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  • PS 18 Pantoja School Excellance
  • Buffalo, NY
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Many of my students have come to me asking for books to read at home at night and on the weekends. As a new teacher, my personal library does not meet their growing appetite for reading. As my students become better readers, I want to make sure I have a collection of higher level stories to keep my students challenged. These books will help to satisfy my students' hunger for new reading material! I know they will be thankful and their families will too. Several of my students have shared that they often will read to their younger siblings at night. These books will help to bring the whole family together as well.

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Many of my students have come to me asking for books to read at home at night and on the weekends. As a new teacher, my personal library does not meet their growing appetite for reading. As my students become better readers, I want to make sure I have a collection of higher level stories to keep my students challenged. These books will help to satisfy my students' hunger for new reading material! I know they will be thankful and their families will too. Several of my students have shared that they often will read to their younger siblings at night. These books will help to bring the whole family together as well.

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