Room Mom Thank-you?

If you are the teacher, then you could do something small. If you are another parent in the class, then a note or an email thanking her for her time is more than enough!

As a room mother I have never gotten a gift or a thank you note from a parent. I do not expect one and not to sound ungrateful but I wouldn't want a gift. (I hate writing thank you notes... I feel they are such a burden☺).
The teacher has always gotten me a small gift but even that I feel is so unnecessary after all they do for the kids in their class.

A nice thank you card would be a much appreciated gesture.

As a room mom many times over, the teacher gave the gift, not the parent(s).

I would really appreciate a thoughtful note instead of a gift...but that is just me.

You sound so sweet to be thinking about your kids' room moms. What a great example of appreciation and thoughtfulness you are showing to your kiddos.

Happy almost end of a school year!!!

I don't think anything is expected. That said, I was a room mom, and I would have really appreciated even an emailed 'thanks for everything'.

Along with a thank you note, we usually all got together and contributed toward a gift card. I know she really appreciated it.

Good luck!!

I've been a room parent for 6 years now. The teachers have always given me a thank you note & a gift card. I don't expect it, but that's what the teachers that I have worked with do. Honestly my favorite gifts have been notes from the kids. My daughter's 4th grade teacher had the kids each write a thank you note and they each had to include something specific that was there favorite thing from all of the parties/activities that I had planned. Most of the kids wrote very thoughtful letters and they meant more to me than any gift card.

I have gotten small thank you gifts from the teacher, but nothing extravagant.

Most parents just thank me when they see me at functions and that is plenty for me. I have also gotten a few thank you emails.

I had never thought of this, and when my kids were young, their school did not do anything like that either. But come to think of it, we never really had a "room mom". All the moms that wanted to meet in the classroom for the parties, just met in the room a little bit before the party to get everything ready. At the beginning of the year, we signed up for the various parties that we wanted to bring in stuff for.

As a room parent myself? I don't get gifts from the other parents. I get something from the teacher, typically.

Other parents have said thank you and given me a thank you note. But overall - i'm not expecting it.

Hope that helps!

At my kids' school, someone usually contacts the parents (except for the Room Mom), and organizes a "thank you" gift." It could be a matter of just donating $5 each or something, and that person then going to get a gift or gift card for the Room Mom, and a card.
Or, the Teacher herself, may organize a "gift" for the Room Mom... either getting her a gift herself from the Teacher, or along with all the other parents.

But this is all voluntary.
But the Teacher themselves, usually 'thank' the Room Mom of their class, somehow, at the end of the year.

Or if you just want to personally get something for the Room Mom to thank her, then go ahead. It is very nice to recognize the Room Mom. They do a lot. All year. Too.

I have been a Room Mom, and I also just do a lot of volunteering at my kids' school, and I have 2 kids at this school.
It is always nice, when a parent appreciates your help.

We don't really have one specific room mom (several of us volunteer, some more than others). I've always received a handwritten note from the teacher at the end of the year, sometimes with a cute snapshot of the class. I would be really surprised if any of the parents gave me something. I think just a verbal thanks is more than enough!