Teacher Appreciation

Although we're homeschoolers, Akiva attends the local public school for the reading/writing block.  Tomorrow is his last day, so he wanted to bring in something special for each of the teachers who work with him.  He made  three bookmarks ---hammered hearts for the ladies, and a manly stamped washer one for the "boy teacher."---and attached them to  notes for each of his teachers.  

The inscriptions made my night:


Dear Mrs. Powers,
I thank you for a great year at Windsor.  I hope you like the bookmark.
Akiva B.

That done, he turned his attention to his in-class tutor.  "Can I write the same thing?" he wondered.  "You could," I told him, "but it wouldn't be very classy."  He thought for a minute, then produced this little gem:

Dear Mrs. Raftis,

My imagination is limited when it comes to writing.  Thank you for a fantastic year.
Your friend,
Akiva

"Almost done, " he reported. "Just need to do one for Mr. Sharkey."  (Mr. Sharkey is the classroom teacher, and Akiva worships him a little.)

Dear Mr. Sharkey,
I don't know about you, but I've had a fantastic year.  I've learned so much from you and I thank you for that.  Please don't brag to the other teachers that your card is the biggest.  I hope you like the bookmark.
Akiva

P.S.  You should watch Hogan's Heroes.

I couldn't have said it better myself.