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Mr. Potrzeba from Orlando, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Begging for Books

Help me give my students books that they have been begging for all year!

  • $236 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 Project

In our classroom, feedback is important. So, despite the amount of books we are grateful to have, my students are always wanting more. But this time...they're wanting books that have been on their wish lists!

My students would love to read award-winning, inspiring, hilarious, thoughtful books that they have asked for all year!

These aren't just typical books. They're books that the students voted upon during March Book Madness. These are books they've seen be nationally recognized with the Caldecott medal. The books on this list are books they've been begging to read.

If there's one thing I've learned in my online class it's that when you're interested in something you're likely to learn from it and do it more often. The characters and titles of these books have my kids obsessed eager to read!

Mr. Potrzeba Meadow Woods Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Orlando, FL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

63 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Watercress • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Everybunny Loves Magic (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, 3) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Paper Kingdom • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Magical Yet (The Magical Yet, 1) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Dad and the Dinosaur • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Breaking News • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
Weslandia • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
All American Boys • Amazon Business $5.07 1 $5.07
What Is LEGO? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$167.29

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.26

Total project goal

$235.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$235.06

2 Donors

-$217.06

Donations toward project cost

-$184.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.56

match offer

-$18.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$15.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.70

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$0.00

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