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Ms. Trayers from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Passion for Reading

Help me give my students books for our after school book club. We are asking for a variety of titles including: A Place to Land, Caterpillar Summer and a Wolf to Wander.

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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

Our school is located in an area of low economic development. Over 90% of our students are growing up in poverty. Books and resources are scarce in their homes. But they come to school every day eager to learn and to apply their new skills.

One of the major goals we have for our students is to foster a passion for reading!

We have an after school book club where about 30 students volunteer to read. We discuss books, complete activities ties to the plots of the stories and even participate in a district wide competition that brings these students a lot of pride.

My Project

Every year our school offers a number of different after school clubs. I facilitate for our book clubs. We have about 30 students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade who volunteer to attend our meetings. They read the books, have discussions about the characters and plots as well as completing activities to help apply what they learned from the stories. The books we are requesting are Bluebonnet nominees. They are a diverse collection with fiction, non-fiction and even a graphic novel.

Our students don't have the same opportunities other kids have.

They are growing up in an environment that has been highly affected by the economic downturn. These kiddos love to read but may not have access to books at home. They can check out these books and not only read them but also share them with their families.

From the first day of school, students ask me when we are going to start book club. They are excited to read books and participate in these activities. You can help us foster a passion for reading in our students!

Ms. Trayers Berry Elementary School 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.

More about Ms. Trayers

Houston, TX 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
They Call Me Gxfcero: A Border Kid's Poems • Amazon Business $10.58 2 $21.16
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Stay • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Wolf Called Wander • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet (1) (Frankie Sparks, Third-Grade Inventor) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Caterpillar Summer • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Rocket to the Moon!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #1 • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
No More Poems!: A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Rhino in Right Field • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
New Kid • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
From an Idea to Disney: How Imagination Built a World of Magic • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Nightbooks • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69

Materials cost

$183.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$216.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.22

Total project goal

$254.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $254.80

3 Donors

-$160.49

Donations toward project cost

-$143.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.57

match offer

-$85.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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