Do Good Programs: Classroom Wishlist

The 300 or so students at Frontier Elementary in west Boise represent dozens of nationalities and speak 26 different languages. The school’s Hall of Flags leads directly to the library and proudly displays the assortment of home country flags for all students – including from places as remote as Nepal and Burundi. The librarian received a Classroom Wishlist award for new library tables to replace the original ones which had been well used throughout the school’s 38-year history. “I want to get students reading and I felt our students needed a better library experience,” she said. “For me, this is not a job, it’s a joy.” Meeting today’s challenges for education is the frontier spirit and one embraced by the Idaho Lottery. 61 Classroom Wishlists were awarded this year with a total of $114,780 in teaching supplies, curriculum aides, technology, and furniture. Here is the list of this year’s recipients:

North Idaho:

• Hayden Canyon Charter (Hayden), document camera, books, & supplies • Kootenai Elementary (Kootenai), Mango Math kit • Skyway Elementary (Coeur d’Alene), basic supplies • Treaty Rock Elementary (Post Falls), interactive games supplies, Bob Book sets, Kindergarten supplies and books • Washington Elementary (Sandpoint), books, reading center, and a learning rug

Palouse Area:

• Camelot Elementary (Lewiston), 24 Boogie Boards • Genesee Elementary (Genesee), STEM books • Nezperce Elementary (Nezperce), Field trip to Palouse Science Center and STEM kits

Southwest Idaho:

• Butte View Elementary (Emmett), kindergarten books & reading center • Council Jr/Sr High (Council), Glowforge 3D printer • Eagle Elementary School of the Arts (Eagle), library tables • Endeavor Elementary (Nampa), books • Frontier Elementary (Boise), library tables • Fruitland Elementary (Fruitland), 115 Scholastic News subscriptions for all first graders • Horseshoe Bend Elementary (Horseshoe Bend), Special Education supplies

Students at Hamer Elementary with new reading area seats Hamer, Idaho

Staff at Pepper Ridge Elementary receiving books Boise, Idaho

• Idaho Arts Charter (Boise), math & reading supplies • Idaho Arts Charter (Nampa), math & reading supplies • Kuna Middle (Kuna), classroom seating • Lake Hazel Middle (Boise), book repair machine & supplies • Maxine Johnson Elementary (Parma), listening center, books, games, and sand-tray sensory items • Marsing Elementary (Marsing), reading center • Owyhee High (Meridian), library carts and display holders • Pepper Ridge Elementary (Boise), Makerspace Station • Sienna Elementary (Meridian), classroom furniture

Classroom Wishlist deliveries (left to right): Marsing Elementary, Inkom Elementary, Glenns Ferry Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Hollister Elementary, Driggs Elementary. Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind receiving their Classroom Wishlist

Gooding, Idaho

South Central Idaho:

• Burley Jr. High (Burley), adjustable chairs, locking laptop cabinet,and two of each: clarinets, flutes, violins, and violas • Canyon Ridge High (Twin Falls), books on personal finance • Glenns Ferry Elementary (Glenns Ferry), writing tools • Hagerman Elementary (Hagerman), traveling easel • Hollister Elementary (Hollister), classroom & organizing supplies • Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind (Gooding), Ultimaker 3D printer starter bundle • Jerome Academy (Jerome), inclusive PE supplies • Wendell Elementary (Wendell), classroom & art supplies, • Xavier Elementary (Twin Falls), 36 sets of dry erase kits

Southeast Idaho:

• Bear Lake Middle (Montpelier), kitchen supplies for Home Ec • Gem Prep (Pocatello), color printer, supplies and paper • Idaho State University (Pocatello), Dyslexia training • Indian Hills Elementary (Pocatello), classroom supplies • Inkom Elementary (Inkom), reading & science supplies • Marsh Valley Middle (Arimo), microscopes, TVs, electric hand mixers, Kitchen Aid, 40 scooters, cage ball set, an anatomical skeleton, classroom tables, chairs, and a projector & printer • Mountain View Elementary (McCammon), 30 chairs & tables

East Idaho:

• Burton Elementary (Rexburg), STEM kits • Challis School (Challis), table, chairs, & printer, ten Amazon Fire tablets & headphones • Driggs Elementary (Driggs), class-set of Chromebooks, Chromebook cart, furniture, & Makerspace library station • Hamer Elementary (Hamer), bean bag chairs & inclusive PE supplies • Moreland Elementary (Moreland), library center • Rimrock Elementary (Idaho Falls), classroom supplies & flex seating • Roberts Elementary (Roberts), 30 wobble chairs