Teacher Appreciation Specials at Local Retailers

Michaels® stores thanks teachers for inspiring creative young minds every day. Come to Michaels starting Sunday, August 12th through Saturday, August 18th and receive a Teachers-Only 15% discount off of everything in the store, including sale items! (School ID is required to receive the discount.) Also, enter on-line for a chance to win. Sign-up at Michaels.com between August 11th through 18th and you will be registered to win a $1,000 Michaels gift card, a classroom full of cool Crayola products, or other great prizes! For more information about this event, visit www.michaels.com

Office Depot is hosting a Teacher Appreciation Week for all Star Teachers starting on Sunday, August 12th through Saturday August 18th. All attending Star Teachers will receive 10%* off qualifying in-store purchases when they present their Star Teacher member card in-store this week only. On Saturday August 18th from 9 am – 11 am (local time) all retail locations will host a Teacher Appreciation Breakfast. Star Teachers will receive a FREE tote bag full of product samples, information, and exclusive offers while supplies last. Not a star teacher yet? Visit Office Depot to sign up today!


Staples® (August 9th) invites teachers to celebrate the new school year. The first 200 teachers at each local event will receive free gifts plus a chance to see the coolest, new back to school products. Find the date and location of the event near you at www.staples.com/teacherday (Teachers may be asked to present school ID.)

OfficeMax® is hosting Educator Appreciation Days. These events take place on either August 2-4 or August 23-25 depending on when school starts in your area. Educators can call either their local OfficeMax store or the hotline, 1-877-OFFICEMAX, to find local dates and locations. Visit www.officemax.com to find a store near you.

Big Lots is advertising their Teacher Appreciation Day will be August 2, 2008. Teachers will receive 10% off their total order with valid school ID.
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Raw Footage of CTAB members at RA listening to Sen. Obama

Obama Speaks and NEA Rep Assembly Concludes

See Barrack Obama's Speech to the NEA RA delegates from Saturday July 5th at:
http://www.broadcasturban.net/webcast/nea2008/obama.htm

The NEA RA ended on a high note on Sunday, July 6th after we considered well over 100 business items, legislative issues and much more.

See the photos on FlickR on this page.

NEA Update: Obama to Address Delegates on Saturday

We celebrated the 4th of July during the Representative Assembly and later during the fireworks on the National Mall.

Main Points:
-Delegates voted to endorse Barrack Obama who will address the delegates via satellite from Montana on Saturday morning.
-Delegates voted for the new NEA Officers and Board members
-Teacher Astronaut Barbara Morgan addressed the assembly as she accepted the "Friend of Education" Award.
-Delegates debated and voted on dozens of business items.

Top Photo: CTAB's new President Joe Hermann and VP Rob Curry pose with CTA VP Dean Vogel and President David A. Sanchez.

Representative Assembly Kicks Off July 3rd

After 3 days of state CTA meetings and business, the actual NEA Representative Assembly kicks off on Thursday. One of the first things to be considered will be a vote on the endorsement of Barack Obama for President.

Read the blog from Education Week Coverage

Below are links to pictures of our group so far.
http://flickr.com/photos/rdcurry/sets/72157605909204806/

Here is video of California Night (Though it is dark, that is Joyce Singh dancing in celebration of being a "free woman" as her presidency ended on July 1st):