My teacher husband and I both always appreciated ornaments personal to the child giving the gift or to something that student knows is meaningful to the teacher. My husband loves frogs (tied to his strong passion for the environment) and he has a great collection of cool frog ornaments. I have a thing for snowmen, and received many wonderfully unique snowman ornaments over the years). We both loved it when the students would put their names on the back or bottom of the ornaments. We really do remember each student as we hang their ornaments on our tree each year. I have ornaments from kids I had over 30 years ago!