ááácandaceáá}the impact of a great teacher can't be underestimated .... and all this week parents and students and even school administrators are showing their teachers just how much they're appreciated...[take :split] ááásplitáá}news15's taylor trache joins us now, taylor?

ááátayloráá}while this week is teacher appreciation week, today is teacher appreciation day... and local teachers are being reminded that all the hard work they put in day in and day out doesn't go unnoticed..[take :vo full{ááávo fulláá} lafayette high school is going all out for its teachers and staff...throwing a week-long teacher appreciation celebration starting next week.

It may not be on the designated week, but lafayette high is making sure their faculty is being treated like royalty.

[take :sots{ááásotsáá} <"they do the real work in the trenches all day everyday and they deserve to be recognized all the time....we do get one week when we get to celebrate them and we do go all out...hard core to make them feel loved and valued here at our school.""it's such a blessing to be a lafayette high and have such a staff appreciation week and the reason i say staff is because they not only appreciate teachers but they appreciate staff as well which means the teacher assistants the maitenance workers, everyone is appreciated.""> ááátayloráá}i wanna take a second and recognize this teacher, who just so happens to be my mom...she's been teaching first grade for 25 years back home in florida and she'll will be retiring this year...thank you mom for impacting my life and the lives of all your students.... ááácandaceáá} thanks,