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Mrs. Hamilton from Southaven, MS is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Community for Books!

Help me give my students a space to share their love of reading with younger students!

  • $499 goal

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My Project

Working in a school with over a thousand students comes with various levels of literacy. We are working hard to help students discover that while reading is important in academic settings, reading can also be for enjoyment! We are encouraging student involvement and community service by creating a space for student to read together! We hope to use this donation to make an area for students to explore different types of books! For our more reluctant readers, we are encouraging graphic novels as a place to start. Once they discover the magic of stories in their own reading, doing so in their academic lives becomes easier to digest. Where does community service come in? That’s easy, this space is being created for students to help each other find new stories and grow together. Using this donation, we want to create a safe space for community reading - where older readers can come help the younger ones. Therefore creating an in-school community reading program. Our desire is that this inspires students to do the same outside of schools in their neighborhoods and local library!

Mrs. Hamilton Southaven Intermediate School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Southaven, MS View local requests

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

999 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GCI Outdoor Rocker Camping Chair • Amazon Business $60.89 4 $243.56
Hilo: The Great Big Box (Books 1-6): (A Graphic Novel Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $66.37 1 $66.37
Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novels Box: Fall and Winter Sports Set 1 • Amazon Business $21.64 1 $21.64
Pizza and Taco To Go! 3-Book Boxed Set: Books 1-3 (A Graphic Novel Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $21.14 1 $21.14
Albumgit 13.7 Inch Acrylic Floating Bookshelf, 3 Pack Clear Invisible Wall Bookshelves Ledge Book Shelves, Kids Book Display Shelves Wall Mounted with Adhesive Stickers • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80

Materials cost

$362.51

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$423.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.71

Total project goal

$498.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$498.04

1 Donor

-$498.04

Donations toward project cost

-$423.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.71

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$0.00

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