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Mrs. Castillo from Brooklyn, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Baggies!

Help me give my students durable book baggies for the rest of the year!

  • $609 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

We are a dual language classroom learning in both English and Spanish! These students are creative, energetic, vibrant, and inquisitive! We are learning new concepts in Math, Social Studies, and of course Reading and Writing. My students are energized to learn and master the task!

My Project

Help us to be green! We try to teach our students to think about their impact on the environment throughout our day, yet we keep giving them plastic bags that just cannot keep up with the pace of excited second grade readers.

My students are new readers and they are so excited to bring their books back and forth to home and school.

They book shop each week and are eager to check out their new books and grow to be 'long strong readers.' My students try hard to be careful with their book baggies but plastic zip baggies just do not hold up to the demands of first grade readers.

As a dual language class, they need double the book baggies, one for English and one for Spanish. With these new durable book baggies my students will be able to use the same book baggie for an entire school year. No more throwing plastic baggies out and into the landfill. They are already excited about the new books they shop for each week and now they will have a book bag that will keep their books safe and together throughout the week. No more books falling out the bottom of a torn baggie!

Mrs. Castillo PS 503 the School of Discovery 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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Brooklyn, NY 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

29 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP116 - Sort Store Book Totes - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 8 $239.92
TT136 - Neon Sort Store Book Totes - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 8 $239.92

Materials cost

$479.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.24

Total project goal

$608.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $608.28

4 Donors

-$458.28

Donations toward project cost

-$389.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.74

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

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 $0.00

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