Classroom Wishlist is a monthly Idaho Lottery Do Good program that allows teachers to submit their classroom wishes to be fulfilled. With the help of our players, the Idaho Lottery funds up to $10,000 in classroom needs every month!
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Congratulations to Kootenai Classical Academy!
Classroom Supplies for Deborah Coons, Jennifer Paine and Lenny Lanterman
I am writing to share the urgent need for support in my 3rd and 4th grade classrooms at Kootenai Classical Academy and to request assistance through the Idaho Lottery’s Classroom Wishlist program to help fulfill this need. As a charter school we receive very limited funds through the state and only a $50 classroom budget from our district to purchase materials. Any funds allocated to our school from the state are used for other resources and any fundraising we do has been used to fund the middle school wing of our building. This means that nearly all classroom materials—from pencils and paper to learning tools and curriculum we are to teach every day—are purchased out of our own pocket or through parent donations.
As a teacher, I work hard to provide an engaging, supportive, and well-equipped learning environment. However, with rising costs and growing classroom needs, it is becoming more and more difficult to provide my students with the supplies they need to thrive. Without outside support, those gaps fall on the teacher to fill.
Each year, we spend hundreds of dollars to stock our classroom with notebooks, markers, dry erase boards, math manipulatives, books, and other essentials. These are not luxuries—they’re the foundational tools that help my students develop literacy, numeracy, and confidence. We do our best to offer creative, hands-on learning experiences that often require materials we simply cannot afford on our own.
Support from the Idaho Lottery would make a meaningful and immediate difference. It would allow us to refresh worn-out supplies, expand our classroom library, provide maps for history that are big enough to be visible to all students, not just the ones in the front of the class, all of which will bring learning to life.
Thank you for recognizing the importance of public education and the real challenges teachers face. Your support empowers us to do what we love—teach—with the resources our students need and deserve.
Want to help Do GOOD? As a VIP Club member you can donate your points toward Classroom Wishlist projects in the Do Good section of the VIP Club Rewards. We can’t grant these projects without the help of our generous players. They make GOOD happen every day!
Is there something that your classroom needs? Materials, experiences, supplies that would help make your classroom more successful?
Read the rules below BEFORE you submit your wish!
- Must be 18 years or older to submit a classroom Wishlist.
- All Wishlists must benefit an Idaho public school.
- Wishlists are evaluated on the following criteria: Impact, Urgency, and Quality of Submission.
- A typical funded project is around $2,000, however, we will consider wishes up to $10,000.
- All information, including ordering links, must be submitted for a Wishlist to be considered!
- Wishlist submissions for each month close on the last day of the month and review begins the first of each month. If you don’t get selected, don’t give up, you should re-submit.
- Each educator may only be awarded once per academic year.
- All Classroom Wishlist submissions must include the shipping cost in their total cost. Submissions may be rejected after being awarded if the budget increases dramatically.
- Wishlist items must not include items that have already been purchased by the school or teacher.
- Wishlists cannot be related to events or projects that have already occurred. The Idaho Lottery will not approve reimbursements.
