Date: January 2025

School: Peregrine Elementary

Wish Delivered: Classroom Transformation

Teacher Lisa Osler says "Keeping learning fun by surprising kids with classroom transformations. A couple days a year, they will arrive at school... or so they thought! Their classroom will be transformed into a construction zone, donut shop, restaurant, or glow room! As they read about their projects and use their tools to solve challenges throughout the day, they will have the full, immersive experience They will have a chance to be an electrician, a framer, and a flooring installer as they use their area, perimeter, measurement and data skills. In another transformation, students will GLOW with the skills they have acquired over the year. The classroom will be decked out in neon with black lights to guide the way. Fifth graders are learning to love reading. Another day, they will find a restaurant with a book tasting to learn which genres please their palates. They will use their knowledge of decimals to create menus and calculate prices. Classroom makeover days renew the love of learning through project based learning."

Wish Amount: $1,784

Date: January 2025

School: Victory Middle

Wish Delivered: Library Software

Teacher Melissa Bollinger says "I am the librarian at VMS and would like to “up my game” when it comes to the multiple reading challenges we facilitate each year by purchasing a software program called Beanstack (www.beanstack.com). Beanstack motivates readers with fun, diverse, and engaging reading challenges while strengthening the intrinsic motivation to read with proven gamification features. This software allows the librarian (or teachers) to create digital quizzes/forms/projects connected to reading and then reward individual students when they hit predetermined milestones (either # of pages read or possibly # of minutes read/day) with badges. You can also organize a building-wide goal to work toward, or even set up classroom competitions through Advisory classes or homerooms. There are truly SO MANY possibilities with this software to create a digital way to track reading and reward student efforts!"

Wish Amount: $2287

Date: January 2025

School: Central Academy

Wish Delivered: Books

Teacher Chenin McConnell says "I am hoping to get several new book titles for the Central Academy library. Funding is limited for book purchases and I am still relatively new to the role of librarian. I am hoping to purchase books that are new and interesting to the teens in my school building. I'm hoping to get some new books both fiction and nonfiction that are high interest and popular with teens. In getting new books, I am hoping to promote them and get them into the hands of students in hopes of increasing the culture of reading at my school. I want students to come into the library and be able to access new books and perhaps open their eyes to the wonders that reading can provide."

Wish Amount: $587.20