Every year a Wai Kru ceremony is held where the students pay respect to their teachers. They are doing this partly to thank their teachers for teaching them well in the past, but also in order to gain merit and good fortune for the future. The date will vary from school to school though Wai Kru is usually held towards the beginning of the new academic year. One thing that always remains the same between the schools is that it takes place on a Thursday. This is considered an auspicious day for such a ceremony.