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Orlando 2016 TpT-Teacher Meet Up!

Our 2016 Teacher Meet Up in Orlando was so much fun. This was our 5th year hosting and thanks to our very generous event sponsors (Teachers Pay Teachers, GoNoodle, and many others) over 700 hundred teachers enjoyed a night filled with hugs, laughter, and of course prizes! This meet up would not have been possible without the support of all our 2016 Teacher Meet Up Sponsors. 
THANK YOU!
Please take a look at all our generous sponsors, see the prizes they donated, and give them some love for supporting teachers!! 
Click any of the images to visit our Orlando Teacher Meet Up sponsor sites. 


          



            


           


            


                 
  


               


              


             


            


          


           


          


             
             


No meet up would be complete without our amazing planning team. These ladies helped with planning, getting sponsors, filling 700 swag bags, and setting up! We couldn’t do it without everyone of these amazing ladies!
(Cute custom shirts made by Beautifully Broken Boutique!)


2016 Orlando Teacher Meet-Up Organizers
Crazy for First Grade
Creative Clips
Dragonflies in First
Elementary Shenanigans
Erica’s Ed-Ventures
Fabulous in First
Falling into First
Fluttering Through First Grade
KinderGals
Little Warriors
Mrs. Ehle’s Kindergarten Connection
Mrs. Jump’s Class
Mrs. Stamp’s Kindergarten
Mrs. Wills’ Kindergarten
One Extra Degree
Queen of the First Grade Jungle
Step into Second Grade
Thank God It’s First Grade
The Tutu Teacher
What the Teacher Wants
And of course, Rachelle rocked the microphone as our Meet Up MC and Natalie captured every moment with her phenomenal photography skills (along with myself, Erica from Erica’s Ed-Ventures). 
Me and Natalie
Anna, Cheryl, Katie, me, and Michelle

Me and Chris Pombonyo of Famous in Fourth
 Me with the talented Krista of Creative Clips
Me with Vera

Me with my friends, Terri and Anna
I would like to give a special thank you to Mixed Bag Designs.  I reached out to them asking for a donation and they generously donated $140 worth of Mixed Bag goodies (pictured above).  Thank you Mixed Bags!!
We can’t wait until next year!
(You can check out tons of pictures from our 2016 Orlando Teacher Meet Up over on our What the Teacher Want’s Facebook Page or on my Facebook Page.)

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