Teachers epitomize the purest sense of the helping relationship – helping others to become all that they can be. In coping with their students’ anxiety, alienation and ailments, I have seen teachers take on the roles of mother, father, brother, sister, best friend, mentor, tutor, counselor, mediator, disciplinarian, policeman, referee, judge, peacemaker, preacher, nurse, director, organizer, taskmaster and, more importantly, full-time human being. If it were important or needed, they made it happen. I also have seen teachers go the extra mile for their students. I have seen teachers give students their “roots of responsibility” and “wings of wonderment.” With few exceptions, I have found teachers to be competent and caring. Both of our sons graduated from Norfolk Public Schools, with honors, John in 1996 and Ellery in 2000 as class valedictorian.įrom 1992 to 1996, I served as the coordinator of Norfolk’s Truancy Action Program.
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Over the years, my wife, Isabel “Ellie” Horton, and I have been active PTA members and ardent supporters of public education. Teachers are too important to our children and community. This is an opportunity for citizens to show their support and reaffirm their commitment to parent-teacher-student partnerships.
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This year, Teacher Appreciation Week runs from May 4 to May 8, with Tuesday being National Teacher Day.
#BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK 2015 FULL#
In the mid-1980s, the National PTA established the first full week of May as Teacher Appreciation Week and the National Education Association proclaimed Tuesday of that week as National Teacher Day.