Credit to Alexis Rowland

With a nationwide shortage of teachers, it is important to show teachers how much people appreciate them. For this reason and many others, FHN is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week this week alongside the rest of the country.

This week and its activities are put together by KOE. These activities include teacher spirit days like wearing pajamas or dressing like a pirate, activities for the teachers to participate in and snacks every day for the teachers. KOE members, with the help of PTO, brought in snacks, sodas and prizes for the teachers to win.

The goal of this week is to have something fun every day for the teachers to enjoy and to show them how much they mean to the entire FHN community. Teachers often enjoy this with the extra attention students give and the gifts that they receive.

“I love seeing everybody dressed up,” KOE sponsor Kristen Johnson said. “I feel like that kind of can just make people happy and excited. So does the camaraderie that comes with planning what you’re going to wear or what you’re going to do. And there’s lunch on Thursday, that’s pretty exciting.”