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Teacher Appreciation Week 2027

How Sweet it is to Bee Taught By You

Teacher Appreciation Week: May 2-8, 2027

During Teacher Appreciation Week 2027, let's celebrate our educators who make learning as sweet as can bee! Teachers are buzzing away all year long, creating engaging learning experiences and tending to their garden of young minds. From the earliest alphabet lessons to the trickiest math problems, their heart and creativity sweeten every day in the classroom.

Their hard work doesn't just fill young minds with knowledge, it fills our community with hope for the future. Thank you to all of our educators for making learning something truly worth the buzz!

Bees Graphic

Get Ready for Sweet Suprises


Walmart is a supporting sponsor of Teacher Appreciation Week, partnering with National PTA to celebrate and uplift our extraordinary educators. We can’t wait to team up and send some sweetness to our amazing educators!

Teacher Appreciation Week 2027



Celebrate Teachers

 

Help us spread the buzz about our teachers! Every gesture adds another spoonful of appreciation to the jar.

Download our free Celebration Toolkit for creative ideas, printable thank-you cards and fun activities that show teachers just how much they're valued. Use our thank-you cards, certificates, flyers, coloring pages, acrostic poem and social media graphics. Download all of the toolkit materials quickly and easily with the following two zip files.

Thank You Card


Use this thank you card to share a message straight from the heart with all of the stellar educators you know.


Thank You Card

Certificates


You, your school principal or PTA/PTSA president can sign and send our ready-made appreciation certificates to the teachers in your life.


Certificate of Appreciation

Flyers


Use these fillable Teacher Appreciation Week flyers!


Flyer - How Sweet to Bee Taught by You

Coloring Pages


Break out your favorite crayons, markers or paint and flex your artistic muscle on these themed coloring pages.


Coloring Pages

Acrostic Poem Activity


Describe your teacher using words that start with the letters T-E-A-C-H-E-R in this acrostic poem activity, then share it with your teacher so they know how much you appreciate them!


Acrostic Poem

Social Media Graphics


Start a social media conversation about the amazing teachers in your life by dressing up your social media profiles with these graphics. Don’t forget to share photos of your activities during the week by using the hashtag #ThankATeacher!




Download Teacher Appreciation Resources from Walmart

 

Help schools thrive with Walmart's Spark Good!

Easily donate or create registries to support educational initiatives directly.



Even More Ways You Can Thank a Teacher

Students and Families


  • Write a thank-you note to your child's teacher.

  • Give your child's teacher a gift card to their favorite store or restaurant.

  • Volunteer your time in your child's classroom.

  • Donate school supplies to your child's teacher.

  • Say, thank you to a teacher who made a difference in your life.


School-Wide


  • Organize a contest where students create artwork or write essays about how their teachers inspire them for the future.

  • Feature different teachers each day of the week, highlighting their unique contributions to shaping the future.

  • Partner with local businesses to showcase future career options and have teachers guide discussions on how their subjects connect to those careers.

Join us in making Teacher Appreciation Week 2027 sweeter than ever!

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Sponsor

Walmart

With 5,200+ U.S. stores plus pickup and delivery, Walmart makes it easy for families to access affordable essentials like groceries, school supplies, and clothing. Through Spark Good, customers and associates can further support local PTAs and schools with registries, volunteerism, grants, and more.



About Teacher Appreciation WeekSM

Since 1984, National PTA has designated one week in May as a special time to honor the individuals who lend their passion and skills to educating our children. PTA events at the national, state and local levels celebrate the outstanding contributions teachers make. National PTA also serves on the selection committee for the National Teacher of the Year.