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Ms. Apato from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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8th Grade Diverse Classroom Library

Help me give my students books for a classroom library they can enjoy!

  • $489 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 Project

These books will be used to help foster a love of reading in my school. My students love to read; however, we do not have a school library. I would love to provide them with a variety of books to experience and enjoy. Students will be able to check out books, take them home, and write reviews for their classmates. I also plan to implement 15 minutes of silent reading in every class.

My hope is that these books will create a classroom culture where students value and enjoy reading.

Thank you so much!

Ms. Apato
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Pho Love Story • Amazon Business $17.04 2 $34.08
All the Bright Places • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Love Radio • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
Melt With You • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
We Are the Ship • AKJ Education $14.69 1 $14.69
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
I'll Give You the Sun • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Concrete Rose • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Impostors (1) • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Yolk • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
One of Us Is Lying • AKJ Education $12.59 1 $12.59
Her Right Foot (American History Books for Kids, American History for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Black Kids • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Illegal: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
We Are Not Free • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Punching the Air • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary) • AKJ Education $11.90 1 $11.90
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $11.50 1 $11.50
The Hazel Wood: A Novel (The Hazel Wood, 1) • Amazon Business $10.92 1 $10.92
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Education $7.68 1 $7.68
Divergent • AKJ Education $7.28 1 $7.28
The Book Thief • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
1984 • AKJ Education $6.85 1 $6.85
Holes • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Those Shoes • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Bud, Not Buddy • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $6.28 1 $6.28
Speak • AKJ Education $6.14 1 $6.14
Esperanza Rising • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$379.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.31

Total project goal

$488.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.76

4 Donors

-$237.08

Donations toward project cost

-$207.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.35

match offer

-$244.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$207.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.31

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