Date: March 2025

School: Star Middle School

Wish Delivered: Classroom Furniture

Teacher Kailey Grubbs says "As a first-year teacher fresh out of college, I’ve poured my heart and a significant portion of my own money into creating a welcoming and effective learning environment for my students. But now that the school year is in full swing, I’ve realized there are critical resources I still need to help my students thrive.I teach 6th grade, but many of my students are working at 2nd- and 3rd-grade levels. To give them the individualized attention they deserve, a kidney table would be a game-changer. It would allow me to work closely with small groups, tailoring lessons to meet their unique needs and help them catch up academically."

Wish Amount: $1055

Date: March 2025

School: Rolling Hills Public Charter School

Wish Delivered: Snap Circuits kit

Teacher Marie Talcott says "I teach 4th grade in a Title 1 school. This means that we serve a high percentage of students from low income families. I am requesting these science kits to to offer my students a hands on opportunity to observe that energy can be transferred by electric currents. This aligns with the 4th grade science energy standards and supports the science and engineering practice of developing and using models. These kits comes with 28 components to create 100+ different electronic projects. These kits will be used with care and will support student learning for years to come."

Wish Amount: $495.42

Date: March 2025

School: Buhl High School

Wish Delivered: Laptops and computer supplies

Teacher Jeff Margulieux says "Within our high school robotics elective our students are able to apply technology and science concepts through engaging hands-on projects as they work together to build and design a robot. Each year our students design and build an amazing robot and compete in FIRST Robotics Competition, an inspirational and challenging program for high school students in which they learn and incorporate crucial STEM skills. In addition to building, students are responsible for coding the robot for both autonomous commands and a “teleoperated” mode in which they will use xbox controllers to maneuver the robot. For programing and robot communication requirements, we need dedicated laptops rather than students’ chromebooks. We would like to purchase two new laptops for Java programming that will replace our singular outdated laptop and allow more students to code together at the same time."

Wish Amount: $749.98

Date: March 2025

School: McMillian Elementary

Wish Delivered: Art Supplies

Teacher Trudy McMullen says "These items will help my classroom by providing the tools to support art education. Student will get to use their creativity, problem solving skills and learn perseverance while learning about master artists. I can remember a tiger I drew and colored in with my elementary school art teacher. I never thought I was good at art, but she encouraged me to keep trying. I was always proud of the result of that project and think about it often. I want to help create these kinds of memories with my students. Due to low socioeconomic status, many of our students do not have access to galleries, art classes, and exposure to community art events. We have an amazing opportunity to partner with community members for art education within our school walls. We utilize a program called Meet the Masters. Each month, members of the community come in and teach art lessons to each classroom. They not only do a project, but learn about master artists such as Warhol, Degas, and Monet to name a few. They are learning art vocabulary, history, elements and then they are guided in creating a piece of art."

Wish Amount: $2008.30