if its a "quilting basket" ...
fat quarters in a rainbow of colors, small size rotary cutter, 12" ruler, pack of decent hand needles, good qualty machine quilting thread, bent quilter's safety pins, seam ripper, maybe a small book of patchwork patterns? Maybe a GC to a LQS or JoAnn's if there's one close?
Sorry, those just all came to mind as ideas, I have no idea what your "budget" is, or if you will be giving her classmates a "list" for parents to each contribute (that's what we did)