Date: February 2024
School: Mary McPherson Elementary
Wish Delivered: Listening center
Teacher Dusti Steiner says "My idea for this project is to create a listening center! Our reading curriculum does not have a listening component, and I would like to provide more opportunities for students to listen to stories to build comprehension. Several of my students are new to the United States this year and only speak their home language. Being able to listen to stories in Spanish or hearing my recorded voice on a Creative Tonie will give them another chance to be immersed in English. Included in my Wishlist are Tonieboxes and Tonies (audio books), headphones, headphone splitters so students can work together and listen, organizers for the headphones and Tonie supplies, as well as a laptop charging cart so students have laptops ready to go and can record themselves reading! As a new to 2nd grade teacher, this would really help my classroom and my amazing students for years to come!."
Wish Amount: $1,563.53
Date: February 2024
School: Lewis and Clark Elementary
Wish Delivered: Games, tools, supplies, and books
Teacher Emily Smith says "I am seeking support to enhance the learning environment in our newly formed developmental kindergarten classroom, which caters to a diverse group of learners. Our goal of the developmental kindergarten is to create an inclusive and stimulating space that fosters the holistic development of each child. After running this class for 5 months, we have discovered the most appropriate and useful materials and supplies... These materials will not only support the academic growth of our students but also contribute to the creation of an inclusive and nurturing environment. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to learn and thrive, regardless of their background or abilities. The requested wishlist will directly impact the success of our developmental kindergarten program and empower our school to provide a well-rounded education to our diverse student body."
Wish Amount: $2,680
Date: February 2024
School: Shoshone Elementary
Wish Delivered: Writing Program
Teacher Jandi Platz says "This writing program will greatly impact the students in my classroom. The writing curriculum that is currently being used in the classroom is far too advanced for the level of writing that my students are at. I teach at a Title 1 school with a high ELL population. I need to be able to meet students where they are at with their writing skills and support them to develop those skills. I feel that this program will help me to do that. On the other end of the spectrum, I have some advanced writers. I can easily differentiate this program to further support their writing skills too."
Wish Amount: $1,158
Date: January 2024
School: Birch Elementary
Wish Delivered: Books
Teacher Kari Nunez says "As a fourth grade teacher, it is my job to teach students to use comprehension strategies to understand grade level text. My goal is to use highly engaging stories to make students into lifelong readers and learners. If I were to get this Wishlist fulfilled, I would share these books with the four other 4th grade teachers at my school for students to use for many years to come. I teach in a title 1 school and many students come from families where money is used to provide basic needs. Access to books is limited to what I have in my classroom and the two books that they can check out from the school library. The best part of my day is listening to students read and share their ideas about what we are reading"
Wish Amount: $1,012.80
Date: February 2024
School: Jefferson School District #251
Wish Delivered: Medical Training Course Equipment
Teacher Erin Cook says "District nurses teach laypersons in throughout the district. We provide basic medical training to secretaries at the beginning of each year as secretaries are typically the "first responders" in the schools when medical issues arise. District Nurses are also registered instructors for Stop the Bleed. We teach Stop the Bleed courses to staff and to students districtwide. Stop the Bleed gives bystanders knowledge on how to stop bleeding during an emergency. All Stop the Bleed equipment we currently use has been borrowed to nursing as well as the Heimlich trainer. The Philips HeartStart trainer would also be valuable in training staff, as this is the exact model of AEDs used districtwide. Having the exact trainer would give staff hands-on experience and confidence to respond in an emergency situation."
Wish Amount: $3,426.00
Date: January 2024
School: Sawtooth Elementary School
Wish Delivered: Accelerated Reading Program
Teacher Mary Rios says " Creating a culture of reading in my classroom, along with the other seven educators at my school, is top priority. This program promotes the power of choice, by allowing the students to choose a book of their liking out of 220,000 different books. They can read these books at home and at school. The overall goal is to promote reading, in which they will be doing the rest of their life. This program allows students to set goals based on their current reading levels, and the students take quizzes on the books that they have read, in order to earn points."
Wish Amount: $3,217.53
Date: January 2024
School: I.B. Perrine Elementary
Wish Delivered: School Supplies & Seating
Teacher Leslie Sackmaster says "I teach STEM and social emotional learning in the Learning Lab. I have students from K all through 5th grade. There is no budget set aside for my class and I am forced to buy all supplies myself. The students could really use crayons, colored pencils, and markers for day to day use. The Julia Cook books are amazing for teaching the social emotional lessons I am trying to teach. Our littles have trouble sitting still quite a bit so alternative seating is a big deal and having these choices would definitely help keep their focus on the tasks at hand."
Wish Amount: $1,357.86
Date: January 2024
School: Hayden Canyon Charter
Wish Delivered: Digital Cameras and case
Teacher Leora Sanford says "We are school who does a lot of outdoor education and project-based learning. This past fall, in Science, we had to use our 5 Ipads to take photos of local ecosystems and interactions of species in the forest to collect data, but the Ipads are not compatible with our Chromebooks so transferring the images was very challenging and time-consuming, and the quality of the images didn't allow for us to identify the local species adequately. We were also limited on the number of Ipads that students could use; 5 made it a challenge for all 28 students to document their own data."
Wish Amount: $5,801.84
