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Grove Elementary fourth grade teacher Marie Havran received a big surprise from OfficeMax as part of �A Day Made Better,� a national event that calls attention to the issue of teachers spending their own money to purchase classroom supplies.Ken Rieger, store manager of the Woodruff Road OfficeMax, surprised Mrs. Havran with a huge box filled with $1,000 worth of classroom supplies as well as a new office chair and a case of copy paper. �I really didn�t know what to say when I walked into my room and it was full of students and cameras,� said Mrs. Havran. �I thought someone was in trouble.� One item in the gift box brought the classroom to cheers � a pencil sharpener. �I think the students were most excited about the pencil sharpener. They�ve been using a hand-held sharpener because I couldn�t afford to buy an electric one this year.� Also included in the box were planners, a label maker, a digital camera, dry erase markers and a board, pens, a case of copy paper, and much more. �I would have easily spent more than $1,000 on office supplies this year,� said Havran. �It�s just part of the job. The way I look at it, I ask, �What can I do to make my classroom run better?� This gift has everything we will use and will help my students every day.� �A Day Made Better� is held annually in October, when OfficeMax associates surprise and honor more than 1,000 teachers at Title I schools around the country with a total of $1 million worth of classroom supplies. (Image provided by Greenville County Schools.)
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