The MEF Wishlist is a way for our SCM teachers and staff to receive items that are needed to aid them in helping our SCM students have the BEST education possible. This Wishlist is for requests of $200 or less. It may be used as many times a year as a need arises for a teacher or staff member.
You can grant the entire wish or a portion of the wish.
Teachers and staff can make a wishlist request anytime during the year.
Flexible Seating
Request from: Clare Holliday – 3rd Grade – Hums Elementary School
My students are being asked to sit in one place more than ever before. In an effort to keep the kids socially-distanced and the classroom as sanitized as possible, we are asking students to stay in their seats much more than during normal school years. In an effort to provide them with more movement, I would like to provide stools for my classroom. These stools would provide students with movement they so desperately crave and better help them focus on their work.
Wish Amount: $200 Date Requested: 10/13/2020 Reference #:HU 21
Flexible Seating
Request from: Clare Holliday – 3rd Grade – Hums Elementary School
My students are being asked to sit in one place more than ever before. In an effort to keep the kids socially-distanced and the classroom as sanitized as possible, we are asking students to stay in their seats much more than during normal school years. In an effort to provide them with more movement, I would like to provide stools for my classroom. These stools would provide students with movement they so desperately crave and better help them focus on their work.
Wish Amount: $200 Date Requested: 10/13/2020 Reference #:HU 21
Headphones
Request from: Amy Bertoncini – Elementary Intervention Teacher – Battell Elementary School
We have implemented a new reading intervention program for fourth through sixth graders. This program, Read 180, has a computer component. Headphones would minimize distractions and increase student focus.
Wish Amount: $119.95 Date Requested: 11/10/2020 Reference #:BA11
Classroom Books
Request from: Amy Darnell – Emmons Elementary School
My classroom is a very diverse group of children. I would like the classroom library to reflect the students that are in the classroom every day. I would like my students to be able to picture themselves as the hero or heroine in a story, see books that represent their cultures, and their lives.
Wish Amount: $200 Date Requested: 11/09/2020 Reference #:EM32
Flexible Seating
Request from: Tara Francis – 2nd Grade – Hums Elementary School
I am requesting funds in order to add to my flexible seating options. Students love to have a choice in what they sit in. Flexible seating helps the students with their ability to focus and gives them comfort at the same time.
Wish Amount: $200 Date Requested: 11/17/2020 Reference #:HU23
Neat Seat
Request from: Lisa Kelly – 4th Grade – Emmons Elementary School
Due to Covid, kids are discouraged to move around the classroom or go to lockers freely. By having the Neat Seat covers, students will be more organized, and their materials will be at their seat.
Wish Amount: $155.00 Date Requested: 1/20/2021 Reference #:EM33
Eagle Cart Positive Behavior Items
Request from: Jessica Wolfe – Emmons Elementary School
Students who use their life skills are rewarded with Eagle Dollars. Students can spend their Eagle Dollars on the cart. Students look forward to purchasing from this cart. It is very expensive to keep the cart stocked, and teachers often donate items and money to purchase supplies. Students love to purchase things like craft kits, notebooks, books, pens, treats, balls, slime, and other fun treats. Any help with stocking the cart is greatly appreciated.
Wish Amount: $200.00 Date Requested: 2/25/21 Reference #:EM34
Garden Containers
Request from: Nicole Jellison – Twin Branch Elementary School
Through a reading/science unit, my class has been learning about conservation of resources and urban gardening. I noticed right away a passion in my students for this topic. As we have been reading, specifically about urban gardening, my students have continually expressed an interest in our classroom creating our own garden. I would like to buy materials to have a container garden that my students can help plant and maintain. Doing so would benefit them in a variety of ways. Not only would this be a leadership project directly relating to the goals of our Leader in Me program, but students would have to research and track the specific care and management of each plant. We will need containers, soil, trellises, seeds, gloves, small shovels, and watering cans. I have done research to price this out and we will easily spend the money I am requesting. We appreciate your consideration! I know my students are extremely excited at the idea of this project.
Wish Amount: $200.00 Date Requested: 3/11/21 Reference #:TB10
Channel Kindness
Request from: Josie Kowalewski – John Young Middle School
Born This Way Foundation with Lady Gaga Wishlist Detail: Kindness can change the world, one act at a time, it is a contagious remedy to so many of our world problems. Students in middle school need more teachings around kindness, inclusivity, and celebrating diversity. Each year I create a unit around these topics for my students. I often have to search outside sources to enrich reading and exploration for students. I have recently discovered this incredible book of stories compiled by the ‘Born This Way Foundation’, created by Lady Gaga. This book is a compilation of stories by adolescents, the same age as my students, chronicling how acts of kindness have changed their lives. It is relevant, modern, and easily relatable. I wish for 16 books to complete my class set so that each student has the ability to read from their own book. I am confident it will be a highlight for my students and has the potential to change the world, one act of kindness at a time.
Wish Amount: $200.00 Date Requested: 3/25/21 Reference #:JY12