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Ms. Herbig from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Magical Gift: Books!

My students need high-interest fiction books to encourage a love of reading!

  • $585 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students come from one of the most diverse and dynamic neighborhoods in New York City, a neighborhood bursting with new businesses and hip residents. Despite this, my students walk out of their public housing units and are confronted with poverty, inequality, segregation, gangs, and violence. All of this happens just a few blocks away from a hip cafes and brand new apartment buildings. These little ten-year-olds live the inequality we hear about all the time. We might not be able to solve this blatant disparity in their childhood, but through education we can equip their fight to become leaders and change our world for the better.

Their fight isn't an easy one.

It requires leaving all the stress of their home lives at the door and walking in ready to take risks and persevere in their studies. It requires living in a world where they have to prove themselves more just because of the color of their skin. They do it anyway. I hold high expectations for my students, and they reach them time and again. These kids are wide-eyed, passionate learners, and, with your help, future leaders.

My Project

Stephen King once said, "Books are a uniquely portable magic." Unfortunately, this magic is lost to many of my students. Time and again, the only books they have access to in their classrooms are old, boring, and completely unappealing. Many of the books we have in our classroom libraries are falling apart, with covers half gone, yellowing pages, and story lines from the 1980s. Not only are we lacking modern children's books, but we also lack many of the classics! My students observe and handle these books with complete disdain, and these books do very little to inspire a love of reading.

I want to change the way my students read by showing them the magic of books.

I want my student to have access to books that are engaging, with story lines that are exciting, relevant, and culturally appropriate. This grant will create magic within my classroom by making my library the place where my students are finally confronted with this "uniquely portable magic." With new books, my students will be more excited about reading and be more likely to read for pleasure. Students who read for pleasure are more likely to succeed, so why not do more to encourage this magic?

Our reading program requires that students do most of their reading work within their independent reading books. This means that the books I've ordered through this grant will quickly become filled with sticky notes scribbled with the deep thinking of a 5th grader, the big ideas and thoughts that they will be eager to share with their reading partners. It means that their reading levels will improve, and reading will finally become easy and fun, leading to increased academic success. Most importantly, these books will be the reason my students finally see the magic of books.

Ms. Herbig PS 34 Franklin D Roosevelt Grades 3-5

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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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

20 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Auggie & Me Three Wonder Stories • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Matilda • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Smile • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Flipped • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Skin I'm In • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Scat • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Dreamer • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Out of My Mind • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Flush • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Slam! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Eggs • AKJ Education $5.84 1 $5.84
The Neverending Story • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bud, Not Buddy • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four The Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One The Lightning Thief • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three The Titan's Curse • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
When You Reach Me • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Elijah of Buxton • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Savvy • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Locomotion • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Hatchet • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The City of Ember The First Book of Ember • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Doll Bones • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
James and the Giant Peach A Children's Story • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The View from Saturday • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Walk Two Moons • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Running Out Of Time • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Dogsong • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Rough-Face Girl • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Kira-Kira • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Holes • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Ruby Holler • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Sarny A Life Remembered • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Call Me Maria • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Tuck Everlasting • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Chasing Redbird • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Loser • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Superfudge • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Fudge-a-Mania • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Rosa Parks My Story • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Bridge to Terabithia • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ella Enchanted • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Replay • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Sounder • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Rules • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Bloomability • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Freak the Mighty • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Hoot • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Becoming Naomi Leon • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Julie of the Wolves • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
J.T. • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Wringer • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
To Be A Slave (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Crash • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Jump Ship to Freedom • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Football Genius • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Double Fudge • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Friendship • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Taking Sides • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Shiloh • AKJ Education $4.59 1 $4.59
The BFG • AKJ Education $4.47 1 $4.47
Esperanza Rising • AKJ Education $4.39 1 $4.39
Colibri • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Jungle Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Jackie & Me • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Football Nightmare • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Soccer Team Upset • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Off the Rim • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Touchdown Trouble • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Winners Take All • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $4.21 1 $4.21
Maniac Magee • AKJ Education $4.10 1 $4.10
Love That Dog • AKJ Education $3.65 1 $3.65
Black Beauty • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$460.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$497.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.74

Total project goal

$584.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $584.93

14 Donors

-$584.93

Donations toward project cost

-$497.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.74

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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