I normally go all out for Teacher Appreciation week, but this year my kids (2nd grade DD and 3rd grade DS) not only switch classes and each have 3 teachers, not including their 'specials' classes, but 2 of those teachers are new and I don't know the first thing about them. One of them started last week (sons homeroom teacher hurt her shoulder and need surgery, so she's out for the rest of the year) so I don't even remember her name half the time.

My DD's HR teacher resigned because her 3 yr old DD was ill and she had to miss a lot of school. The teacher has been there since they came back from Spring Break, but I've never met her. She did send a note home to introduce herself, but the other one didn't.

Maybe I'll just send them a flower or some and do a flower and note for the rest of the teachers. I do send lots of stuff in throughout the year, but I just do that when I come across good sales, clearance stuff etc. It makes me sick that the teachers not only get paid so little, but then have to spend their own money to buy supplies. I don't know if all schools are like this, but our teachers even have to buy their own paper for the photocopier! Just think about all the money that they spend just for that, since most every thing they do is on something they've copied. It's pathetic.