This is how my repentant e-mail to the teachers and principal read today…sad, really. πŸ™‚

Subject Line: Box Top Lady, You're Fired!

Dear Forgiving Teachers:

In the interest of full disclosure I must confess my latest "goof".  But
thankfully it will not result in utter chaos and anarchy at Ashley (at least I
hope).
Here's the bad news:
1.  Despite turning her whole house upside down looking for them, the Box Top
lady (that would be me) lost her hand-written totals for the first 1/3 of the
box tops that came in this semester.  That means for some of your classes we do
not have an accurate count of your Box Tops if they were turned in prior to Feb
6th.
But here's the good news:
1.  We didn't lose the Box Tops themselves!
2.  We have the totals that were more than 100!
3.  Many of the children still wrote their names on the back, and we were able
to re-count those.
4.  We still had the baggies themselves with the teacher's names written on and
have given a credit of 10 Box Tops for each baggie.
5.  It did not have any real bearing on the top 3 winners (what a relief!),
because those were turned in after the 6th and were significantly more than the
other classes, even after the credits.
6.  MOST of the Box Tops that were turned in came in after the 6th, and they
have been fully counted.
7.  We made over $650!

If you've read this and thought…"Lady, I have better things to worry
about…like TAKS, and the flu, and the current recession", I say "thank you".
πŸ™‚ BUT if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

We'll announce the winners this Thursday at the morning announcements.

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3 responses to “Letter to the Teachers”

  1. Amy G Avatar
    Amy G

    I was actually going to email you about box tops. I have a nice little baggie filled up for you. Is it too late to turn it in? I’ll continue to create my stash for you. Just let me know when you need them by. Or if it’s too late, I guess I’ll save them up till next year, when maybe I’ll be the box top lady for Hannah’s school ;).

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  2. shelley Avatar
    shelley

    you crack me up!

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  3. Nikki Avatar
    Nikki

    I even love to read your emails! So you are either going to have to A:right me a book or B:email me everyday. I’ll let you decide:)

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