For This, I am Thankful

Wooohhhweeee! If you’re in education, there is no doubt that these past few years have felt like one big rollercoaster ride. From the pandemic, to CDC guidelines, to politics, to teacher shortages, to guest-teacher shortages, to school board meeting showdowns…the list seems unending.

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we’ve polled our administrator and teacher friends to create a different kind of list; one filled with gratitude and with thanks.

Check out our list of all things to be thankful for according to those on the frontlines in our schools:

  • Watching children welcome a new classmate to our ‘learning family’
  • Having recess duty on a beautiful autumn afternoon
  • Scanning my classroom and seeing that (almost) all my students are ‘on task’
  • Fall break, Winter Break, Spring Break!
  • My teacher-bestie leaving a handful of chocolates on my desk
  • Matching grade-level T-Shirts
  • Seeing my students having an ‘a-ha’ moment!
  • Walking into my classroom with everything in place after being out sick
  • Listening to my ELL students engaging in conversation using their newly acquired English!
  • ‘Jeans Day’ for teachers
  • When my students accidentally call me ‘mom’, ‘auntie’, and even ‘grandma’! There’s nothing sweeter.
  • When I complete screening and testing so that I can actually teach!
  • Having the support of my administration
  • Being allowed to use my own creativity in my teaching
  • Our school staff ‘walking-club’ doing a few laps around the gym after dismissal
  • Undisrupted planning time!
  • Noticing specific children using self-regulating techniques
  • Our hardworking custodial staff that keeps our building spic and span!
  • The smell of a newly opened box of crayons, newly printed book, and new tub of Play-Doh
  • Hearing our PreK students singing joyfully in the classroom

At GrapeSEED we’re thankful for school staff at every level, for families, and for students. You are a gift!

Want to add ‘Teaching with GrapeSEED’ to your list of things to be thankful for? Check us out by clicking here !