Date: December 2024
School: Ririe Elementary
Wish Delivered: Classroom Supplies
Teacher Rebecca Dyorich says "In 6th grade, students are exploring interests and future opportunities. Coding is an unknown for many of our students. Ozobots are a fun way to access coding for a variety of ages. In groups of 2 or 3 working with an Ozobot students totally new to coding can use a marker to code their bot, intermediate students can use block coding, and more advanced students can use Python to code their bot and see immediate results of how their code is working. It allows multiple levels in the same class to interact with coding and learn. Our school has the 6th graders present STEM night and this year we would love to do a Coding based STEM night and have Ozobots available for the students to interact with as one of our stations."
Wish Amount: $2050
Date: December 2024
School: Shoshone Elementary
Wish Delivered: Classroom Books
Teacher Denice Christiansen says "I am so excited for the opportunity that I have to work with our nearly 250 students. I visit every classroom each week and sometimes twice. We talk about leadership, emotions, perseverance, friendship and so much more. Reading to students and having great conversations with students are two of my all time favorite things. These books will help to reach students in a fun and exciting way regarding not only about the important and sometimes difficult topics. The Ninja Books are colorful, educational and a lot of fun. I am also so excited because these books are available in Spanish as well."
Wish Amount: $2247
Date: December 2024
School: Shelley School District
Wish Delivered: Classroom Books
Teacher Sydney Loosli says "I am excited to share our vision for fostering a love of learning in our classroom! We believe that reading is a gateway to imagination, knowledge, and critical thinking. To cultivate this passion, we are implementing a book club that will allow students to explore diverse stories, engage in meaningful discussions, and develop a deeper appreciation for literature."
Wish Amount: $1300
Date: December 2024
School: Rocky Mountain High School
Wish Delivered: American Sign Language Classroom Supplies
Teacher Bria Martinez says "American Sign Language is a visual language and with the supplies listed in the wish list, the games asked for will help with receptive and expressive practice, the dictionaries will help with research, and the books are to show that there ARE successful Deaf authors and people. In my classroom, I do my best to have representation of the language and culture appropriately displayed as much as possible."
Wish Amount: $1757.45
Date: December 2024
School: Desert Sage Elementary
Wish Delivered: Headphones for students
Teacher Nicole Nestler says "As second grade teachers, we are getting creative with ways to share the limited headphones we have. The other problem we are facing, is that many of the headphones are old, broken, don't fit our second grade students, and they don't work with our iReady/iStation tests. This gives our students an unfair disadvantage in state testing. We want to provide our students with headphones to give our disadvantaged students a fair chance at showing their best with their scores without the distraction of ill fitted headphones or headphones that wires are showing through."
Wish Amount: $720
Date: December 2024
School: Summerwind STEM Academy
Wish Delivered: Listening equipment
Teacher Annette Burnstein says "These YOTO Players and cards will help with my station rotations for my students learning to read by listening to stories."
Wish Amount: $415.82
Date: November 2024
School: Central Elementary
Wish Delivered: Classroom books
Teacher Jennifer Sharer says "These resources are critical for enhancing our students' learning and engagement, especially as many come from challenging backgrounds and have limited access to educational materials at home. According to our math curriculum, we need rulers but they are not supplied for me. We need dice and dominoes for math games. Second graders learn advanced phonics skills so I've included a few books that highlight those phonics skills. Since I am coming from another district, I am adapting to my new school's policy about providing a "soft start" in the morning. The kids come into the classroom when they arrive at school and I am supposed to provide quiet learning activities for them until the bell rings. I have asked for different games or science toys that will help them focus their play time in an educational way, therefore preparing their brains for the day ahead."
Wish Amount: $750
Date: November 2024
School: Butte View Elementary
Wish Delivered: Classroom Supplies
Teacher JacQuie Madariaga says "In 4th grade here at our elementary school, it is the first year the students are specifically taught Science with a curriculum as they need to master some things before taking the ISAT the next year. One of the hands-on activities I can provide is playing with circuits. There are circuits just for kids. They can build a circuit by following directions and then problem solve on why their circuit is working or not working. We specifically cover Energy and circuits in 4th grade and I would love for my classroom (I can share with the neighbor class) to play with circuits and learn more about them. These would be available for kids to play with all year round as well, so they can really grasp the complexity of energy and circuits."
Wish Amount: $2235
