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Ms. Swanson from Saint Louis MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Me Read!

My students need 2 classroom libraries of fiction and nonfiction books to improve their reading skills. They also need heavy duty bins and headphones for taking online tests.

  • $2,088 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Some of my students have not yet discovered books that capture their imaginations. This could be the year that magic happens and they fall in love with books.

I work in a very impoverished school district where books have taken the back-seat to playing with video games and watching TV.

In my school, we are trying to instill the value of education to the students because not all of them see school as a priority.

My Project

My students need 2 classroom libraries of fiction and nonfiction books to improve their reading skills. They also need heavy duty bins and headphones for taking online tests. My students will begin to see that they do not have to turn on the TV or tablet to enjoy learning. They can read for enjoyment; it does not have to be a chore. Students have such a hard time reading that they do not realize how much fun it can be to read.

I will officially have a classroom library with good quality books that capture the students' attention.

The books I have now are not in good shape and the students do not want to pick them up and read them. If I had bright, attention-grabbing books for them to read, they would have a much better chance of picking them up and actually reading them.

Ms. Swanson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL610X - Nonfiction Leveled Books Classroom Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $650.00 1 $650.00
AA300X - Leveled Books Classroom Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $569.00 1 $569.00
DD220X - Multipurpose Headphones with Volume Control - Set of 8 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $74.99 4 $299.96
BX700X - Heavy-Duty Classroom Bins - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 4 $199.96

Materials cost

$1,718.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$25.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,774.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$313.18

Total project goal

$2,087.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,087.88

1 Donor

-$2,087.88

Donations toward project cost

-$1,774.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$313.18

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