Teacher Appreciation Dinner Ideas

• Say thank you with a wonderfully prepared meal. Liza McCorkle/Photodisc/Getty Images

  Making a good meal for the teachers who work hard every day to ensure our children's learning is a great way to show your appreciation. Putting together a meal that the teachers will enjoy and will feed the entire faculty isn't too difficult with the help of other parents.

Soup and Salad Potluck

• Get the help of other parents involved to give the teachers a healthy dinner idea. Each parent will bring either a soup or a salad to the dinner. Salad ideas include fruit salad, vegetable salad and pasta salads. Soup ideas could be chili, vegetable soup and chicken noodle.

Themed Dinner

• Choose a specific food theme like Italian, Mexican, Asian or Southern. You can decorate the dining area for the theme and create dishes from the specific cuisine.

Breakfast

• Dinner is a wonderful idea, but serving a breakfast before school is a great surprise for teachers and helps start the day on a positive note. Make breakfast casseroles, breakfast burritos, and serve an assortment of pastries and bagels.

Thank You Awards

• At the dinner, give out awards to the teachers as a fun way to say thank you. Awards could be most positive, goofiest, early bird, night owl and teacher of the year. This will give parents, students and administrators a way to say thank you in a fun way.