2021 Teacher & Staff Wish List

 Thank you in advance for supporting our teachers this way!

We asked them to dream big and small.

Preschool

Creation Ridge 

• Plexiglass Easel for outside playscape $2000
• 1 - Point & Shoot camera for site $50
• Someone to donate their time 4x a year to help with simple "Handyman" tasks (Fixing toys, painting/staining etc.)
• 8- ft wooden Picnic table for playscape $500
• Materials to build a Farmers Market stand for Outdoor Dramatic play $250
• Big Digs for Sand play $120

Elementary

Kim Walters (Y5)

• Melissa & Doug Rainbow Stamp Pad  $10
• 48 Piece Floor Puzzles $20
• Floam - Playfoam $20

Ran Schlosser (K/1 Mandarin)

• Floor lamp: Any amount
• A small Christmas tree
• Christmas lights(white)

Leigh Ann Arnold (K)

• Books, books, and more books $50-150
• 1 set of Magna Tiles $100
• Pocket Chart $15
• Dot Markers $7

Marcia Geurink (K)

• Hand puppets $80
• Sensory Room Tiles $170
• Adult Hand Puppet $35
• Cricut Vinyl Pack $25

Laura Zondervan (K)

• Cricut and supplies $180
• Metal Utility Cart $35
• Floor Lamp $25
• Fabric Storage Cubes $15

Mary Bronsink (K)

• Pocket chart holder/whiteboard $200

Jenna VanderLaan (1)

• USB-C Charge Cable and USB-C Adapter $80
• Foam Magnetic Letters $25
• Canva Pro Membership $10 per month ($120)
• Barnes and Noble Gift Card  *any amount*

Matilde González (1)

• Cricut Maker 3 vinyls and tools $540
• Cricut Roll Holder  $35
• 10  sets Spanish bananagrams  $150

Melissa Izenbaard  (1)

• Individual Playdough $40
• Flexible Seating $250

Alba Mercado (1)

• Tall Desk and Teacher Chair $100-$300
• (4) Movement stools for Classroom
• Sensory Tools for Classroom $65
• Cricut Explore $390
• Mapa Mundi $80

Hilda Duran (2)

• X-ACTO School Pro Pencil Sharpener $70
• Laminator machine $80
• Brother PTD400AD label machine  $65
• SoundLink Flex Bluetooth® speaker​ $150

Melanie Vander Ploeg (2)

• Mobile Whiteboard for the enfoque lingüístico $150
• Flex Space Comfy Floor Seats $60+
• Bean Bag Refill $20
• Books about marine animals for Classroom Library $20-50

Julie Walters (2)

• Giant Magnetic Base 10 Set $75
• Jumbo Magnetic 10-Frame, set of 6 $45
• Classroom Mentor Texts (Books) for Science, Social Studies, and Writing $100

Becky Schrotenboer (3)

• Teachers Pay Teachers gift card for purchasing engaging resources to improve reading and math instruction. $25+

Erin Armas (3)

• Adjustable stand up Desk $300
• Adjustable Ergonomic Chair $300
• Classroom Games $150

Jen Leenstra (3)

• Magnetic Kitchen Timer $15
• Presentation Remote and Air Mouse $20
• Math Centers for challenge work $40
• Dry Erase Prize Wheel $45
• Teachers Pay Teacher Gift Card  *Any amount
• Pool noodles for rhythm work and brain breaks $30

Tom Joustra (4)

• Indoor Recess Games and Activities $100

Andrew Rush (4)

• Lower Level Books $50
• Flexible Seating $50

Pricilla Fuentes(4)

• Flexible Seating $150
• Wobble Stools $200
• (2) Tall Desk $600
• Bar Stools $300

Angelica Delgado (4)

• Containers for organizing $100
• Math Games $100
• Cricut Labels/supplies $270
• STEM Materials $50

Elizabeth Malone (5)

• Magna-Tiles $100
• Book: Lucky Strike by: Bobbie Pyron 30 copies $200
• Complete series of Wings of Fire by: Tui T. Sutherland $200
• Book: Number the Stars by: Lois Lowry 30 copies $150
• Book: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by: William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer  $200

Vince Hutt (5)

• Historical Fiction books to go along with our Revolutionary War unit in social studies $100

Luke DeVries (Elementary Band and Music)

• New Drumsticks and Mallets for middle school percussionists $250
• Piano Keyboard Mobile Stand and Bench $200
• Class set of Raquet Balls for rhythm $40
• Portable Podium $400

Sheila Johnston (2-5th Support Services)

• Non-Fiction Picture Books $25-100
• 10-15 Drawer Rolling Storage Organizer Cart $50-100
• Magnatiles/Games/Puzzles $50-100
• Three Tier Metal Rolling Cart $50-75

Mary DeMay (1-8 Speech)

• Core Words for Classroom & Home: Developing Verbal Communication Skills and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Abilities book $30
• Winter Speech Therapy AAC Core Vocabulary Words Interactive Adaptive Book $5

Julie Postmus (School Based Therapist)

• Hoberman Sphere breathing tool/fidget $10
• Thriving with ADHD workbook $15
• Play therapy figurines $25
• The Invisible String book $10

Aaron Kauffman (School Social Worker)

• Bean Bag and filler--for the kid to relax and decompress!

Dena Apotheker (Elementary Reading Support)

• Leveled Library Reading Books $200

Stacey Karel (School Nurse)

• National Association of School Nurse/Michigan Association of School Nurses yearly membership fee (access to education,resources, conference discounts, discussion boards, journal, publication discounts) $155
• School Emergency Triage Training Online $90
• School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text (Book) $110
• Fully Automatic Digital Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor Adult, Child, Pediatric Modes & Cuffs $80

Middle School

Sports

• Girls Soccer Uniforms $1000

Alex Zhou (6)

• Learning Resources Interlocking Gram Unit Cubes $30
• Geometric Solids $30
• JBL FLIP 5 Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker $150
• Battleship With Planes Strategy Board Game $20
• Kingdomino Award Winning Family Strategy Board Game $20
• Sleeping Queens 10th Anniversary Tin Card Game $15
• Chinese Checkers Halma Board Game Set $35
• Chinese traditional Ink Decor, Posters and Prints $40

Makenna Hoekstra (6)

• Electric Pencil Sharpener $25
• Flexible Classroom Seating ($100-1000)
• STEM games for Math Class $100
• Lighting for classroom (String lights, lamps, etc) $20-300

Joel Nagelkirk (6)

• Classroom Games $150
• Student High Top Chairs with Backs $400
• Teacher Chair $250

Heather Kraft (6)

• Desk Pets (Animal Erasers) $20
• Learning Games $20-50
• Boggle $15
• Bananagrams $15
• Scrabble $15

Ben Kapenga (7)

• Leopard Frog Dissection $45
• Cartesian Diver Kit - Cartesian divers connects Archimedes' principle, Pascal's principle, Boyle's law, and density $60
• Owl Pellet Dissection $170

Carla Zastrow (7)

• Book Madness Books (MS Reading Competition) $250
• Brain Teasers for Brain Encore Class $100

Jeff Minkus (7)

• Turing Tumble Starting Bundle (Math and Power Hour) $85

Jackie Roskamp (8)

• Flexible Seating $200

Brittany Postma (MS Art)

• Organization Items (tubs/bins) $30
• Art Posters $30
• Clay Rollers $50
• Sharpie Markers $40

Alayna Visser (MS Support Services)

• Small whiteboards, markers, erasers $45
• Sensory Timers $18
• (2) Fine Motor Board (Life skills) $30

Maria Klompmaker(Math Champion)

• Super Genius Multiplication Game $12