During the week of Nov. 16-20, Knights of Excellence (KOE) members will be celebrating American Education Week.

Teachers will be recognized as students will realize how important their educators are.


Teachers will be given the oppor­tunity to dress up and participate with North students each day of that week.

“[American Education Week] gives teachers an opportunity to get acknowledged for their work and just to have a little bit of fun as well,” Co-vice president Meagan Bruns said. “Students can realize how much teach­ers actually do for us as students.”

Last year, KOE celebrated American Education Week for the first time. The theme was Hollywood. This year, KOE decided on a Homecoming dance theme.

“This year [the theme] gets students more involved with the daily activities and dress-up days,” officer Monica Dutridge said.

The events and dress-up themes of the week include teachers dressing in: North attire, alumni attire, dressing as the teachers ‘clique’ (cheerleader, jock, etc), teachers dressing as stu­dents (vice versa), and Homecoming formal attire.

“Some students really get into [American Education Week],” Dutridge said.

To recognize the teachers that are participating in the festivities, a raffle will be held on Wednesday Nov. 18 where multiple prizes will be given away to teachers. KOE members will be walking around with tickets and will be asking teachers questions. Once teachers answer one of the questions that the KOE members ask, they will receive a ticket. The teacher with the most tickets then wins a prize.

Because last year’s American Education Week was the first for Knights of Excellence to celebrate, most members have high hopes for this year as well.

“I just hope students realize that being a teachers isn’t always boring,” president of KOE Lauren Brown said. “[Teachers] work really hard and give so much for us to go unrecognized.”