W.B. Yeats wrote that “education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.” We salute all the teachers who have helped light that fire in their students!

Frog in the Library
Richard Sargent
February 25, 1956

Parent – Teacher Conference
Amos Sewell
December 12, 1959

Future Engineer
John Falter
April 4, 1959

Separation Anxiety
George Hughes
September 11, 1948
Artist George Hughes painted this scene at Bennington College, in Vermont, which operates a nursery school. “Do you ask me if I have any children of my own?” Hughes mutters. “Only five girls. The one who is crying on the cover is, of course, mine.”

Happy Birthday, Miss Jones
Norman Rockwell
March 17, 1956

Shop Class
Stevan Dohanos
March 19, 1955

Home Ec
Constantin Alajalov
February 28, 1953

School Pictures
Stevan Dohanos
June 15, 1946

School Orchestra
Amos Sewell
March 22, 1952

First Day of School or Back to School
Norman Rockwell
September 14, 1935

Schoolmaster or First in his Class
Norman Rockwell
June 26, 1926

Schoolboy Hero
Robert Robinson
October 12, 1918

Teacher Tweaking Boy’s Ear
Charles A. MacLellan
September 7, 1912

Angry Schoolmaster, Prank Playing Boy
Unknown
March 19, 1910