Daily Drawings

The Rosa Parks Elementary PTO in Woodbridge, Va., planned a very special Teacher Appreciation Week. The group solicited its community and collected almost $800 worth of gift cards from local restaurants. The PTO then contributed another $525, making it possible to draw every teacher’s name that week. The gift cards ranged from $10 to $50; one even offered a lunch for four. Volunteers announced the winners’ names in front of their classes so their students could cheer them on, as well as listed them daily in the teachers lounge on a dry-erase board.