Appreciating Our Teachers

Submitted by Katya Villalobos


Dear Parents and Guardians,

These past two mornings I was doing what I love best, visiting classrooms. I learned about the solubility constant, titration, role of presidential advisors, physics equations that would take me days to complete, the role of God in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, genetically modified foods, schools during the Argentine dictatorship, prisms, Johnson and the Vietnam War, and much, much more.

It is serendipity that Staff Appreciation Week, Peer Observation, and Student Shadowing are all occurring simultaneously. Sometimes lost in the meetings and activities we do, and all the other responsibilities we have on campus and at home, is that we have the greatest job in the world--teaching and working with OUR students. If you have time come by and please read the comments from our students about their teachers in the Staff Lounge.

Thank you for ALL the work you do, it is much appreciated. See you at the Staff Appreciation Luncheon.

Here are some quotes I thought you might enjoy about teaching, because ALL of you are our partners:

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. ~Victor Hugo

If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. ~Thurgood Marshall

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~Author Unknown

“A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.”
Aristotle

“It should be recognized that the proper status of teachers and due public regard for the profession of teaching are of major importance.”
UNESCO (Art. 5 of 1996 Recommendation)

“Teach the children so that it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”
Abraham Lincoln

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
Benjamin Franklin

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”
H.G. Wells

“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.”
Dan Rather

"Teachers are rock stars." Katya Villalobos



Sincerely,
Katya Villalobos
Principal