Date: November 2022
School: Timberline Elementary and Junior Senior High (Weippe)
Wish Delivered: Set of SIPPS Intervention Package
Teacher Katrina Morris says “We are a rural low-income Idaho school with a vast array of needs because of our k-12 population. This reading intervention kit would fit the needs of our student population from kindergarten through 12th grade. I am in a newly created position of k-12 reading and math interventionist. While it is challenging to find a program that could possibly help students from kindergarten through 12th grade, I believe this could help all of our struggling readers."
Wish Amount: $3,075
Date: November 2022
School: Preston High School (Preston)
Wish Delivered: Sensory friendly Classroom Supplies
Teacher Melissa Hodgkiss says “I work in a Special Education High School Resource Room. I teach SPED English and Study Skills. I teach 14-18 year olds. Most of my list consists of flexible seating options. In special education we have a wide range of exceptionalities. I would love to have many seating options for my students that can help them wiggle to sitting still. I believe if a student is comfortable in their environment, they will be engaged, learn, and work.
Wish Amount: $2,792.73
Date: November 2022
School: Project Impact STEM Academy (Meridian)
Wish Delivered: STEM Supplies
"This wishlist will provide several STEM project items as well as art supplies... My classes focus on science linked maker’s space, design art, art technology, careers, and digital publishing. PiSTEM as a school focuses on the future of Idaho's students, careers, and industry connections through project based experiential learning opportunities and community connections."
- Teacher Lori Brenneman
Wish Amount: $2212.27
Date: November 2022
School: Desert Sage Elementary School (Boise)
Wish Delivered: Science of Reading Program Supplies
This Wishlist will provide STEM focused books as well as learning manipulatives. There are manipulatives to help with vocabulary, phonics, and phonemic awareness.
"Encoding is just as important as decoding so I added items to help not only my students this year, but future students learn to both read and write. I feel that as a teacher it is crucial that children learn these skills from an early age." - Teacher Nicole Nestler
Wish Amount: $2100
Date: October 2022
School: Spalding STEM Academy (Boise)
Wish Delivered: Wiggle Chairs
This Wishlist will provide two sets of wiggle seats for Teacher Kristi Kovals classroom she says
“Students wills use these wiggle chairs as an alternative seating option in my room to improve
focus and attention.”
Wish Amount: $120
Date: October 2022
School: Central Canyon Elementary (Caldwell)
Wish Delivered: Classroom Furniture and Supplies
First year teacher Talon Sudbeck says "With this grant, I hope to provide my Kindergarten class a fun and safe environment where they can grow emotionally and academically. As I strive to create a group of students who will become adults who will be influential citizens, great neighbors, and successful in whatever path in life they choose.”
Wish Amount: $5,232.23
Date: October 2022
School: Marsh Valley High School (Arimo)
Wish Delivered: Lab Supplies
This Wishlist will provide necessary lab supplies including hot plates, Bunsen burners and hoses,
magnetism kit and TV monitor. Teacher Marilyn Mikkelson says “So much of my equipment is
either very, very old (hot plates) or I don't have the equipment needed to teach. This would
help me so much teaching Labs in science."
Wish Amount: $4,459.49
Date: September 2022
School: Burton Elementary School (Rexburg)
Wish Delivered: Books
Carrie L Kostial says that through this Wishlist she will be opening the variety of books in her classroom by "adding fiction, non-fiction, and cross-curricular books into her classroom library."
Wish Amount: $199
