THANK YOU … for the years you spent writing lesson plans, grading tests, and growing minds.
For making sure EVERY student understood the lesson.
For encouraging students to work hard and follow their dreams. 

This job isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s complex and goes
beyond academic learning. It’s being in the front of 
classroom AND behind the scenes. It’s stocking
your desk with granola bars, supporting a 
student’s mental wellbeing, and becoming
someone’s constant source of stability. 

Those outside of education may never understand
everything you’ve done. You didn’t do this for a paycheck,
you did it for that moment of discovery. That moment
a student took a chance on themselves because they knew
YOU believed in them. Because you knew their growth
is best measured not by test scores, but
by the development in their CHARACTER.

The relationships you built continue far beyond
your classroom. You helped students apply for
scholarships and jobs. You’ve seen them grow up,
start families — you teach THEIR children.
You are part of their success. Your profession is the one
that makes ALL professions possible.