Staff Favorites & Wish Lists
Staff Favorites & Wish Lists
Welcome to our Staff Favorites page! This is your go-to resource for finding the perfect way to show appreciation to our wonderful teachers and staff members.
Whether you’re looking for ideas for teacher appreciation week, end-of-year gifts, or just want to brighten someone’s day, you’ll find helpful information about each staff member’s preferences, favorite things, and classroom needs.
Gift-Giving Made Easy: Browse through each teacher’s favorites to find personalized gift ideas. Many staff members have also shared Amazon Wish Lists for easy shopping!
D
Devin Ames
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Tapped, Wild Wasabi, Ivar's, Salt n Straw (does that count?) :)
☕ Favorite Beverages
Water, Poppi sodas, vanilla lattes
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target, Trader Joe's, any bookstore
🎨 Favorite Colors
blue and gray
🌸 Favorite Flowers
peonies, sweet peas, daisies
🎯 Hobbies
cooking, gardening, travel, reading, music
❤️ Favorite Things
time with family/friends, going to sporting events & shows, owls, candles, cozy socks
📚 Classroom Needs
markers, art/craft supplies, stickers for kids
🙏 How to Appreciate
words/notes of appreciation
L
Lori Bumstead
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
I like mexican and thai food.
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet Coke or coffee with vanilla creamer
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target or a Craft Store
🎨 Favorite Colors
Green and Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Dahlia, peony
🎯 Hobbies
Crafting, Reading
❤️ Favorite Things
Smiling faces from our sea otter students, a walk on a cold sunny day and sitting by a campfire next to the river at our family property in the Methow VAlley.
📚 Classroom Needs
Coffee and drinks for the staff room?
🙏 How to Appreciate
I love receiving notes from students. It is the best part of my day!
R
Rebecca Cort
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Ixtapa, Shake Shack, Ivars, Kyoto, Taco Time
☕ Favorite Beverages
Strawberry & Passionfruit Redbull Italian Soda w/splash of cream, Dr. Pepper, White Chocolate Mocha w/an extra pump
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target and Amazon
🎨 Favorite Colors
Purple
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Carnations
🎯 Hobbies
Going to Disney, Spending time with my kids, Reading , and Swimming.
❤️ Favorite Things
All things Disney, Precious Moments, and Books
📚 Classroom Needs
Class snack, baby wipes, and other things listed on my school Amazon Wish List.
🙏 How to Appreciate
Handwritten thank you cards and student drawings.
J
Janet Determan
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Chops, Chipotle, anything localy owned in the Edmonds/Lynnwood area, and I have a week spot for Mc Donald's breakfast :)
☕ Favorite Beverages
seasonal decaf coffee beverages-as skinny as possible, or half-sweet, protein drinks, 0 sugar Coke
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target
🎨 Favorite Colors
Turquoise, every shade of pink, white and winter white
🌸 Favorite Flowers
sunflowers
🎯 Hobbies
hiking, camping, gardening, reading, watching movies with my family, trying to make new recipes, puzzles (300-500 pieces)
❤️ Favorite Things
Cozy things (hats, socks, blankets, substantial mugs etc.), plants/flowers, books, anything homemade, tea, coffee
📚 Classroom Needs
book sets, board games that can be played in about 30 min., puzzles (50-100 pieces), class sets of art supplies (like a class set of oil pastels or water colors)
🙏 How to Appreciate
I appreciate any time someone puts time/effort into making something for me.I love anything homemade - baked goods, art, cards, accessories the kids have made for me.
S
Sarah Dutchin
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Ivars, Tapped, Starbucks
☕ Favorite Beverages
Flavored waters: Black Cherry, Tangerine, Blood Orange; Blond Vanilla Latte
🏪 Favorite Stores
TJ Maxx/Marshalls
🎨 Favorite Colors
Pink, green, Crimson/Gray
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Tulips, gerbera daisies
🎯 Hobbies
Bake, run, walk, read
❤️ Favorite Things
Fresh Sharpies, gnomes, seasonally scented candles, holiday earrings
🙏 How to Appreciate
Handwritten notes never go out of style! Kids telling me they like school and what they have learned. A surprise latte is always fun.
K
Kristen Engels
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
cheesecake factory
☕ Favorite Beverages
iced espresso
🏪 Favorite Stores
nordstrom rack
🎨 Favorite Colors
teal
🌸 Favorite Flowers
lily
🎯 Hobbies
singing, swimming
❤️ Favorite Things
building rapport with students, helping them discover new information on their own, being on the beach, swimming in the ocean, singing classical music.
📚 Classroom Needs
a cart that holds the kids' binders
🙏 How to Appreciate
coffee, words of affirmation
N
Nancy Everroad
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Azul in Mill Creek
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet Dr. Pepper, flavored water,
🏪 Favorite Stores
Amazon, target,
🎨 Favorite Colors
pink
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Gerbera daisies spring /sunflowers fall
🎯 Hobbies
biking, walking, reading, dancing, writing, skiing, pickleball
❤️ Favorite Things
candles, warm blankets, chai tea, time with family and friends, laughing, kindness
📚 Classroom Needs
electric pencil sharpener
🙏 How to Appreciate
Words of encouragement, smile, lots of cash (heehee)
J
Jennifer Gee
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
I like to try new restaurants. Anytime I get to go out is a treat!
☕ Favorite Beverages
coffee/iced green tea w/lemonade
🏪 Favorite Stores
Nordstrom Rack/Home Goods
🎨 Favorite Colors
green
🌸 Favorite Flowers
tulips
🎯 Hobbies
reading/golf/college basketball/outside activities with family and friends
❤️ Favorite Things
family and friends
📚 Classroom Needs
Snacks/pencils/whiteboard markers(black)
🙏 How to Appreciate
notes or emails about things families hear are going well in our groups
L
Leah Grant
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Bucatini
☕ Favorite Beverages
Coffee and pepsi
🎨 Favorite Colors
Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Roses, hydrangea
🎯 Hobbies
Travel, reading
❤️ Favorite Things
Books, coffee, flowers, going to movies, travel, beach, swimming
📚 Classroom Needs
Fidget toys
M
Matthew Griffin
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Any Thai Restaurant
☕ Favorite Beverages
Water
🏪 Favorite Stores
Math and Stuff, or Blue Highway (any boardgame store)
🎨 Favorite Colors
Orange
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Any perennial (blueberry shrubs if they count as a flower)
🎯 Hobbies
Disc golf
❤️ Favorite Things
Mariners Baseball
📚 Classroom Needs
Eventually I want to have a 3d printer to print student creations they make in a CAD program.
🙏 How to Appreciate
Words of affirmation.
K
Katrina Hall (Ms. Hall)
☕ Favorite Beverages
iced vanilla lattes, sparkling water, Diet Coke
🏪 Favorite Stores
Third Place Books
🎨 Favorite Colors
red
🌸 Favorite Flowers
gerbera daisies
🎯 Hobbies
reading, dancing, hiking
❤️ Favorite Things
books!
📚 Classroom Needs
books from my wishlist
🙏 How to Appreciate
kind notes
M
Mallory Hanson
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Anything local to WA & PNW! (all different cuisines)
☕ Favorite Beverages
Sugar Free Redbull (any flav), White Chocolate Oat milk latte (Extra Hot or Iced), Zero Sugar Coke (any Flav), Sparkling Water!
🏪 Favorite Stores
REI, Trader Joes, Woods Coffee, Staples, Kennelly Keys
🎨 Favorite Colors
Forest Green & Rainbow
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Rhododendron
🎯 Hobbies
Hiking, Cooking, Baking, Kendama, Drawing
❤️ Favorite Things
Music, Food, Sports, Outdoors, the Arts!
📚 Classroom Needs
Hand Sanitizer, Class set of Whiteboards, things from wishlist
🙏 How to Appreciate
To be noticed.
T
Tim Harrington
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Christiano's,
☕ Favorite Beverages
Don't have one. Water
🏪 Favorite Stores
Trader Joe's
🎨 Favorite Colors
Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Gerber Daisies
🎯 Hobbies
Spending time with my dog, walking, working out.
❤️ Favorite Things
My dog Moseley, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Denver Broncos
📚 Classroom Needs
A pencil sharpener
🙏 How to Appreciate
A nice note
B
Becky Hovik
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Playa Bonita
☕ Favorite Beverages
Mango dragonfriut refresher light ice, light water
🏪 Favorite Stores
Amazon Simon says Stamp (online)
🎨 Favorite Colors
purple
🌸 Favorite Flowers
wild flowers
🎯 Hobbies
crafting-card making
📚 Classroom Needs
a gift certificate to hobby Lobby or Amazon to buy stem supplies
🙏 How to Appreciate
Starbucks
J
Jessi Jarvis
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Chipotle, Panera, Jersey Mike's
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet coke and coffee
🏪 Favorite Stores
Third Place Books, anything local
🎨 Favorite Colors
Purple and teal
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Tulips
🎯 Hobbies
Making music with friends and family, reading, taking walks
❤️ Favorite Things
Little birds, specifically northwest backyard birds but really any little birds
📚 Classroom Needs
Books about emotions, mindset, inclusion, and diversity. Cool fidgets, simple games, games about feelings
🙏 How to Appreciate
I love when I get a little note that I can keep to re-read when I'm having a hard day. And I LOVE when students make art that I can hang up in my office.
J
Jen Johnson
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
The Keg, Demitris, Salt and Iron, Bar Dojo
☕ Favorite Beverages
Iced Soy Lattes, Olipop
🏪 Favorite Stores
Amazon, Bookstores, Target
🎨 Favorite Colors
Green, Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Peonies, Hydrngeas
🎯 Hobbies
Orange Theory, Reading, Playing w/my nephews and cats, Exploring w/Mr. Johnson
❤️ Favorite Things
???
📚 Classroom Needs
A new rug, Snacks for the Kids
🙏 How to Appreciate
Thanked/Acknowledged for working hard-- by kids and parents :)
R
Rachna Kewalramani
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Farzi Cafe, Bellevue
☕ Favorite Beverages
Lattes
🏪 Favorite Stores
Macy
🎨 Favorite Colors
Black, Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Rose, Carnation, Peony, Carnation
🎯 Hobbies
Cooking, Reading
🙏 How to Appreciate
Flowers 💐
E
Ellie Knapp
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Salt and Iron and Jimmy Johns
☕ Favorite Beverages
Black coffee and Diet Pepsi
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target, Lululemon, Athleta
🎨 Favorite Colors
Teal, pink, and blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Peonies
🎯 Hobbies
Being with my dogs and spending time with friends and family.
❤️ Favorite Things
Fun pens and books.
📚 Classroom Needs
About to go on maternity leave so I am good this year!
🙏 How to Appreciate
Notes from students
A
Alison Lang
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Red Cork
☕ Favorite Beverages
Sparkling Water
🏪 Favorite Stores
William & Sonoma
🎨 Favorite Colors
Red
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Sun Flowers
🎯 Hobbies
Glass Blowing, Cooking, Gardening
❤️ Favorite Things
Travel
📚 Classroom Needs
Legos
🙏 How to Appreciate
A smile!
M
Madisyn Leenstra
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Chops, chipotle
☕ Favorite Beverages
Vanilla latte, red wine
🏪 Favorite Stores
Safeway, target, costco
🎨 Favorite Colors
blue and green (go hawks!)
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Any
🎯 Hobbies
jigsaw puzzles
❤️ Favorite Things
Kind words
📚 Classroom Needs
pre sharpened pencils, scissors, markers
🙏 How to Appreciate
kind words, hugs
T
Tina Leger
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Jersey Mikes, Five Guys, Chik Fil-A
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Diet Dr. Pepper
🏪 Favorite Stores
Home Goods, Hobby Lobby
🎨 Favorite Colors
Pink, Periwinkle, Sage Green
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Peonies, Roses, Tulips
🎯 Hobbies
drawing, crafts, watching movies
❤️ Favorite Things
Seasonal Decor (for desk), anything Mary Engelbreit,
🙏 How to Appreciate
Gift cards!
L
Leslie Malone
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Azteca
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet Coke
🏪 Favorite Stores
Nordstrom, Home Goods, Target
🎨 Favorite Colors
Blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Peony
🎯 Hobbies
Shopping
❤️ Favorite Things
Coffee, snacks, blankets, hulu
🙏 How to Appreciate
Notes, coffee, kind words
D
Dawn Matwichuk
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Cheesecake Factory, Azteca
☕ Favorite Beverages
White chocolate mocha
🏪 Favorite Stores
Amazon, Walmart
🎨 Favorite Colors
Bright pink
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Tulips, roses, Dahlias
🎯 Hobbies
bead making, crafting, tablescapes
❤️ Favorite Things
The beach
📚 Classroom Needs
snacks for the kids
🙏 How to Appreciate
Written notes
M
Michelle McLaughlin
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Din Tai Fung or Mexican
☕ Favorite Beverages
Any sparkling water
🏪 Favorite Stores
Natural Life
🎨 Favorite Colors
Green and pink
🌸 Favorite Flowers
sunflowers or daisies
🎯 Hobbies
easy hiking, walks, sunset chasing, reading, buying & selling secondhand.
❤️ Favorite Things
rain, sunsets, beaches, mountains, road trips, girls brunch
📚 Classroom Needs
small or medium squishmallow to use for emotional support for injured/upset kids
🙏 How to Appreciate
Just let me know I'm appreciated, I guess?
K
Krista Neighbors
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Panera
☕ Favorite Beverages
Iced Nonfat Latte
🏪 Favorite Stores
Anthropologie
🎨 Favorite Colors
Purple
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Dahlias and Peonies
🎯 Hobbies
Tennis
❤️ Favorite Things
Anything Husies
📚 Classroom Needs
See Jen Gee - we have a shared classroom :)
🙏 How to Appreciate
I love cards
A
Amy Peters
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Starbucks, Chipotle, Italian food
☕ Favorite Beverages
double shot Tall 2 pump vanilla latte
🏪 Favorite Stores
Nordstrom, Target, Amazon, REI
🎨 Favorite Colors
Jewel tones: evergreen, ruby red, royal purple, navy blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
peonies
🎯 Hobbies
Yoga, baking/cooking, reading, watching movies
❤️ Favorite Things
UW Huskies, glassybaby votives,
📚 Classroom Needs
puzzles, card or board games, washable crayola fine tip markers
🙏 How to Appreciate
cards, notes, drawings, etc.
V
Vikki Roberts
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Azul, Calabria,
☕ Favorite Beverages
Starbucks coconut milk latte with 2 raw sugars or water
🏪 Favorite Stores
costco
🎨 Favorite Colors
pink or blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
sun flowers and daisy
🎯 Hobbies
beading, gardening, baking gluten free and vegan
❤️ Favorite Things
cats, socks,
📚 Classroom Needs
pens, student workbooks for our phonics curriculum
🙏 How to Appreciate
notes
E
Elizabeth Schmeichel
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Anthony's, Jersey Mike's, South Fork Bakery
☕ Favorite Beverages
Gatorade (zero sugar), Herbal Teas, Water, Vanilla Bean (2scoop powder) Lattes
🏪 Favorite Stores
Hobby Lobby, Target, Fred Meyers
🎨 Favorite Colors
Purple & Dark Green
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Water Lilies & Gardenias
🎯 Hobbies
Sports, Painting, Home Decor, Outdoor Anything
❤️ Favorite Things
Cooking, Sleeping, Eating, Family Times, Games, Coloring Books, Stickers
📚 Classroom Needs
Comfy chairs to snuggle
🙏 How to Appreciate
affirmations, gifts, acts of services
C
Cassandra Smelser
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
China City, Taco Time
☕ Favorite Beverages
Cherry Coke, Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte, Iced Mocha Breve
🏪 Favorite Stores
Trader Joe's
🎨 Favorite Colors
Teal
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Gerbra Daisies
🎯 Hobbies
Traveling, baking, cooking, pedicures
❤️ Favorite Things
Homemade cookies, coffee (lattes, Frappuccino's, cold brew)
📚 Classroom Needs
a 3 hole punch, new electric pencil sharpener
🙏 How to Appreciate
drop off coffee or lunch one day, homemade cookies/goodies
J
Jamie Smith
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Tapped
☕ Favorite Beverages
Liquid IV water
🏪 Favorite Stores
Amazon
🎯 Hobbies
Light Pink
❤️ Favorite Things
Plants, travel, home improvement, reading
📚 Classroom Needs
Extra headphones and crayons
🙏 How to Appreciate
Hugs and handwritten letters!
C
Cable Smith
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Mod Pizza
☕ Favorite Beverages
Lemonade
🏪 Favorite Stores
Costco
🎨 Favorite Colors
Purple
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Hyacinth
🎯 Hobbies
Sporting events (huskies, Mariners, Seahawks)
❤️ Favorite Things
My wife, my german shepherd, baseball, being outdoors
📚 Classroom Needs
headphones, more scoop chairs or some kind of floor seats for kiddos to read
🙏 How to Appreciate
Just being acknowledged or told "doing a good job."
A
Anne Steinmetz
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Diamond Knot
☕ Favorite Beverages
Iced Caramel Macchiato
🏪 Favorite Stores
Value Village ;-)
🎨 Favorite Colors
Yellow
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Gardenia
🎯 Hobbies
baking and gardening
❤️ Favorite Things
kitchen gadgets
🙏 How to Appreciate
thank you
J
John Stengele
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Diamond Knot, Taco Time, Taqueria Puebla (next to Red Cork)
☕ Favorite Beverages
Coffee with cream
🏪 Favorite Stores
REI, ACE Hardware, Amazon
🎨 Favorite Colors
Green, Black, Blue, Crimson, Grey
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Any and All
🎯 Hobbies
Disc Golf, Soccer, Hiking, Kayaking, Backpacking, Camping, Gardening
❤️ Favorite Things
Family, my puppies, soccer, and nature
📚 Classroom Needs
Always in need of new equipment
🙏 How to Appreciate
Art, letters, emails from students and family
J
Jennifer Thompson
No wishlist provided
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Azuls
☕ Favorite Beverages
Diet Coke
🏪 Favorite Stores
Target, Old Navy and Macys
🎨 Favorite Colors
Red
🌸 Favorite Flowers
Lily
🎯 Hobbies
Gardening, Scrapbooking and Reading
❤️ Favorite Things
Seattle Sports, Huskies, Family
📚 Classroom Needs
Tissue, Baby Wipes, and Hand Sanitizer
🙏 How to Appreciate
Thoughtful Note
W
Wood
🍽️ Favorite Restaurants
Yeh Yeh's or Pagliacci Pizza
☕ Favorite Beverages
coffee or iced tea
🏪 Favorite Stores
Blick art store
🎨 Favorite Colors
green and blue
🌸 Favorite Flowers
sunflower
🎯 Hobbies
art, music, hiking, paddleboarding, snowboarding
❤️ Favorite Things
My family and dog Maggie
📚 Classroom Needs
wobble stools, drawing pads, art markers
🙏 How to Appreciate
Just a thank you and support from staff and families