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Ideas to Celebrate Teachers

Teacher Appreciation Week is a great opportunity to show the teachers in your life how very special they are. One teacher shares her ideas for making the week extra special.

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Ideas for Open House

A PTO member shares ideas that her school uses to make Open House night fun and interactive, encouraging participation and engaging families.

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Teacher Appreciation Week

Get everyone involved in planning appreciation events for Teachers! With a little help and inginuity, you can plan a fabulous week to celebrate your staff, and go easy on the budget.

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Custom CD Case - For Lasting Memories

School-year photos preserved on a CD are a great end-of-year gift to your kids! These fun CD Cases make them personal and extra special!

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Family Reading Night

Family Reading Night is a great way to encourage parental involvement with reading, get kids excited about reading, and have fun doing it!

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Fun Ideas for Read Across America Day

Celebrate "Read Across America Day" with fun activities to inspire your young readers. Take advantage of this day to nurture their appreciation of books, authors and stories, and help them develop a lifelong love of reading.

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Wild Valentines

Make these cute Jungle Animal Valentines with your class. They're an affordable and unique alternative to store-bought valentines.

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I Dig You - Valentine Shovels

This fun project is a Valentine's Day favorite! Make shovels as a class project to hand out to friends, family or another class at school.

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20 Ways to use Award Pins

Award Pins are one of the most affordable ways to reward success, good behavior, and achievements. They provide lasting memories and help boost student engagement. Here are 20 ways you can use pins.

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100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days

You'll never be short of ideas for celebrating your 100th Day of School! We've compiled 100 ideas to fill your whole day with fun!

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Student Awards and Recognition

Anderson's Awards & Recognition catalog is new and exciting! Filled with ideas and inspiration for rewarding and recognizing your students. PLUS you'll get a bonus catalog featuring Teacher, Staff & Volunteer recognition ideas!

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Cyber Monday

Celebrate Cyber Monday with Anderson's! We've got big plans for you including HOT deals and HUGE giveaways! Get the inside scoop and be "in the know" about all the Cyber Monday events happening at Anderson's.

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Celebrate Educators This Holiday Season

Tired of giving the same old knick-knacks year after year? Here are 6 fun ideas to recognize teachers, staff and volunteers this holiday season.

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Planning Your Fall Events

Fall is the perfect time for family nights, fundraisers and fun events. As you settle in to the new school year, get families together and build your school community, raise funds and have fun. But don't stress over the planning. This guide will help walk you through the planning process easily and quickly.

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Back to School

Vacation's winding down, and it's time for back-to-school strategizing. Make sure your school’s staff and students have everything they need to start the year off on the right foot!
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Yearbooks

Yearbooks have been capturing the memories of our past since the 1600’s. When students would fill in blank pages with newspaper clippings, memos and dried flowers. From elementary school to high school and even through college yearbooks have been a great piece of memorabilia that has stayed with us throughout our lives and even something that has turned into an heirloom for some families.
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Teacher Appreciation Week Gift Ideas

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8, 2009. This is the time to say "Thank You" to all the teachers in your school for the dedication they display every day in shaping the lives of children. While verbally expressing your thanks is important, tangible tokens of acknowledgement go a long way when it comes to letting your teachers know how much you appreciate their hard work and commitment. Here are a few Teacher Appreciation gift ideas the educators at your school will love.

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Track and Field Day

Field Day is just around the corner. Are you ready?

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Celebrating Earth Day In Your Classroom

Looking for some fun Earth Day Activities? Getting your students involved in activities that help the earth will have a huge impact on the future of our planet. Here are some earth-friendly and fun projects to get your students involved.

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7 Candy-Free Halloween Favors

This time of year kids are bombarded with treats. Candy, cookies, cupcakes and candied apples seem to find their way into every party. This year why not celebrate with some fun kid-friendly favors of the non-edible variety!

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Make A Patriotic Pinwheel

Kids will be excited about patriotic celebrations with this pinwheel they can make, display and play with. They might even learn a thing or two about history and wind power!  

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Make A Fathers Day Gift That Dad Will Love

When Father's day rolls around, we sometimes struggle for ideas. It's hard to come up with something "Dad" related, that can be made by the kids. This project fit's the bill. Cute, creative, fun to make and it's all about dad.

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5 Family Fun Night Ideas

Family Fun Nights are a great way to get parents and families connected to school. They provide some good family bonding time, inexpensive entertainment, and a great way to raise funds for your school.

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Summer Survival Kit End-Of-Year Ideas

A little something from you, as you say goodbye to your class!

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