldn't forget-not one of the 220 of them (including faculty AND staff. Everyone. From principals to cafeteria workers.)

So I, along with an army of helpers, did it up good, reeeeeeeeaaal good.

The theme of the week was JEE Faculty and Staff: you ROCK!

And that simple theme went a long way.

We designed t-shirts (sold over 500):
We made signs and other fun stuff to hang around the school:Home room parents designed a personalized star for each classroom teacher to be hung on her door:The teachers' lounges were decorated according to the decades: (50's)
(60's):(70's):(80's):(2000's) - the ilounge -The kids colored guitars which were hung everywhere:We served them food everyday! Monday was Pizza and Pepsi, Tuesday was breakfast.
(got enormous donations from Quik Trip, Panera Bread, Mimi's, Ferrell's Family Bread, Oil Capitol Limousine and many others)Cool guitar donuts from OK Country Donut ShopOn Wednesday, homeroom moms provided snacks. Tons of them.
And Clary Sage provided massages for two hours for our rock stars.Here are some teachers at the BBQ luncheon on Thursday.
A live band played. (Acoustic Freight Train)Friday, 8 lucky winners were chosen to go to lunch in a limo. They were picked up and whisked away to the Garlic Rose. Here is one of my very good friends who just happened to be chosen to attend!!Although I had TONS of help, this job really did consume me the last couple of months. But it was truly an honor and pleasure to serve all those people who do what they do everyday and get so little back from a worldy standpoint. I am officially retiring from this job, but I am very glad I got a chance to do it. And now I'm glad it's over!!!