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Mrs. Ward from El Cajon CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Long Readers Are Life Long Learners!

Help me give my students a good series for engagement and factual information.

  • $262 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

We are in a high-needs district, and resources are sometimes scarce. In order to help our students increase their literacy and reading comprehension skills, we need high interest class novels.

New materials that are of high interest to students will help them get engaged in reading and pursue reading outside of the school setting.

Reading has been proven to be the the most important factor in student growth. Strong readers have more success across the curriculum, and when a student feels successful, they blossom.

This set of books will give students a boost, as they become our citizens of tomorrow!

Mrs. Ward
Grades 3-5
    More than three‑quarters of 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

    This project will reach 26 students.

    5 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) (14) • Amazon Business $5.78 30 $173.40

Materials cost

$173.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.15

Total project goal

$261.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $261.02

3 Donors

-$174.41

Donations toward project cost

-$152.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.41

Matching donations from our partners

-$82.20

Match offers toward project cost

-$69.87

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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