The library is the heart of Thornton Creek School. The mission of the library and information program is to promote academic achievement for every student by ensuring that students are effective users of ideas and information. Allemann, better known at the school as Miss Viola Swamp, works with all of the teachers, staff and students in the school.
Allemann spends hundreds of dollars of her own money each year on out-of-pocket expenses for the library. She plans to use the gift to purchase color copies, magnet paper, colored pencils, adhesive tape, card stock, and other teaching supplies.
Attorney Chris Davis and his wife started a program to help public school teachers get extra classroom supplies without having to spend their own money. The Davis Law Group School Supplies Gift Programgives a $100 Office Depot gift card each week to a deserving Seattle Public school teacher and his/her class. Anyone can nominate a teacher for this program, teachers, and students, parents, and administrators.