Teacher's Favorite Things

Ms. Beetham

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: Gardening
• Drink: White Carmel Mocha
• Place to shop: Amazon or Target
• Lunch spot: Panera Bread
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon and discoverbooks.com
• Flower: All
• Sports team: 
• Scent: vanilla
• Way to relax: pedicure
• Sweet treat: salted chocolate caramels
• Salty snack: tortilla chips
• Our classroom always needs: books see supply list, baby wipes
• My one big classroom wish item is: books 
• Favorite coffee house: any      Drink order: white caramel mocha

Mrs. McMahill

• Color: Purple
• Hobby: gardening
• Drink: cherry coke
• Place to shop: Target
• Lunch spot: Jimmy Johns
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Target, Starbucks
• Flower: Peony
• Sports team: Seahawks
• Scent: Linen
• Way to relax: Read
• Sweet treat: gummy bears, peanut buttercups
• Salty snack: cashews
•  Our classroom always needs: Books
•  Favorite coffee house: Starbucks    Drink order: Caramel Macchiato

Ms. Meyers

• Color: Orange
• Hobby: Gardening
• Drink: Diet Pepsi
• Place to shop: Target
• Lunch spot: Taco Time
• Place to get gift cards from: Target, Amazon
• Flower: Sunflowers, Tulips
• Sports team: Sounders
• Scent: Melon
• Way to relax: Reading
• Sweet treat: Chocolate
• Salty snack: Popcorn
• Our classroom always needs:
• My one big classroom wish item is:
• Favorite coffee house:  Starbucks       
•  Favorite drink order: Iced black and white mocha

Mrs. Pendergrass

• Color: black and white 
• Hobby: Crafting 
• Drink: Coffee 
• Place to shop: Target 
• Lunch spot: Taco Time 
• Place to get gift cards from: Target and Starbucks
• Flower: tulips  
• Sports team: Seahawks and Mariners 
• Scent: Vanilla 
• Way to relax: Pedicures 
• Sweet treat: Doughnuts 
• Salty snack: Chips 
• Our classroom always needs: Playdoh and Sidewalk Chalk. 
• My one big classroom wish item is:
• Favorite coffee house:  Starbucks        Favorite drink order: Toasted Vanilla Oatmilk Shaken Espresso 
• Mrs. Wilkins
• Color: Pink
• Hobby: Gardening
• Drink: KEVITA Master Brew (Tart Cherry)
• Place to shop: Target
• Lunch spot: Taco Time
• Place to get gift cards from: Hobby Lobby
• Flower: Carnations
• Sports team: Seahawks, Dodgers, Lakers
• Scent: Hawaiian
• Way to relax: Being Outside
• Sweet treat: See’s Candy (Only Dark Chocolate)
• Salty snack: Dark Chocolate
• Our classroom always needs: Kleenex, Hand Soap
• My one big classroom wish item is:
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks         Favorite drink order: Passion Lemonade Sweet Ice Tea

Ms. Calley

• Color: Black, yellow, red
• Hobby: relaxing on a beach
• Drink: Dr. Pepper
• Place to shop: Ross
• Lunch spot: Jersey Mike's
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks or Gravity
• Flower: any
• Scent: vanilla or tropical
• Way to relax: on the beach
• Sweet treat: ice cream
• Salty snack: chips
• Our classroom always needs: velcro
• My one big classroom wish item is: indoor string lights
• Favorite coffee house: gravity or Starbucks       Drink order: white chocolate mocha hot

Ms. Vacca-Nobles

• Color: light green
• Hobby: reading, working out, hiking
• Drink: water, sweet tea, Ice vanilla latte with Coconut Milk
• Place to shop: Amazon, Target, Fred Meyer
• Lunch spot: Ban SomTum Thai, Café Rio
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Starbucks, Target
• Flower: Rose
• Sports team: Seahawks and Mariners
• Scent: Fresh
• Way to relax: Watch movies and Read
• Sweet treat: Fruit Snacks
• Salty snack: Chips
• Our classroom always needs: Glue Sticks
• My one big classroom wish item is: Large sticky Post-it anchor chart paper
• Favorite coffee house:  Starbucks     Drink order: Iced vanilla latte with coconut milk

Mrs. Hunter

• Color: Pink
• Hobby: Travel, read mystery books, Watercolor paint
• Drink: Chai Tea or Hot  chocolate
• Place to shop: Fred Meyer
• Lunch spot: Chili Thai
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Starbucks
• Flower: Carnations
• Sports team: Seattle Sounders, WSU Cougars
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Sit at the Beach and read
• Sweet treat: Dark chocolate
• Salty snack: mixed nuts or popcorn
• Our classroom always needs: 24 pack crayons
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks     Drink order: venti Chai Tea extra chai

 

Mrs. Yi

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: Baking, Reading, Running
• Drink: Coffee
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Starbucks
• Flower: Peonies, Tulips
• Sports team: UW Football, basketball, softball. Go Dawgs!
• Scent: Anything citrus, lavender, eucalyptus
• Way to relax: long walks, yoga, baths
• Sweet treat: Dark chocolate
• Salty snack: Chips and Sea Salt Popcorn
• Our classroom always needs pencils and crayons.
• My one big classroom wish item is: Legos
• Favorite coffee house: Anywhere       Drink order: Americano with a splash of cream

Mrs. Britton

• Color: Magenta, Greens, blues
• Hobby: Gardening
• Drink: Seltzer waters, Tea (Good Earth Sweet and Spicy)
• Place to shop: Fred Meyer, Target, Costco
• Lunch spot:
• Place to get gift cards from:
• Flower: All
• Scent: Vanilla, cinnamon
• Way to relax: walking, sipping tea or coffee, gardening
• Sweet treat: chocolate
•  Salty snack: almonds
•    Our classroom always needs: markers, watercolors, erasers
•    My one big classroom wish item is: watercolor sets
•    Favorite coffee house: Starbucks        Drink order: Drip coffee with cream

Mrs. Hinson

• Color: Red, White, Blue
• Hobby: Quilt Sewing
• Drink: Starbucks Mocha
• Place to shop: Trader Joes
• Lunch spot: Maria’s Cocina Mexicana
• Place to get gift cards from: Fred Meyer
• Flower: Petunia
• Sports team: Kraken
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Sew, plant flowers
• Sweet treat: Peanut M&Ms
• Salty snack: Popcorn
• Our classroom always needs: Printing Paper__
• My one big classroom wish item is: Create a Memory Book full of letters from my students.
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks      Drink order: Mocha

Mrs. Rimorin

• Color: Turquoise
• Hobby: Making books
• Drink: Coffee
• Place to shop: Target
• Lunch spot: Panera
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks
• Flower: Dahlia!
• Sports team: Kraken
• Scent: Citrus
• Way to relax: Pedicure
• Sweet treat: The Cookie from Metropolitan Market
• Salty snack:
•    Our classroom always needs: Plates for snack time
•    My one big classroom wish item is: Giant World Map
•    Favorite coffee house: Anthem    Drink order: Brown Sugar Latte

Ms. Fain

• Color: red
•  Hobby: reading and working out
•  Drink: coffee or tea
•  Place to shop: Amazon, Target, workout places
• Lunch spot: MSM sandwiches or Outpost (Tacoma)
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon or Target
• Flower: tulip
• Sports team: AZ Cardinals and PHX Suns
• Scent: citrus
• Way to relax: reading, walking dog, and tv/movies
• Sweet treat: chocolate chip cookies/ sour gummy worms
• Salty snack: chips
• Our classroom always needs: glue sticks
• My one big classroom wish item is: Legos
• Favorite coffee house: Coffee Zaun, Bluebeard, or Starbucks   Drink order: iced americano with cold foam or a splash oat milk

Mrs. Grelson

• Color: light green
• Hobby: reading, working out, hiking
• Drink: water, sweet tea, Ice vanilla latte with Coconut Milk
• Place to shop: Amazon, Target, Fred Meyer
• Lunch spot: Ban SomTum Thai, Café Rio
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Starbucks, Target
• Flower: Rose
• Sports team: Seahawks and Mariners
• Scent: Fresh
• Way to relax: Watch movies and Read
• Sweet treat: Fruit Snacks
• Salty snack: Chips
• Our classroom always needs: Glue Sticks
• My one big classroom wish item is: Large sticky Post-it anchor chart paper
• Favorite coffee house:  Starbucks     Drink order: Iced vanilla latte with coconut milk

Ms. Clever

• Color: Pink
• Drink: Diet Coke, Plain Seltzer, Coffee       
• Place to shop: Amazon
• Lunch spot: McDonald's, Taco Time
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks, Amazon
• Flower: Gerber Daisies, Pink Carnations, Yellow Roses
• Favorite Sports Team: Eastern Washington Eagles
• Scent: Fruity
• Sweet treat: Anything fruity or sour, Dots, Red Vines, PB M&M
• Salty snack: Salt and Vinegar Chips, Plain Ruffles, Original Doritos
• Our classroom always needs: anything we can sell in the student store (candy, fidgets, mechanical pencils, toys, anything fun!)
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks or Dutch Bros.  Drink order: Americano with extra half and half

Mr. Hoyle

• Color: blue
• Hobby: outdoors, camping, hiking, technology
• Drink: anything with chocolate
• Place to shop: Amazon or Target
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon and Target
• Flower: prefer plants
• Sports team: Tacoma Rainiers, Oregon Ducks, California Angels, Los Angeles Rams/Chargers
• Scent: Lemon Verbena, Lavender
• Way to relax: Tea & Music, Walk with Friends
• Sweet treat: Dark Chocolate
• Our classroom always needs: pencils, colored pencils, markers
• My one big classroom wish item is: stools for desks
• Favorite coffee house: Starbuck's    Drink order: Lemonade

Mrs. Cady

• Color: Purple, Teal & Pink
• Hobby: Gardening, Baking, Cooking, Scrapbooking, Hiking & Reading
• Drink: Iced Coffee
• Place to shop: Etsy, Loft & Michaels
• Lunch spot: Bangkok Thai & Fiesta Taqueria
• Place to get gift cards from: Etsy & Amazon
• Sports team: Rainiers
• Way to relax: Walk my dogs, watch comedies, & garden
• Sweet treat: Ice cream, anything with chocolate & peanut butter, Reese’s    Sticks
• Salty snack: Flaming Hot Limon Cheetos
• Our classroom always needs books, markers & scissors.
• My one big classroom wish item is: a personal laminator
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks        Drink order: Iced white mocha americano

Mr. Cho

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: I like cats, sports (pickleball to play, basketball, football, and baseball to watch), food, and art.
• Drink: Smoothies
• Place to shop: 
• Lunch spot:  California Burrito for something quick; Tokyo-ya if I want to sit.
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon
• Sports team: Memphis Grizzlies, Seattle Seahawks, Duke Blue Devils
•  Sweet treat: Chocolate covered almonds
• Salty snack:  Cashews
• Our classroom always needs: fun learning games
• My one big classroom wish item is: Bananagrams

Mrs. Steinman - Librarian

• Color: Teal
• Hobby: Reading
• Drink: Nonfat vanilla latte, half the pumps or Diet Pepsi
• Place to shop:  Amazon
• Lunch spot: Yoko’s Teriyaki Bistro, Hoyt Rd.
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon
• Flower: Daffodil
• Sports team: Dodgers
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Massage, warmth on the water/beach
• Sweet treat: Sour gummy worms, Sour Patch kids, Sour nips,
• Salty snack: Cheez-itz-original

• Our classroom always needs: books

• My one big classroom wish item is: Colorful library/reading related posters

• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks    Drink order: nonfat vanilla latte, half the pumps

Ms. White - Librarian

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: Gardening, camping, reading, antiquing, bike riding
• Drink: Grande 2 pump vanilla latte
• Place to shop: Amazon, Target, Petsmart
• Lunch spot: Katie Downs
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Target, Petsmart
• Flower: Tulips
• Scent: Lavender, Almond
• Way to relax: Gardening, reading
• Sweet treat: Peanut M&Ms
• Salty snack: Cheez Its or crunchy Cheetos

Mrs. Whalen - Music

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: Running, long walks with our Husky, singing, guitar, ukulele, piano
• Drink: Coffee (Americano with steamed Almond milk & s/f Vanilla)
• Place to shop: Amazon, Adidas, REI, Oiselle
• Lunch spot: Thai Basil
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks! Amazon
• Flower: Tulips
• Sports team: Seattle Kraken or Mariners
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Running, sleeping, singing, playing guitar, ukulele, and piano, listening to music, reading, watching TV, Kraken games!
• Sweet treat: Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt
• Salty snack: Almonds, popcorn, Quaker apple cinnamon or caramel rice crisps
• Our classroom always needs 6 more student glockenspiels
• My one big classroom wish item is: Velcro multi colored spot dots, 9” diameter pack of multi colored vinyl sit spot dots, 1 set Sleigh bells
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks
• Drink order: Americano with 3” of steamed Almond milk & s/f Vanilla

Mr. Zapanta

• Color: Blue
• Hobby: Playing with daughters
• Drink: Starbucks Green Tea Frappuccino
• Place to shop: Banana Republic
• Lunch spot: Subway
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks
• Flower: Plumeria
• Sports team: Lakers
• Scent: Coffee
• Way to relax: Exercise
• Sweet treat: Oreo Cookies
• Salty snack: Lays Baked Chips
• Our classroom always needs dodgeballs
• My one big classroom wish item is: rock climbing wall
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks     Drink order: Green Tea Frappuccino

 

Mrs. Flynn - LRC

• Color: Purple
• Hobby: Cooking
• Drink: Diet Coke
• Place to shop: Amazon
• Lunch spot: Anywhere 😀
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks
• Flower: Rose
• Sports team: Kraken
• Scent: Lemon
• Way to relax: Reading
• Sweet treat: Gummy Bears
• Salty snack: Popcorn
• Our classroom always needs: Books
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks       Drink order: Americano with sugar-free vanilla and a splash of cream

Mrs. Sofie - Counselor

• Color: Gold/Black
• Hobby: Cooking
• Drink: Iced coffee, iced black tea
• Place to shop: Target, Amazon
• Lunch spot: Starbucks
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon, Target, Starbucks
• Flower: Sunflowers
• Sports team: Seahawks
• Scent: Vanilla
• Way to relax: Read, walk, movies, baking
• Sweet treat: Cookies, dark chocolate
• Salty snack: Goldfish
• Our classroom always needs: Games!
• My one big classroom wish item is: Prizes (candy/fidgets/squishmallows)
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks       Drink order: Iced Vanilla Coffee half sweet

Mrs. Waller - Paraeducator and Playground

• Color: Lilac/ purple
• Hobby: My dogs and gardening
• Drink: Coke
• Place to shop: Amazon, Fred Meyer
• Lunch spot: The Ram
• Place to get gift cards from: Fred Meyer, Starbucks, Amazon
• Flower: Peony
• Sports team: Seahawks, Mariners
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Reading, coloring, movies
• Sweet treat: Brownies
• Salty snack: Sunflower Seeds
• Our classroom always needs: Stickers, snacks
• My one big classroom wish item is: Prize treasure box
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks     Drink order: Iced peach green tea lemonade

Mrs. Richter - Office Professional

• Color: Red
• Hobby: Refinishing Furniture/Crafting
• Drink: Gatorade
• Place to shop: Target
• Lunch spot: Olive Garden
• Place to get gift cards from: Cabela`s
• Flower: Daffodil
• Sports team: Seattle Seahawks
• Scent: Obsession
• Way to relax: Lying on the beach
• Sweet treat: Pumpkin bread
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks    Drink order: Triple shot Vanilla Latte w/7 pumps of Vanilla

Mrs. Shepard - LAP/Reading Intervention

• Color:  green
• Hobby: gardening, reading, yoga
• Drink: ginger ale
• Place to shop: Fernseed (local plant store), ThredUP (online used clothes)
• Lunch spot: MSM deli
• Place to get gift cards from: Amazon
• Flower: Tulips
• Sports team: Reign FC, Tacoma Rainiers
• Scent: lavender, citrus
• Way to relax: bubble bath, reading in the hammock
• Sweet treat: Kinder Bueno, gummy bears
• Salty snack: nuts, salt & vinegar chips
• Our classroom always needs: crayons, thick pencils, fun K-2 level books
• My one big classroom wish item is: Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks      Drink order: double tall nonfat latte

Ms. Hollen - School Psychologist

• Color: Purple
• Hobby: Antiquing
• Drink: Oat Milk Latte with a little cardamom
• Place to shop: Etsy
• Lunch spot: Red Hot
• Place to get gift cards from: Local coffee joints
• Flower: Tulip
• Sports team: Alabama – roll tide!
• Scent: Lavender
• Way to relax: Epsom salt soak
• Sweet treat: Coffee
• Salty snack: Kettle Chips
• Favorite coffee house: Vahalla     Drink order: Oat Milk Latte with a little cardamom

Ms. O'Neill - OT

• Color: red
• Hobby: working out, social with friends, sports
• Drink: tea
• Place to shop: Amazon
• Lunch spot: home
• Place to get gift cards from: Starbucks, Amazon, UnderArmour
• Flower: white rose
• Sports team: Seattle
• Scent: fruit ones
• Way to relax: candles, tea, wine, friends
• Sweet treat: sour, caramel
• Salty snack: nuts
• Our classroom always needs: craft items 
• My one big classroom wish item is: clean floors 
• Favorite coffee house: Starbucks       Drink order: Iced T no sugar added