Apples for the teachers

Local American Legion Auxiliary members recognized Teacher Appreciation Week on May 5-11 by treating teachers and staff at New Rockford-Sheyenne School to apples.

Apples continue to be a traditional gift for teachers. In the 1700s, poor families in Denmark and Sweden gave teachers baskets of apples as payment for their children's educations.

In the United States, early American children would give teachers apples because the families of school children took a role in housing and feeding frontier teachers. During the onset of the Great Depression, families shared the fruit with teachers. Today, the apple remains a powerful symbol of knowledge and education and proves to be a kind gesture of appreciation among all teachers.