It is customary to say warm words to teachers at the Last Bell and the graduation party. Students' parents usually prepare a thank you speech. To pleasantly impress teachers, you need to find a middle ground between an official address and warm, sincere words of gratitude.
Preparatory stage
Choose from among the parent activists who will be responsible for preparing the thank you speech. It is better to write a word of thanks in advance in order to approve it with all parents and, if necessary, make adjustments.
Consider why your class is grateful to the school's teaching staff. Write down any ideas. When you prepare the final text, you will need them.
Sketch out a preliminary outline of the thank you speech. Usually it consists of several structural parts: an appeal to the addressee, directly gratitude and wishes. Samples of such texts can be easily found on the Internet.
Writing a thank you speech
Start with a message of thanks. If you say thank you to all subject teachers, it is not worth listing the names. Limit yourself to the general address: "Dear (dear) teachers!"
By name and patronymic, you can contact the director of the school: "Dear Maria Ivanovna and the entire teaching staff who took part in the upbringing of our children!"
In the main part of your appeal to teachers, indicate what you are grateful for. Try to avoid common cliches: “for good parenting”, “for patience”, “for professionalism”, etc. Find the flavor of a specific teaching staff: “for teaching our children to be friends,” “for leading the class to victory in the city competition,” etc.
Next, express your good wishes to the teachers of your children. In addition to the traditional "health and luck", focus on the wishes related to school life: "may the students please you with perseverance and good behavior", "we wish your students to always be the first in olympiads and competitions", etc.
At the end of the speech, you can read a poem dedicated to teaching. Better not very long - one or two quatrains. The entire thank you speech should take no more than one A4 sheet (the text is typed in 14 type). Such a volume can be spoken in 3-5 minutes, without haste, maintaining logical stress.
How and when to express gratitude
It is customary to thank school teachers at Last Call or at the prom. But kind words can be said at the end of the school year in any class.
Talk to the person in charge of the celebration plan when to thank the teachers. Make sure your talk is scripted. This will help avoid clutter and fuss.
One representative or a group of activists of the parent committee can express words of gratitude on behalf of the parents. It is better if the presenters learn the speech and deliver it without a cheat sheet. If there is no time and opportunity to learn the text, prepare a nice folder where you can put the printed thank you word.
After the parents' speech, you can give the teachers flowers or gifts from the parent committee. It all depends on the traditions of the school and the decision made by the parents.
