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Mrs. Sumida from Honolulu, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Blogging About Books 2011-12

My students need 6 or 7 copies of 8 different book titles from "Operation: Yes!" to "Emily's Fortune."

  • $538 goal

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Mrs. Sumida has another project! Donate to Help Our Book Delivery Program II to help her classroom.

$277 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

Have you ever read a really great book but had no one to share the experience with? My students are so excited when they finish a book with characters or situations they can identify with. A book club would be a perfect way to bring students together to talk about quality books.

I am a teacher librarian at an elementary school that services many Navy and Army families in Hawaii.

The library is the center of encouraging literacy on our Preschool-6th grade campus. About half of the students at my school are military dependents who move locations every three years. This monthly book club provides an opportunity for these students to find peers who enjoy the same type of books in a friendly atmosphere.

My Project

Last school year I was able to hold monthly book club meetings with the financial support of Donors Choose. I hope to continue these meetings this year using your donations. This project will enable me to lend out multiple copies of the selected novels to the students. My monthly book club meetings will be dedicated to discussing quality literature from the Nene Award Suggested Reading List. This is a Hawaii Book Award chosen by children in grades 4-6. Book club members will be required to create a blog entry on the library website prior to a book club meeting. The blog will allow them to begin to share their feelings and thoughts about books. Then, during meetings I will lead discussions on favorite scenes and personal connections from the book of the month. Students can also write additional comments on the library blog during book club meetings.

Your donations will help students find fellow classmates on campus who enjoy reading.

It will provide good literature for students to discuss both digitally and face-to-face in the library. These discussions will encourage critical thinking and foster a love of reading for the students.

Mrs. Sumida Pearl Harbor 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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Honolulu, HI View local requests

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

55 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
War Games • AKJ Books $5.45 6 $32.70
Operation Yes Sara Lewis Holmes • AKJ Books $13.25 7 $92.75
Emily''s Fortune • AKJ Books $11.69 7 $81.83
Pandora Gets Jealous • AKJ Books $5.45 7 $38.15
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Series #1) Bra • AKJ Books $5.45 7 $38.15
Flight of the Phoenix • AKJ Books $4.67 7 $32.69
The Familiars • AKJ Books $5.45 7 $38.15
The Stone Child • AKJ Books $6.23 7 $43.61

Materials cost

$398.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$456.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.56

Total project goal

$537.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $537.07

5 Donors

-$168.00

Donations toward project cost

-$142.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.20

match offer

-$369.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$313.71

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.36

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