Top 10 Teachers' Gifts

The best gifts for your teacher...

1. Waldenbooks - Chicken Soup for the Soul
   Give your teacher the gift that will make them smile for years after you are gone… the Chicken Soup for the Soul offers a light-hearted version of their novels for teachers through humor in cartoons, such as a teacher’s back of her shirt reading :”Don’t like my teaching? Call 1-800-You Fail”. These novels are written by John McPherson, Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen. ($9.95)
2. Franklin Covey - Educator Planning System
   This exceptional planner offers your teacher an unparalleled planning tool. It has room to write down tasks and due dates by class period. Also, in between each week there are two pages for lesson planning notes for the coming week. ($19.95) And if your teacher is one of your favorites, you can easily upgrade this gift by getting them a leather sleeve to add that extra touch of professionalism. There are pockets in the front of sleeve for license, school id, and of course their Westcor Educator Discount Card! ($29.95)
3. Franklin Covey - The 7 Habits Highly Effective People
   This self-help book written by Stephen Covey is renowned for its powerful lessons on personal change. Some of the main messages explain how to think win-win, the power of synergy, and how to do first things first! Since “Teaching is the choicest of professions because everybody who is anybody was taught how to be somebody by a teacher:” - author unknown so they can never have enough outside guidance on how to be the best they can be. ($15)
4. Yankee Candle Co. - Ceramic Apple Candle
   What teachers don’t sport apples on their desks still? You can get a bit creative without being mocked by fellow peers for doing the common kiss-up action of giving your teacher an apple to snack on while they grade your midterms?! That is so passé… why not pick them up a Green Apple Scented Pre-filled ceramic apple candle to showcase your creativity… especially if your thesis paper that you waited to start the night prior may not have fairly demonstrated your talent of thinking outside of the box. Once the candle is burned down, they can still use the ceramic jar to store paper clips, push pins or candy. ($17.99)
5. Sweet Factory - Mini Gumball Dispenser
   What teacher doesn’t use candy as a bribe mechanism to maintain peace in their classroom… especially in the last stretch of the year as summer is near?! Stop by Sweet Factory and get your teacher a bubblegum dispenser for their desk, easy enough since you are really benefiting yourself and fellow classmates as well. Instead of filling it with gumballs so your gift can avoid your teacher’s wrath as she finds remnants of chewed gum underneath desk tops… instead fill it with red dollars or jelly beans. ($9.95-$31.95 for dispenser)
6. Things Remembered - Gold Star Paper Weight
   Teachers are constantly rewarding their students with stars, so why not reward them in return with Thing’s Remembered’s Gold Star paper-weight? You can personalize this paper weight with you own message of thanks and encouragement. ($19.95 plus $3 per word)
7. Hallmark - Perpetual Calendar
   Help your teacher decorate their desk throughout the years with Hallmark’s perpetual calendar. This calendar is decorated with a chalkboard and since it reads the date in blocks, it will never be outdated and lose its worth. ($9.95)
   
8. Bath & Body Works - Make Your Own Basket
   Help your teacher glide into summer with a basket of relaxation paraphernalia. Bath & Body Works sells baskets ranging in sizes and colors that you can fill yourself. Throw in a hand sanitizer, room spray, wall plug-in, and a country apple scented candle. All of these she can use at her home or at school. ($12.50 for basket plus individual items)
   
9. Old Navy - Complete Beach Bag
   Send your teacher into her summer hiatus from you little devils with a complete beach bag ready to go! Old Navy sells stripped and flowered mesh beach bags in a variety of brilliant colors. ($9.50) Add a pair of silk thong beach sandals decorated with beads which come in vibrant tropical designs. ($12.50) And make their beach trip complete by throwing in a matching lunch pack decorated with vibrant hibiscus. ($9.50)
   
10. Gift Card – Teacher's Supply Closet Gift Card
    If your teacher is still a tough one to read, then take the safe route and give her a Macerich / Westcor Teacher's Supply Closet Gift Card. This VISA debit card can be used just like our other debit gift cards, except this newly launched gift card is adorned with ruler and apple graphics and has the sole purpose of alleviating teacher’s out-of-pocket expenses on annual school supplies. Cards can be charged in amounts from $20-$500. Available at any Macerich Mall Guest Services Center.