Thank you, teachers. From the NewsTribune

We all have a close friend or teacher in our family.

They are the ones who you just knew from a young age they would go into the field. They wanted to share their love for knowledge, reading, history, math or other subject close to their heart. They had an affinity for helping youngsters, or maybe those who needed special attention or care. Today, we thank those teachers for the work they do to prepare the next generation for life. We thank them for their long hours of work after the school day ends, or for sometimes dipping into their own pocketbook to make sure a student has lunch money or a jacket on a cold day.

Thank You, Teachers is our way of recognizing the value of these educators in our lives.

Our stories:

Over six decades, Eleanor Walker has touched many children’s lives in Princeton school district

Act II: Teaching. Liebhart makes transition from business to education

Hall’s Joanna McConville takes inspiration from seeing her students succeed

Thank you Teacher Letters for the NewsTribune

Waltham kindergarten teacher Karin Kummer loves what she does

Oglesby teacher saved a child and then taught another generation

She retired after 35 years, but this Dalzell teacher is still in the classroom twice a week

Tom Miller, ‘the Music Man,’ led the cheers at DePue

St. Bede’s Jim Eustice loves second career as teacher

Putnam County’s Amy Bell shares in her students’ growth: ‘It’s that light bulb moment’