This is National Teacher Appreciation Week, “a special time to honor the men and women who lend their passion and skills to educating our children.” This week, we will be focusing on how much we appreciate our amazing teachers (and for those of us at home right now trying our best to stand in for them, we have a greater appreciation for them than ever)!
You may have already heard from your Room Parents about how you can show your gratitude to your individual classroom teachers. In addition to that, we would like to collect short messages of appreciation from as many families as possible, which we will run each morning this week in our Daily Announcements and post on this page. You can highlight one particular teacher or share the love around! Don’t forget about all of our teachers (Mandarin, Music, Library, PE, ECS, Specialists, etc.). Messages can come from children or parents. Send us a short email at driscollpto@gmail.com (just a sentence or two is enough), and we can show our teachers how much we value them (and miss them!).
“We love and miss all the Driscoll teachers tremendously. The video Ms. Goldberg made with the staff brought us the happiest tears and made our hearts so happy. Thank you for all the care, time and support you give our children especially during this crazy time. We can’t wait to see your smiling faces in person again. Virtual hugs to all of you. Ellie would like to give a special shout out to Ms. Stillman, Ms. Snow, Ms. M and Ms. O‘S and all her specials teachers.
Love, The Loscalzo Family.”
“My son said it perfectly - he wouldn't know where to start! So many wonderful teachers, we are so incredibly lucky and grateful for the amazing work they do each and every day.” – Heather Caldwell, mother of Louis Kaufman
“Thank you to the entire Driscoll staff for your fantastic Can't Stop the Feeling lipsync video! I can't quite explain how watching your children's teachers and administrators groove to Justin Timberlake makes you feel like the world is going to be okay, but it had that effect for me. Thank you to the countless teachers such as Ms. Achilli, Ms. Soltani, Wu Lao Shi, Ms. Pritchard, Ms. Bouquet, Mr. Stone, Ms. Goldberg, and Ms. McConnell who have gone out of their way to support my children as learners and as human beings during this time.” – Rebecca Blouwolff, mother to Jonah and Liora
“I want to say thank you to Ms. Snow and Ms. O'Sullivan and Ms. Lenahan and Ms. Kimbro and Mr. Fraelli. Actually every teacher I know because they are all very nice. I love learning at Driscoll and I miss everyone.” – Stella, from 1S
“Words cannot express how grateful we are for the wonderful teachers at Driscoll. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful school community. Thank you for all the time and effort that you put into our children and for truly caring about their education and overall growth and well-being. A huge shout out to Ms. Stark for all that she does for 5S. Her investment in her class, the Driscoll community and environment is extraordinary. Also, many thanks to Ms. Klatzker who despite her own adversity has displayed compassion and caring for her students. We can’t wait to see the halls of Driscoll light up with smiles again. Miss all of you! Love, The Vazirani Family”
“We are so grateful and appreciative of all that all of you do for our kids. The work you all put in every day in person and on-line, in "normal" and "abnormal" times- it is just overwhelming. Both Grace and Micah love Driscoll and all the teachers they've had there- especially Ms. Lenahan, Ms. Snow, Ms. Kuniholm, Ms. Bouquet, Ms. Reid, and Ms. Sullivan. Watching all of you dancing and singing made us smile and we can't wait to see everyone in person...whenever that may be! Thank you for teaching and supporting our kiddos and us! - Jordanna, Andrew, Grace, Micah and Adam”
“We cannot say thank you enough to Mrs. Harrington and to all of the teachers who support her class, including Ms. Tang, Ms. Murphy, and Ms. Reid. Everyone has gone above and beyond in this crazy time, and we would not be learning and growing without you! -The Mayers family”
“Thank you so much to all my teachers for helping me go through this year and for reaching me so many things. I can't even name them all. I especially say thank you to Mrs. Sevigny for giving me so much fun homework. I learned so much! Love, Sasha Levinson”
“Thank you so much to the Driscoll teachers and staff! We are grateful for all of your hard work, kindness, and fun dances and messages during this time!” - The Chen Family (Theo and Christopher, pictured below)
