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Ms. H. from Anchorage, AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Avoiding Those Back-to-School-Blues by Knowing the Rules

My students need 48 terrific books about manners, libraries, and school rules.

  • $512 goal

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My Students

Our school is located near 2 military bases and significant number of my students are the children of deployed military personnel. My students are racially and ethnically diverse. We are 39% Anglo; 14% African American/Black; 16% Alaskan Native and American Indian; 7% Asian; 6% Hispanic; 3% Filipino; 15% multiracial. My school has a tradition of being a neighborhood school but it is now a school in transition. According to the last US Census, the average income was way below the average for the rest of the city. 18.4 % of the families received Supplemental Social Security Income or Public Assistance. All my students qualify for free breakfast and lunch. Our school is over 30 years old and we need new books but we have no money to buy them.

There is an old English proverb which says that a good book is the best of friends and I want my students to meet some of their best friends forever while learning about libraries.

My Project

It is very simple. My kindergarten students need books that will introduce them to school, the world of libraries and the joy of reading. I teach library skills to primary students. My school library book picture collection is worn-out from decades of use. The books are old, read-out and not very appealing. Generations of children have read these books but now we need new copies and new titles. I cannot teach students how to care for books when the pages are torn or dirty. I plan to read the picture books like The Not So Quiet Library, Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book, and Manners in the Lunchroom during library story time and then discuss the books and concepts with my students. These new picture books will become the basis for a new unit on library skills.

Many of my kindergartners have never been to a library and they have never had the joy of hearing a story or holding a new picture book in their hands.

Your support can dramatically change the lives of my students. Your support of this project will help them learn about school manners, libraries and books and put them on the road to success.

Ms. H. College Gate Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Anchorage, AK View local requests

More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Splat the Cat and the Late Library Book • Amazon Business $2.81 25 $70.25
Manners with a Library Book (Way To Be!: Manners) • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Manners on the Playground (Way To Be!: Manners) • Amazon Business $25.61 1 $25.61
Manners in the Lunchroom (Way To Be!: Manners) • Amazon Business $25.21 1 $25.21
Splat The Cat And The Late Library Book (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $12.34 2 $24.68
Voices Are Not For Yelling (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $23.25 1 $23.25
Respect and Take Care of Things (Learning to Get Along) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
I Am a Story • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Back To School, Splat! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Splat the Cat) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Splat Says Thank You! (Splat the Cat) • Amazon Business $13.43 1 $13.43
The Not So Quiet Library • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Back-to-School Rules • Amazon Business $11.22 1 $11.22
Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library • Amazon Business $11.13 1 $11.13
The Knights of Crystallia • AKJ Education $11.04 1 $11.04
The Shattered Lens • AKJ Education $11.04 1 $11.04
A Squiggly Story • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
You Get What You Get (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
Be Polite and Kind (Learning to Get Along®) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Know and Follow Rules • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
The Nice Book • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Feet Are Not for Kicking (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series) • Amazon Business $5.12 1 $5.12
Splat the Cat: The Big Helper • Amazon Business $2.74 1 $2.74

Materials cost

$376.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.00

Sales tax

 $5.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.76

Total project goal

$511.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.76

6 Donors

-$439.41

Donations toward project cost

-$435.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$72.35

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