Print publication students are giving back to the teachers and staff at Bullitt East.

On February 22, Larry Steinmetz’s journalism and yearbook classes prepared breakfast for the teachers and staff as a way to say thanks and to show appreciation to them.

The teacher appreciation breakfast is an annual event held by the print publication classes for National Scholastic Journalism week. Students in each class were responsible for cooking food or providing drinks. The teachers had a positive response to the student’s kind gesture.

Steinmetz informed the teachers and staff about the teachers breakfast during a meeting on the teacher’s development day last Tuesday. Quill and Scroll President Kaleb Perdew was in charge of getting the teacher breakfast organized. “My role in the teachers breakfast was to organize and see through that the breakfast was successful,” said Perdew. This was the fifth year doing the teacher breakfast. Scholastic Journalism Week is a week long effort for journalism publications from all over the country to get involved in their community and to raise community awareness about the benefits of scholastic journalism. This week is full of promotion and celebration for each school’s publication and school.  

Kasey Markwell, junior, is apart of the yearbook staff and cooked food for the event. Students made many things like biscuits, bacon, waffles, muffins, toast and hash brown casserole. Teachers had 20 minutes to eat and there was a large turn out.

“The overall goal is to show thanks and appreciation for the teachers. Throughout the year, yearbook and journalism pull kids out of their classes, uses their rooms, and asks for favors and we do the breakfast in order to show our thanks,” said Perdew.

Teachers and staff enjoyed the teachers breakfast. “The teachers always seem to love it and they always thank all of us. Steiner always tells us they get excited when he announces it,” said Markwell.

Lauren Battcher, chemistry teacher, attended the breakfast. She enjoyed the breakfast and thought it was a nice thing for the students to do. “I had a busy morning so I had to take my food to-go, but it always puts a good start to the day when you feel appreciated. Thank you,” said Battcher.

When the teachers heard about the breakfast they were excited. “I was impressed with the variety and that lots of it was homemade! You can tell that thought and effort went into it,” said Battcher.  

Overall the students were able to show appreciation for their teachers while also working as a team to organize and plan a successful teachers breakfast. “I feel like it was a success, all the teachers seemed happy,” said Markwell. The print publication students will hold the teacher appreciation breakfast again next year.