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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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Books a Billion!

Help me give my students books from various authors and genres that they want to read!

  • $703 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

My students are amazing human beings! They are full of life and have endless potential to do so many wonderful things. My school is a Title I school in a poverty-stricken​ community.

Our school consists of a very large English language learner population.

All of our students receive free breakfast and free lunch. Many of our parents struggle to help meet the needs of school supplies and the needs of their children. Regardless of these circumstances, my students overcome! They are learning how to face challenges and grow stronger academically, socially, and emotionally, preparing them for the next level of life.

I believe that these students deserve every opportunity this world has to offer and I am determined to help them get it. These students can change the world with their brilliant minds and can climb out of the cycle of poverty through the gift of education. They will learn that the world is theirs for the taking with hard work, dedication, and knowledge.

My Project

This is arguably the most random collection of books I've assembled in a project; from dinosaurs to storms to King Tut! The books in this collection are books students have requested.

This collection has a book for everyone!

My students are very diverse readers and they've really started to become their own readers and know what they like and dislike. They're learned which types of books they like and which authors are their favorite. It's been very inspiring to see them read and share their books with their friends. With this collection, they'll continue doing just that!

Mr. Potrzeba Meadow Woods 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 Mr. Potrzeba

Orlando, FL 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

63 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Secret Series Complete Collection • Amazon Business $25.02 1 $25.02
Missed Meal Mayhem (1) (The Hunger Heroes) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Dear Earth…From Your Friends in Room 5 • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Grace and Box • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Lost Package • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Samira Surfs • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
American Anthem: A Song of Our Nation • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Survivor Tree • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Gladys the Magic Chicken • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Smart Cookie (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
The Library Bus • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
King Tutankhamun Tells All! • Amazon Business $15.22 1 $15.22
The Color Collector • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Ship in a Bottle • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
It Fell from the Sky • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The One-Stop Story Shop • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America (With a Foreword by Alan Gratz) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Ten Beautiful Things • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
This Day in June • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Boy and the Sea • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Manjhi Moves a Mountain • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight (Volume 7) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
What the Road Said • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
What Would You Do in a Book About You? • Amazon Business $10.61 1 $10.61
Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel (Magic Tree House (R)) • Amazon Business $10.21 1 $10.21
There's No Dream Too Tall • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Big Feelings • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market (World of ¡Vamos!) • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat (World of ¡Vamos!) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Woodsong • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Julie of the Wolves (HarperClassics) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Training Day (El Toro and Friends) • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69

Materials cost

$559.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$597.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.44

Total project goal

$702.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $702.95

7 Donors

-$436.97

Donations toward project cost

-$384.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$250.99

Match offers toward project cost

-$213.34

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.99

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