To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week 2019 we’re highlighting the voices of 5 amazing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools educators 😎 You can help create more opportunities for our teachers: cms-foundation.org/donate First up, James O’Neal shares the power of expectations youtu.be/SLHi9XlXN1U

Fact: Many teachers overcome great challenges to do what they do each day. This Teacher Appreciation Week, support Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools educators: cms-foundation.org/donate In today’s feature Kari Rhoades bravely opens up about teaching while managing depression. youtu.be/ZaYTqkDB5xo

Teachers push us to challenge ideas & think deeply 🤔 Today for Teacher Appreciation Week, we lift up Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher Eli Davis. He wonders if ancestral trauma may impact students' experiences & explains why healing environments are so critical. youtu.be/bHB-XoPjIVQ

Academics are important, but teachers like Justin Parmenter recognize that students need help learning more. Today’s lesson: Kindness This #TeacherAppreciationWeek (and EVERY week), we’re grateful for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers who go above & beyond. youtu.be/YWH43xwM3J0

Please share with any CMS teacher you know!!! Want to make sure our educators take advantage of opportunities to share their knowledge AND find resources for their classrooms!

Thank you to all who’ve supported our Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools COVID-19 Relief Fund. Hotspots have started arriving! Sonia Jenkins supports students w/out stable housing and is working w/ staff to begin distribution. Learn more & donate: cms-foundation.org/relief youtu.be/bzEGICwhXkM

A BIG thank you to Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, The John M. Belk Endowment and the David Belk Cannon Foundation for leading the way, and to E2D, Inc. (Eliminate the Digital Divide) for partnering to make this happen 😊#ClosedSchoolsOpenHearts

Thanks to a generous contribution the CMS Foundation is providing 6,000 hotspots and prepaid internet service to students without home connectivity. The devices are arriving daily, first to CMS students without stable housing. Learn more at cms-foundation.org/relief.

Excited to announce that we’ve met our fundraising goal to close the connectivity gap for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools! Students & staff, parents, neighbors, faith partners, foundations, companies, local gov—THANK YOU ALL for supporting our students 🥰 More here: bit.ly/connect-CMS

We're collaborating w/ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on a new project: "The Yearbook: Reflections on School during the COVID-19 Pandemic." We invite CMS students, staff, parents, & community partners to share stories from the past year. Learn more & submit your story: bit.ly/cmsfyearbook

Excited to announce the release of #TheYearbookProject TODAY in collab w/ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools! We invite you to explore this special project highlighting the journeys of people navigating school during COVID-19. It's been an honor documenting these stories. cms-foundation.org/yearbook

Thank you to presenting sponsor Duke Energy and to Bank of America, Carolina Panthers, @scribsoft, TIAA and Wells Fargo for supporting #TheYearbookProject. And a BIG thank you to every Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student, staff member, parent, and partner who trusted us to share their story.

For today's feature of #TheYearbookProject we highlight David Milligan, a literacy facilitator at @PiedmontIB Middle School. Painful loss meets powerful resilience in his moving testimony of survival and purpose. Read his full story >> cms-foundation.org/yearbook/david…

Student leaders are still…students. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Ed student reps Breana Fowler & gabrielschuhl have represented the voices of peers while navigating their own changes. Check out how they've grown in the process in #TheYearbookProject >> cms-foundation.org/voices/the-yea…

Last year Sil Ganzó "couldn’t imagine" how @ourBRIDGEkids could stay relevant & useful to the refugee & immigrant families they support. Indeed, the level of support they've provided is BEYOND imagination. We salute them today in #TheYearbookProject >> cms-foundation.org/yearbook/sil-g…

It’s our favorite time of the year 😊 Join us on 3/9 for Teacher Talks 2023: SPARK! Five new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools voices will take the stage to share powerful messages with our community. Come ready to be inspired! Tickets available >> teachertalks.eventbrite.com

Teachers in our community are dedicated, caring, innovative & creative. Through even a small act of giving, you can help create more opportunities for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools educators & the students they impact. Donate today: bit.ly/cmsf_taw2018 #CMSTAW2018 #Schoolanthropy

These Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students explain why teachers are so important. They are quite convincing 😊 You can help provide new opportunities for the educators & students in our community. Donate @ bit.ly/cmsf_taw2018 and make an impact today #CMSTAW2018 #Schoolanthropy

Loved April Johnson’s final words at the ceremony today...can’t wait to keep pouring love on children who need it! x.com/charmeckschool…

Pleasure to meet this teacher and have no doubt his students are going to be great business owners one day! Donate in honor of your favorite teacher! x.com/CMS_Foundation…