Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Teacher Wish List

The Santa Ynez Valley Academic Booster Club Plus (ABC+) is pleased to initiate a Wish List for the SYVUHS faculty. ABC+'s goal is to help generate community support and provide items for the classroom that may be out of reach during these challenging times.

Throughout the school year, the Faculty will have the opportunity to submit a list of items that will assist them in their efforts to help every child reach their potential and help create the optimal learning environment. The Faculty has been limited in their ability to purchase supplies and may even be supplementing purchases through your own funds. We informed them that no item is too small and we will do our best to obtain the larger items as well.

Your tax-deductible donation may be made by item, check, cash or credit card through PayPal. Here are the four ways to donate:

  1. Bring your donation to Principal Mark Swanitz’s office at Santa Ynez High School. Please make certain it includes the teacher’s name and your name and contact information or state “anonymous”;
  2. Contact Wish List Coordinator, Debi Gioia, to arrange for pick up of your donation at 688-1259 or DebiGioia@gmail.com;
  3. Donate funds towards the list or a specific item on the list through ABC+ Pay Pal Account. Click here for link to our PayPal page; or
  4. Mail your donation to:
        ABC+
        P.O. Box 1605
        Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Tad Bixler (AP Calculus)

  • Calculus AB (57 students) AP Study Guides/Workbooks
    • Preparing for the AP 2011 Calculus AB exam - $16 each x 57 students = $912
    • Complete Solutions for AP 2011 Calculus AB Exam - $9 each x 57 students = $513. [Link]
  • Calculus BC (15 students) AP Study Guides/Workbooks
    • Preparing for the AP 2011 Calculus BC exam - $19 each x 15 students = $285
    • Complete Solutions for AP 2011 Calculus BC Exam - $12 each x 15 students = $180. [Link]

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Rosa Estarellas (AP Spanish)

  • Document Camera (a real-time image capture device for displaying interactive notebooks, objects or transparencies) $650.00

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David Jackson (Special Education)

  • Document camera - for displaying physical documents through the already installed classroom projector. The math department has incorporated this model into all their classes. Click here for Document Camera link.
  • Facial tissue
  • 3x5" index cards
  • 3x5" yellow post-it notes
  • Dry erase markers
  • Wide ruled line writing paper
  • Eraser caps for pencils whose erasers have been worn down/off
  • Composition books
  • Poster board/paper
  • Drinking water cups
  • Digital voice recorder - for creating a digital file of class lecture, accessible through my class website. Click here for class website.

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Cheryl Lee (Video/Filmmaking)

  • One High Definition Video Camera Canon VIXIAHV40 ($649)
  • One High Definition Video Camera Canon VIXIAHV40 ($649)
  • One High Definition Video Camera Canon VIXIAHV40 ($649)
  • Click here for a link

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Chris Mullin (AP European History, AP US History, Social Studies Dept.)

  • Document Camera $650
  • Costume Funding for AP Dress-up Nights and class simulations $250.00
  • Funding to help subsidize the annual Hearst Castle Field Trip for AP US History $300.00

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Jennifer Rasmussen - AVID Coordinator (Advanced Via Individual Determination)

  • Document Camera $650
  • Set of 6 standing white boards for our tutorials
  • Funding to help subsidize student trips and tours of college campuses. We are planning on taking 30 +/- students on a train/flight to Oregon and Washington State during spring break 2011. The students have been funding-raising for the past year and will continue this year. Each student is trying to raise $300.00 towards the trip. We plan on renting 4 vans while we are there and will stay in some hotels, but will be looking for college dorms, youth hostels, or other forms of inexpensive accommodations.

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Sandra Slobig (AP Statistics)

  • Ten calculators (TI 84 Silver Edition Plus) $150 each
  • Five calculators (TI 84 Silver Edition Plus) $150 each

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Gretchen Smith (Science, AP Chemistry, AP Physics)

  • Five more digital balances. ($2,500 one time cost) We are currently short 2 in our shared set of balances. We also need 3 more high accuracy balances for AP chemistry.
  • Ongoing annual chemical supplies ($400 annual cost)
  • Microscope annual maintenance ($800 annual cost plus repair costs) Current microscopes haven't been checked out for 4 years.
  • One spectrophotometer ($1,000 onetime cost)
  • Five more electricity and magnetic sensors for physics ($1,000 onetime cost)
  • Solution Guide for Brown-Lemay AP chemistry ($200 onetime cost)
  • New dissecting trays and pads ($600 onetime cost)
  • Fume hood for second chemistry classroom ($6,000 onetime cost)
  • New AP Physics textbook for AP Physics C. ($1,500 onetime cost) - AP Physics B is changing drastically in two years and change to the Physics C curriculum appears to be the logical curriculum path.
  • Class set of 12 laptops used for data analysis with GLX. ($5,000 onetime cost)

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Jan Stotler (Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Algebra 2, Algebra 1)

  • Ten calculators (TI 84 Silver Edition Plus) $150 each
  • Five calculators (TI 84 Silver Edition Plus) $150 each
  • An extra document camera for the math department (I live in fear mine will break or wear out. We have no replacement or even spare parts and bulbs.)
  • A "Quizdom" like immediate feedback system for teachers to use to get immediate feedback of students' understanding

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Denise Wold (Severely Handicapped, Special Day Class)

  • Document Camera $650.00
  • Clorox wipes
  • Facial tissues
  • Brain Pop subscription {www.brainpop.com} (online/visual curricula support)
  • Desktop laminator
  • History Channel Videos
  • Santa Barbara Zoo tickets
  • Movie Theater tickets
  • Restaurant gift certificates
  • Bean bags (with washable covers)
  • Floor chairs
  • Medium-small aerobic exercise balls
  • PG movies for break-time entertainment
  • Santa Ynez Valley Transit Bus Passes
  • Hand wipes (antibacterial)
  • Water bottles
  • Umbrellas
  • Pocket folders
  • Composition notebooks/journals
  • Markers
  • Pencils
  • Glue sticks
  • Non-perishable snacks

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Brian Wallace (Social Sciences Department, Special Education)

  • Combo US/World Desk maps - 10 is ideal for what we need ($11.95 each) Click here for link
  • Rolling set of maps - The set with eight ($880) would give me all the relevant continents and a world map. But, I only need the set with five($640) and a world map Click here for link
  • California history DVD set. This would be a luxury to have so if it does not fit in your budget I can do without ($150) Click here for link
  • The PBS DVD sets were much more expensive than I thought so I found the same quality at half the price on other sites. 16th to the 20th century DVD sets:

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