BASKETS OF APPLES FOR ST IVES TEACHERS FOR INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS’ DAY

 “An apple a day may keep the doctor away”, but “an apple for the teacher” is exactly how St Ives Rotary Club is honouring teachers in St Ives.  There are ten schools in St Ives and this week every school received a gift-wrapped basket of apples … and that equates to just over five hundred teachers in our schools! 

 

Rotarians around the world celebrate Basic Education and Literacy Month in September.  In response to that focus month the Rotary Club of St Ives responded by initiating apples to say thank you to our teachers.

 

Inaugurated on 5 October 1994 by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), World Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually in over 100 countries.  World teachers’ Day celebrates the efforts of teachers on a global scale, acknowledging the important contribution made to our community in an increasingly complex, multicultural and technological world.

 

Di Barnes from Rotary Club of St Ives said “we recognize quality education offers hope and the promise of a better standard of living for children as well as providing support to families”.  Schools were sent a basket of apples for their teachers as a token thank you for the positive impact they have on the lives of students.