2007 2008 TEACHER & STAFF WISH LISTS

School Office

Sherry Baranosky & Dodi Denkinger, Secretaries

  • Reams of brightly colored paper
  • Ink Pens
  • Volunteers
  • 3 cans of computer air spray
  • Box Tape
Media Center/Technology Pat Stuekerjuergen, Librarian/Media Center Director

Media Center Technology
Paperbacks from the following series:
  • Hawk the Cowdog
  • Geronimo Stilton
  • Heartland
  • Thoroughbred
  • Fairies
  • Animal Ark
  • Black keyboards
  • Black Mice (scroll
  • Canned Air Spray for all classrooms
  • Scanner
  • Smart boards
  • Dell Laptops
  • Dell computers processors only
  • Flat screen monitors for lab
  • Mousepads
      Complete Media Center Wish List

Childcare    Jennifer Rossmanith, Director
  • Liquid Starch – This can be found in grocery stores in the detergent aisle
  • Gently used Matchbox cars and car ramps
  • Gently used Dollhouse,
    Barbies and/or Barbie clothes/accessories
  • Markers
  • Construction Paper
  • Floor Sweeper: The non-electrical push kind
  • Mancala Pieces – small, round, glass stones
  • Hama Beads – the kind you iron with wax paper (at Hobby Lobby)
  • Larger plastic beads and stretchy string (again at Hobby Lobby)
  • Paper plates
  • Plastic cups
  • Board games & card games
  • Baby wipes
  • Child-size scissors
  • Small film containers
  • Dress-up clothes items
Independent Learning    Teri Siembieda
  • Portable CD and cassette player (new or used)
  • Colored Post-It notes (cube size)
  • Two new or used stools (24” to 30” high)
  • Packaged craft supplies (pipe cleaners, feathers, dowel rods, foam sheets, pom-pom’s, colored rubber bands)
  • “Paint” markers to be used on glass or ceramic
  • Instrumental music on CD or cassette
  • Learning Post, Wal-Mart, Target gift certificates for supplies
  • “Apples to Apples” game, Junior edition
Six Traits of Writing Units
 
Pre-Kindergarten   Sarah Mohrfeld
  • Classroom Easel - for group lessons (to hold big books and writing tablets)
  • Large Group Carpet (with 20 spots for children)
  • Colored copy paper
  • Dirt
  • Rice
  • Noodles
    (Things to put in the sensory table that children can explore in)
  • Sand
  • Wal-Mart and Learning Post gift cards for supplies
Music   Rebecca Beierschmitt

Essentials

Unpitched Instruments

  • Wind Chimes (1)
  • Hand Drums, Skin (10 – but the ideal is one per child)
  • Ratchet (1)
  • Vibraslap (1)
  • Whip (1)
  • Tone Block (4)

Needs to be replaced soon

  • Cymbals
  • Bell Sets
Good additions
  • Gong (1)
  • Tubanos (3)
  • Slide Whistle (1)
  • Djembe (3)
Books
  • It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny, Marilyn Sadler
  • Drummer Hoff, Barbara Emberley
  • The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle
  • Otto Goes to the Beach, Todd Parr
  • Scary, Scary Halloween, Eve Bunting
  • The Star-Spangled Banner, Peter Spier
  • Swimmy, Leo Lionni
  • Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendick
  • Rhythm and Melody Concepts by Michon Rozmajzl and Rosalie Castleberry
  • The Kodaly Method by Lois Choksy
  • An American Methodology by Ann Eisen and Lamar Robertson
Videos
  • Fantasia
  • Blast
  • Blue Man’s Group
  • Stomp
  • Wee Sing Kids
     
  • Musicals / Operas
     
    · Newsies
     · My Fair Lady
     
    · Cinderella
     · La Boheme
     · The Marriage of      
        Figaro
Physical Education  
First Priority Items
  • 2 stop watches
  • 12 easy grip footballs
  • 12 ultra soft (trainer) volleyballs
  • 12 tennis balls
  • 25 Animal Beanie Babies
  • 25 small rackets and/or paddles
Second Priority Items
  • 2 sets of Stix balls (LaCrosse)
  • 10 Takraw balls
  • 6 breakaway plastic hurdles
  • 2 starting blocks
  • In/Outdoor shots (6, 8 lb)
  • 25 softball gloves
  • 12 rag softballs
  • 2 folding tumbling mats
  • Station music CDs
Third Priority Items (Dream List)
  • Low balance beam
  • High Jump pit
  • Fat mat
  • Springboard
  • Vaulting box
  • Incline mat
  • Stair steps to go with vaulting box
  • Steps for step aerobics
  • Sets of 2-, 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-lb hand weights
  • Large Exercise balls
3rd Grade   Theresa Dutchuk
  • Comfortable computer chair
  • Sturdy bookshelf
  • Pigtail USB cables
  • Full-sized Iowa flag
  • Electric pencil sharpeners
  • Children’s Bible
  • Surge protectors with 9 foot cords
  • Muggins (a multiplication/ division math game)
  • Turbotwist (math fact hand-held game)
4th Grade   Mary Hingten
  • St. Theresa picture or statue
  • Petco gift card – to feed the animals!
  • Colored copy paper
  • Dry Erase markers
  • Model magic – tubs
  • Set of 20 wooden rulers
6th – 8th Grade Math   Robin Risbeck
  • 12 game math set,  $30
    NOTE: This item will be ordered from the Nasco Math catalog

Please contact the school office for further details regarding requested items prior to purchase.

 


 

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