HOUSTON – The 2014-15 school year has started and Gallery Furniture wants to honor teachers in the Houston area by giving them a teachers' lounge makeover!
Gallery Furniture is giving away 20 teachers' lounge makeovers to local area schools and we're helping to kick-start the whole thing!
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Vote for your favorite area school to win the very FIRST makeover! Here are the nominees:
Galena Park ISD: Cloverleaf Elementary
Why they say they deserve a makeover: At Cloverleaf Elementary School in Galena Park ISD, the teacher's lounge is a bit of an afterthought. It's not because it is deemed unimportant, but Cloverleaf Elementary has motto to live by - "Kids Come First." Therefore, when it comes to upgrading the teachers lounge, which, by all measures, the teachers deserve, the question comes up, "What could we buy for our kids with that money?" So, the upgrades get put off for another day… a day that never seems to come.
Houston ISD: Deady Middle School
Why they say they deserve a makeover: How fitting is it that our school could potentially receive a brand new teachers' lounge when the theme for our campus this year is "The Reconstruction"? Our teachers work so very hard to encourage and empower the students at Deady and deserve a space where they can recharge and energize themselves. Furthermore, this renovated space not only would be utilized for our hard-working teachers, but also be extended out as a place of relaxation and learning for our community members as well.
Aldine ISD: Francis Elementary
Why they say they deserve a makeover: The furniture is more than 10 years old and teachers use old cafeteria tables to eat on. There is seating for about 20 (the Francis staff totals 80). According to principal Dana Stelly: "A new teacher's lounge would boost our teacher's morale and provide them with a feeling that they are important. It would be wonderful to be able to provide them with a place where they could relax."
Nominate your school to be the next winner by emailing contest@galleryfurniture.com. Tell Gallery Furniture what makes your teachers so special, and why they deserve a teachers' lounge makeover. Don't forget to send photos!
Vote here until Wednesday Aug. 27 at 12 p.m. CT.
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You can also head over to GalleryFurniture.com to send your submission and read more about the contest.
Galena Park ISD: Cloverleaf Elementary