May 2024

May 08

How to Celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week

As National Teacher Appreciation Week approaches, your school might be considering ways to recognize its educators. Teachers and professors deserve all the praise for their hard work as they educate children, teens and adults. Check out these ideas to celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week this year.

1. Give Personalized Gifts

Have your teachers complete a survey beforehand with their favorite candy, book, snack, restaurant or whatever else you want to highlight. Use this information for gift ideas of what to give for teacher appreciation week.

Here are some examples:

A teacher’s favorite book signed by their students
A bouquet of their favorite flowers for their desk
A gift card to their favorite restaurant for a date night with their spouse
Stocking the teacher’s lounge with their favorite snacks

2. Involve the Students

A teacher can’t be a teacher without their students. Involve their students in the week by allowing them to appreciate their educators. For younger students, lay out paper and banners for them to color and write messages on. Older students can write their teachers a note. Use the artwork and personalized notes to decorate their classrooms, or use the paper as a tablecloth for an appreciation dinner. You can also invite the students to vote for teacher superlatives or a Teacher of the Week award.

3. Cater Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

Whether it’s teacher appreciation week or national teachers day, you can show appreciation to teachers through the shared love of food. You can provide breakfast, lunch or dinner for your teachers. Try a casual come-and-go or a whole sit-down meal with a short program outside school hours. Incorporate other elements into the feast — such as personalized gifts and student decorations — to tie the whole week together.

Apple Spice Is Your Go-To Catering Company for Teacher Appreciation Week

At Apple Spice, we can provide optimal catering solutions for your teacher appreciation week. In our over 30 years of experience, we have perfected our recipes and continue to use only the freshest ingredients, preparing everything on the day of your event.

Specifically, we can offer the following for your teachers:

Breakfast catering: We can provide sweet and savory breakfast foods for your teacher’s lounge. A hearty and full breakfast can fuel your teachers to face the school day ahead. Treat them to pastries, fruit, eggs, yogurt parfaits and more. We also have Early Bird boxes that contain everything you need in one.
Boxed lunch catering: We are well-known for our unique boxed lunch catering. One box has a sandwich, side, soup, salad and cookie. Build your own assortment of boxes for your teachers to grab and go for lunch!
Hot food catering: If you’d prefer to honor your teachers during one big event outside of the school day, host a dinner and invite the teachers, their spouses and members of your school administration. Apple Spice has delicious hot food catering options that can be served buffet style or fully plated for a more formal experience.

Order From an Apple Spice Catering Near You

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1. Hand out Goodie Bags

Who would turn down free stuff? Put together a gift bag for each of the nurses on your staff. You can make them as general or as personalized as you wish — or as your budget allows. Here’s some inspiration for items to put in each bag:

Thank-you note

Gift card

T-shirt

ID lanyard

Candy or snacks

Lotion

2. Highlight a Nurse Each Day

Make a highlight bulletin board and feature a different nurse’s accomplishments each day. You can feature one nurse in your department daily or choose a nurse from each department in your facility. Note their position and how long they’ve been at your facility, including some fun facts about them. If you haven’t done this before, start this year and make it an annual tradition!

3. Treat Their Tastebuds

There is no better way to show your appreciation than through the powerful language of food. Apple Spice can help you serve a delicious meal to your nurses at any time of the day:

Serve a sweet and savory breakfast: Nurses work around the clock, making breakfast a great choice to serve to most employees. Third-shift nurses can eat their “dinner,” while first-shift can grab fuel for the workday ahead.

Cater unique boxed lunches: We know nurses are busy bees, and gathering for a meal together during the day can be hard. Instead of a hot meal, you can provide box lunches for them to grab and go at their own pace.

Host an appreciation dinner: If you want to cater to as many of your nurses as possible, schedule an appreciation dinner at the end of the week. Nurses can invite their spouses and share a delicious catered meal, celebrating their continuous hard work.

Why Choose Professional Catering From Apple Spice?

Apple Spice Catering has catering solutions to help you properly thank your nurses for all their hard work. When you order from us, you will experience the following benefits:

Everything is made in-house: We only use the freshest ingredients to make your whole meal from scratch. For example, the sandwich bread in our lunch boxes is made fresh daily.

We deliver right to your door: When you place an order, we will bring it all to you — whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner. No pickup is required!

Our unparalleled experience: Apple Spice has over 30 years in the catering industry, teaching us the value of hard work and quality ingredients. Our expertise and loyal customers have allowed us to continue growing to nearly 50 locations across the United States.