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Fulfill a John Bapst Wish

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Faculty have identified the following needs.  To purchase a wish list item contact the development office at 207-947-0313, click “Donate Online” to make your gift electronically or mail your check to, Wish List, John Bapst Memorial High School, 100 Broadway, Bangor, ME  04401

Math Department

  1. Smart boards  $2,500 to $4,000 (up to four needed)
  2. TI Navigator system which connects graphing calculators to a teacher’s computer- a 16 user system costs $2,350 
  3. 20 graphing calculators to lend out to students who cannot afford to buy their own.  $1,500
  4. Extra textbooks to keep in the classroom $2,000

 Physical Education Department

  1. Two stationary bikes to encourage students to work out together $1,800
  2. Another treadmill to encourage students to work out together
  3. Commercial grade Octane elliptical trainer – $4,500
  4. New multi-service, multi-station weight lifting machine – $8,500
  5. 120 lockers for the boys locker room (current lockers do not lock) $12,000
  6. Wall mats – width of the basketball court on each end of the floor.  $6,000
  7. Dance, Dance Revolution – Dance Pad Class Bundle – 2 game pads that attached to TV monitor along with 6 practice pads.  This allows for up to 8 students to be involved in the activity at the same time.   $1,133.75 for the packet.
  8. Nintendo Wii Group Fitness Class Bundle – Mega Fitness Class Bundle allows for 4 DDR metal pads for Wii along with 8 practice pads.  A total of 12 students can be involved in the activity together.  $2,249.95 for the packet.
  9. Heart Rate Monitors – 24 monitors – one for each student in class. The cost would be approximately $2000 to $4000 depending upon the quality of the monitors.  The higher quality monitor would do more to enhance the PE curriculum.
  10. Tri-Fit – Polar Equipment:  Allow for the Wellness I Physical Education students to incorporate technology into their physical fitness assessment unit. Would allow for personalizing health and fitness assessment for students and faculty.  $700 to $1000.

 English Department

  1. Paperless classroom.  This will be enabled through the use of Netbooks that are research capable with built in word processors in a reasonably sized package.  Part of the goal also is to test-run a textbookless classroom.  Most of the American literature used to teach sophomores is no longer copyright protected, and most contemporary essayists and poets maintain a substantial web presence.  As the process carries over into other classes, cost should not rise.  The Netbooks would stay at school; kids would save materials in a web 2.0 application such as Google Docs. $7,500
  2. Smart boards:  $2,500 to $4,000 (up to two needed)

 Science Department

 

 

  1. Classroom Lab Carts.  $3,000 (up to four needed)
  2. Smart boards:  $2,500 to $4,000 (up to two needed)

 Technology Department

  1. Server Room — Materials to construct a new server room at 100 Broadway:  $3,500, Labor $6,500
  2. Housing space for 12 – 15 high end computer stations.  Construction costs and all materials:  $60,000
  3. Ergonomic chairs @ $200 per chair:  $10,000
  4. Replace existing monitors in the building, many of which are currently failing.  There are about 150 total.  Existing CRT models are consuming three times the energy of new flat screen models.  $150 per monitor or $22,500 total.  

 School-wide

  1. Netbooks for all students @ $350 per Netbook:  $160,000.