Thank you: Educator Appreciation Week 2025

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Sac families showed our appreciation for the school’s staff during educator appreciation week, May 8-12. Our staff puts so much energy and care into growing our kids. For one week, we got to reflect a tiny bit of that care back in their direction in the form of treats, games, and raffle gifts.

Treats

On Monday, staff were treated to breakfast scones and afternoon cookies. Wednesday brought a bagel breakfast spread with deluxe fixings. On Thursday, families provided a crowd-sourced feast that included pastries, fruit, quiche, eggs, hummus, bagels, cheesecakes, truffles, and so much more. A HUGE thank-you to everyone who contributed to turning the staff room into a delectable buffet.


Raffle

Each staff member received raffle tickets to be redeemed in one or more of the daily raffles. Raffle prizes included:

  • Shoots & Roots bundle: A Swanson’s Nursery gift card & a cheery little plant and watering can.

  • Ships & Chips bundle: Gift cards to Agua Verde Cafe & to the associated paddle club, with souvenir margarita glasses.

  • Reels & Meals bundle: Gift cards to the Watershed Pub & two Regal Cinemas tickets, with souvenir Watershed pint glasses.

  • Sips & Dips bundle: A gift basket stuffed with wine, crackers, spreads, olives, nuts, fruit, chocolate, and more.

Family Feud Game

Many of you will recall helping your student complete a 10-question survey about their daily lives at Sac. The PTA turned this into a Family-Feud style game in which staff competed to guess the most popular student responses to the questions.

We had a fierce competition with Miss EB taking first prize ($175), and a second-place tie between pre-K teacher Wendy Reed and principal Barry Fisk ($65 each).

The game questions and often-charming student responses are below, for anyone looking for a bit of kid whimsy to brighten the day.

Thank you again to everyone who helped to make this week happen, and to our beloved Sacajawea staff!

Julie Letchner

Educator Appreciaton Lead, 2025

Family Feud Questions & Answers

Q1: Name a hot lunch food that is popular at Sac.

“Pizza” was the overwhelming winner, followed by: burgers, chicken, pasta, and hot dogs.

Q2: Name something that kids do when they’re home sick from school.

The top answer was sleep/rest, followed by: video games, watch tv/movies, read, and a fifth-place tie between taking medicine and playing games. One kid responded, “whatever they want!”--good for you, kiddo!

Q3: Name an adult at Sac who isn’t your homeroom teacher.

Miss Susie (PE teacher) took the top slot, followed by Mr. Ryan, Ms. Walker, Mr. Reddecliffe, and Ms. Park. This one was fun to score because so many Sac staff were named by the students!

Q4: Name an object you have at your desk.

“Pencil” won overwhelmingly, followed by water bottle in a strong second. Third place was tied between pencil box and book, with thinking putty, crayons, and glue all tied for fifth place. 

Q5: Name something that happens at morning meeting.

The winner was morning work / seatwork, followed closely by sharing feelings / mood meter. Othe popular answers included sharing, job assignments, and variations on previewing the schedule.

Q6: Name a snack that’s fun to get at snack time.

Chips won commandingly, with fruit roll-ups or fruit leather coming in second. Popcorn / pirates booty, goldfish, fruit snacks/gummies, and rice krispy treats filled in the rest of the top hits.

Q7: Name something you might see in Sac’s lost & found.

A whopping 37 kids wrote in with an answer of coats/jackets, which is no surprise to anyone who’s scanned the playground lately. The remaining answers were: clothes/sweatshirts, water bottles, gloves, and books.

Q8: Name an activity kids do at recess.

Four square took the top prize, followed by the play structure, tag, soccer, and frisbee.

Bonus Question

We also asked the kids how old they think principal Fisk is, and turned that into a bonus question. The overall student answers were flatteringly young! But there was one kid who guessed 99, a solid handful who guessed 29, and one kid who wrote, “Pretty old, so probably like 13”. 

Thank you to all the families who helped us gather the data to make this game a success!