2022 Teacher & Staff Wish List

 Thank you in advance for supporting our teachers this way!

We asked them to dream big and small.

 

Entire School

• Baseball Uniforms $2000
• Sink for the nurse's office $3750

Preschool

Central Ave

• 10 Classic Rider 12” Trikes $350 each
• Interactive bilingual number and alphabet wall $50
• Wooden puzzles $100

Creation Ridge

• Legos 
• 2 Tonka Trucks $40 each
• Heavy Duty Kid size shovels for sand area $25 each
• Heavy Duty Kid size wheelbarrows $30 each
• Fairy Garden accessories $50

Extended Care

• STEM building kit $60
• Hot wheel track $60

Elementary

Cindy Arendsen (1st Grade)

• Money towards lockers $100 increments
• Classroom books
• Updated guided reading books

Erin Armas (3rd Grade)

• Cricut machine and accessories $400
• Stem games $200
• 3 wobble stools $210

Leigh Ann Arnold (Kindergarten)

• Assorted books for classroom *any amount* 
• Gift card for classroom enhancements 
• Play Dough $25
• Floor Puzzles
• Art Supplies $30 
• Dot Markers $50

Mary Bronsink (Kindergarten)

• 5 drawer cart $35
• 10 Drawer Cart $35
• Lap Desks $40
• Dot Markers $50

Angelica Delgado (4th Grade)

• Large Flip Chart Easel Pads Bundle With 3 25 x 30-Inch $85
• 40 Colors Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point Felt Pens $24
• We Speak Spanish Flags Skinny Poster  $20
• 3-Tier Rolling Mobile Utility Cart with Hanging Cups & Hooks & Handle Multifunctional Organizer $46
• Strong Magnet book Shelf for white board  $40

Hilda Duran (2nd Grade)

• Thermal Pouches 200 pack $38
• Label Maker with labels $60
• Electric Three Hole Punch $55
• Mr. Sketch Markers $15

Marcia Geurink (Kindergarten)

• Books for classroom $50
• Vinyl for Cricut  $25
• Small prizes/gifts (ie keychains, popits, small play dough etc.) $40
• Card stock for Cricut $25

Matilde Gonzalez (1st Grade)

• 2 Flash Furniture Dark Gray Mobile Desk Chair with 360 Degree Rotation and Under Seat Storage Cube. $180 each

Melissa Izenbaard (1st Grade)

• Cuentos Fonéticos set of books $65
• Black flair pens for writing workshop $35
• Colorful flair pens for editing in writing workshop $30
• 3 removable dry erase wall decals $30

Ann Hildenbrand (K/1)

• 6 Wobble Stools $500
• Storage Boxes $80
• Blank Wooden Dice $22
• Math Center Lables $17

Tom Joustra (4th Grade)

• Historical Fiction books for my classroom library $100
• Who Was? books for my classroom library $100

Jen Leenstra (3rd Grade)

• Assorted books for classroom  up to $300
• Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo- rechargeable vacuum $55
• Label maker and tape $55
• Amazon Gift Card

Elizabeth Malone (5th Grade)

• 4 Bookshelves from Target: 6 cube organizer in the color Natural. They are the Brightroom brand. $80 each
• Who was/Who is books  $5 - $100
• Target: Canton Lake Coffee Table Walnut - Sauder (used for student workspace) $170
• Wiki Sticks $10
• Dot Markers $20

Mirian Ramos (4th Grade)

• Gift Card to Amazon for dry erase pockets, hole puncher, timer, magnetic tiles $100
• Barnes and Noble Gift card for puzzles and some card games $60
• Area Rug for reading area  $150
• Pillows for reading corner $100
• Office Outlet Gift card for Organizers (plastic tubs, paper folders, etc.) $70

Denia Rodriguez (5th Grade)

• Books in Spanish from Latin/South America - student level  $200
• Gift card to Teachers Pay Teachers  $150
• Gift card to JoAnn Fabric for cloth to cover bulletin boards $100
• Post-It 15" x 18" mini easel pads x2  $50
• Post-It sticky pad - large easel size $50

Andrew Rush (4th Grade)

• Whiteboards  $50
• Recess Games  $100

Becky Schrotenboer  (3rd Grade)

• Animal erasers & water bottle stickers for rewards $45
• Passover Celebrations for 2 Bible classes: paper products, book, table cloth, matzo crackers, etc. $100
• Cricket Machine & Paper  $350

Noah Treffers (3rd Grade)

• Books and Classroom Library Materials $100
• Cordless Vacuum $250
• Rolling Stand-Up Teacher Desk $230
• New Chair Pockets $50
• Presentation Clicker $50

Jenna VanderLaan (1st Grade)

• Standing Desk $200-300
• Leveled Books $25-100
• Donation for lockers outside of classroom
• Portable bluetooth speaker $100
• Extra Charger for MacBook Pro $50

Melanie VanderPloeg (2nd Grade)

• Flip Chart Teaching Easel $550
• Hole-punched Easel Writing Paper $10

 

Eva Xu (2nd/3rd Grades)

• Tropical Leaf Accent Pillowcase 18X18 set of four $18
• Pillow Inserts $25
• Wiggle Seat Wobble Cushions $25 each

Laura Zondervan (Kindergarten)

• Magna tiles $130
• Books for classroom library $100

 

Middle School

Noah Arendsen (7th Grade)

• Old Testament Family Tree Poster $15
• Bible Project Book
• Personal Marker Boards $25

 

Ashley Hernandez (8th Grade)

• Spanish board/trivia games $100
• Cow Eye Disection Kit for 8th Grade $175

 

Makenna Hoekstra (6th Grade)

• Calculators for class $40
• Cricket Machine $300
• Classroom Games $10-500
• Flexible Seating $100-500
• Staplers $50

 

Ben Kapenga (7th Grade)

• Frog Dissection Lab $50 each (4 needed)
• Physics Puzzles $100

 

Jeff Minkus (7th Grade)

• Assorted books in Spanish for Middle Schoolers $15 per

 

Joel Nagelkirk (6th Grade) 

• Class Room Games and Activities $500

 

Audreyanna Williams (8th Grade)

• Transportation help for 8th grade class trip to Timberwolf $500 (total cost is $1,500)

 

Carla Zastrow (7th Grade)

• Flexible Seating “stools”  $200
• Books for Book Madness Contest  $200

 

Alex Zhou ( 6th and 7th Grades)

• LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box $45
• BANGSON Mini Fridge with Freezer $150
• Galaxy Projector $50
• Psalm 91 Scripture Canvas Wall Art  $25
• Electric Kettle $30

 

Specials

Luke DeVries (Music)

• Tambourine for band $210
• Tuners for band (5 needed but any would be helpful!) $30 ea.

Brittany Postma (Art) 

• Art Club Sponsorship $300
• Paint Brush Organizer $20
• Ceramic Glazes  $100
• Comfy stools with seat backs $200-400
• Organizational containers for clear storage $50

 

Jael Stilwell (Art)

• Bench hooks (used as a safety tool for cutting linoleum) $300
• Matboard (for framing artwork for art shows) $300
• 30 Clipboards (to use as drawing surface in flexible seating arrangements) $50
• Slab Roller Slicer (to cut clay in even slices) $30
• 15-Drawer Movable Organizer Cart $100

Joecy Fan

• Mandarin books for reading $200-500

 

Support Services 

 

Jill Hamm (3-5 Reading Support) 

• Who Would Win? complete collection of 25 books $80
• ECR4 Kids ACE Active Core Engagement Wobble Stool $70
• Secret Code Actions (Teacher edition) by Nancy Young  $50
• High Noon Books- Nailed it - set of 12 books $110
• High Noon Books- Wild Wicked Wonderful- set of 16 books  $150

 

Sheila Johnston (2nd-5th Support Services)

• Non-Fiction Science and Social Studies related books  $100
• Outdoor/Recess toys $75
• $ for Teachers Pay Teachers games and activities $100-$300
• Math Manipulatives  $50-100
• Optional seating (beanbags, wobble stools, ...) $100-200

 

Mary DeMey ( Speech Therapy)

• Book - Something to Say about My Communication Device Paperback $10
• Book - AAC Rhyme time Paperback $16