and last updated 2021-05-05 08:47:37-04
CHANDLER, AZ â Many parents became teachers overnight during the pandemic when brick-and-mortar schools shut down to in-person learning. The quick and rapid change for parents proved to make them more aware of the job behind teaching, giving many a renewed appreciation for what educators do.
âWe just want them to know how much as parents, PTO, students we appreciate everything theyâve done,â said Melissa Mundt, a parent at Weinberg Gifted Academy in the East Valley.
Melissa Mundt
For months before Teacher Appreciation Week, the students, parents, and administrators at the academy were hard at work getting all the logistics planned out to surprise the staff with handmade posters, banners, capes, and shields made for the teachers they consider to be superheroes.