Chief Sealth Teachers’ Wish List—2015/16
We are SO grateful for the support of our Chief Sealth International community. Interested in contributing in some way? Here is a list of wishes staff created to make their classrooms come to life this fall. See a good fit here? Contact the teacher directly for details—they will be so happy to hear from you! Thank you from all of us at CSIHS!
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A Bundle o’ Books. Our social studies teacher would like 20 copies of the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and 5 copies of the book The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander for some class study projects. Contact Eddie Snead @ 252-8583 or .
A Rainbow of Colors. Colored pencils make learning a language just a little easier! Our World Languages teachers will love having some added color in their assignments as students learn to be citizens of the world. Contact Khaleelah Rahsaan @ 252-8607 or email at .
Amazon Cards NOT the River. Our librarian can go crazy buying “just right” titles with Amazon gift cards. Having a book in their hands two days after a request—now that’s service! Contact Katie Hubert @ 252-8617 or .
Ancient Art of Calligraphy, 2015 Style. Our Japanese teacher would like bottles of Japanese / Chinese calligraphy ink to use for class projects. Available at Uwajimaya, this will keep our students practicing their writing. Contact Joshua Hansell @ 252-8630 or .
Atoms, and Science, and Colors—Oh, My! In science class, students use boxes filled with art supplies that he them add colors to diagrams and help that learning stick. A class set of 10 boxes or markers, 10 boxes of colored pencils, and 10 durable pencil boxes to hold it all will help make this science work memorable. Contact Sara Dominguez @ 252-8577 or .
Books Are Us! If you are looking for a new home for any of your books, room 273 is the place to send them! We love any donations of books that young adults would enjoy reading. Contact Breanna Whited @ 252-8633 or email at .
Calculating for Posters. Our new school psychologist needs some posters to liven things up in her new space. Contact AliinaCrandell @ 252-8571 or email at .
Camera to the World. Our social studies teacher would like five Logitech HD Webcams #C270 ($23.49 on Amazon) to do video conferencing with classrooms in other countries. Contact Noah Zeichner @ 252-8626 or email at .
Charge Up Our Learning! Math uses AAA Batteries (the little ones) for our calculators. Each calculator uses four at a time. 4x32=128 just for one classroom! Your support will help POWER the work we do in our math classes. Contact Joshua Cohen @ 252-8619 or email at .
College Bound Reading, Please! Our senior language arts teacher would like updated versions—think 2015 and newer—of books about going to college. Titles could include Fiske Guide to Colleges, the College Board’s Scholarship Handbook, or the Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges. Reading about going is half the battle! Contact Amber Allison @ 252-8631 or email at .
Color Our World (Languages) with Sharpies. Our world language teachers would like Sharpies for projects in both Spanish and Chinese classes. All colors welcome! Contact Pollyanna Wang @ 252-8694 or Marlene Mersch @ 252-8656 or email at or .
Espanol, Por Favor? Dictionaries help our Spanish students get those verbs correctly conjugated. It would be bueno for our Spanish classrooms to get copies of 501 Spanish Verbs and Spanish/English dictionaries. Gracias! Contact Khaleelah Rahsaan @ 252-8607 or email at .
Feed the Body, Feed the Brain. Room 273 is in need of food and drinks to fuel our brains. Often a warm cup of tea is enough to turn the brain back on and focus. Our students would love tea, popcorn, cup of noodles, hot chocolate, hot cider, sugar, eco-friendly cups, ceramic mugs, silverware, paper towels, Kleenex, small garbage sacks, dish soap, anti-bacterial wipes, granola bars, instant oatmeal or other consumables that activate with hot water or a microwave, M&Ms, Skittles, and jelly beans. Contact Breanna Whited @ 252-8633 or email at .
Graphing Calculators! Our math department would LOVE enough Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Silver Edition “Yellow School Bus” calculators to have all math classrooms equipped with classroom sets (32 each). We need 165 more calculators if we are to achieve our goal. They go a long way in helping our students succeed. Buy one! Buy a bunch!! They are a big ticket item, so any help is appreciated. Contact Faith McCluskey at 252-8625 or email at .
Immerse Yourself In Language. Our Spanish immersion teacher would like sentence strips and tabletop easel pads to help language stick in his classroom and in his students’ brains! Contact Pedro Lopez-Chaves @ 252-8643 or email at .
It’s ALWAYS Laundry Day. Our medically-fragile special education classroom does their share of laundry. Laundry soap can make things just a little easier for these hard working teachers. Contact Patricia Nelson @ 252-8595 or email at .
Kitchen Consumables?Our Family and Consumer Science lab is in need of some consumables. Dish soap, hand soap, sponges, paper plates, foil, plastic wrap, baggies, and plastic silverware get use aplenty! Our kitchen will be complete with new or gently-used cookie sheets, carrying trays, two blenders, and four rolling pins. Contact Jenny Austad at 252.8613 or email at .
Laser Printer Not Laser Tag. With more and more online work, students have more need to print for classes. Our social studies teacher would like to make printing a snap with a new or used classroom laser printer. Contact Paul Fischburg @ 252-8623 or email at .
Lawyers in the Making. Our Mock Trial team is a HUGE hit at Sealth! The team is looking for cash donations to help them pay for the membership fees for this group’s high-powered events. Contact Eddie Snead @ 252-8583 or .
Lounge Love? Our staff lounge could use a monthly lounge elf. Someone who could supply us with cleaning supplies, spruce up the space, and toss up a decoration or two to make the Denny/Sealth space feel a little more inviting? Contact Lori Douglas at 252-8573 or email at .
Magazines Crowding Your Home Libraries? Our special education teacher would like magazines for classroom projects. She’ll have her students breathe amazing new life into their lifeless pages. Contact Vanessa Schultz @ 252-8677 or email at .
Printing? Yes, please! Some of our classrooms are a LONG way from the copiers. A classroom printer could save oodles of time and make getting homework into student hands quick and easy. New or used, a printer with toner cartridges would be used and abused! Contact Becky Horst @ 252-8651 or .
Science Supplies Needed! Science needs stuff. Lots of stuff. Our science teacher would be pleased as punch to fill these wishes to round out her classroom needs for the year: 16 meter sticks (the wooden variety we used to call yardsticks), Ziploc baggies (in sandwich, quart, and gallon sizes), straws, matches, blue painters’ tape, clear packing tape, aluminum foil, clear plastic wrap, poster sized Post-it pads, and a shoe/calculator storage holder with clear pockets for 32. Contact Ina Shepard @ 252-8634 or email at .
Shower Boards Are Really Student Writing Boards in Disguise. Sheets of whiteboard at Home Depot can be cut down to make individual student writing tools. Our science classrooms can use class sets of 30! Contact Ina Shepard @ 252-8634 or email at .
Smile For the Camera!Digital Photography and Yearbook classes are filled with awesome students, but not all of them can afford a digital camera. We would love new or used digital cameras—perhaps you have upgraded at home? We’d be glad to take your old ones! Any type, any brand will work for our purposes. Contact Sarah Martin – .
“Target” Those Utensils! Our special education students have a classroom kitchen where lots of life learning happens. This space is woefully short on supplies like cups and silverware (especially forks). Target gift cards in small denominations will help staff buy supplies for cooking projects that teach important life skills to our students. Contact Nicole Nichols @ 252-8572 or email at .
We All Need a Little Incentive! Our school Social Worker hopes to help change student patterns of behavior and attendance with some incentives to keep students on track and moving forward. Gift cards in $5, $10, or $20 denominations to Target and Safeway or movie tickets go a l-o-n-g way for student motivation. Additionally, these support our families who are in immediate need of food and other basics. Contact Carrie Syvertsen @ 252-8684 or email at .