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Teacher Appreciation Week E-CardsDon't forget to send Teacher Appreciation Week E-cards by 5/10/2009. The History of Teacher Appreciation WeekNational Teacher Day is celebrated on the first Tuesday of the first full week in May. Its origins date back to 1944 when Arkansas schoolteacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge brought her desire for a national day of recognition of teachers to political and educational leaders. Finally, in 1953, she wrote a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, who promptly persuaded Congress to declare a National Teacher Day.Until 1985, the National Education Association celebrated the holiday in March, but the National PTA declared the first full week in May Teacher Appreciation Week, with National Teacher Day on that Tuesday. Teacher Appreciation Week is a time to recognize the accomplishments of all teachers for their hard work and dedication to their jobs. There are over 6.2 million teachers in the United States. 71% of them are female (facts taken from the U.S. Censor Bureau)
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