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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 Quintillion!

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

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Potrzeba's classroom raised $759

This project is fully funded

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 final collection of books I've had on a list for a long time; from Kwanza to pigs to landing on the moon. This collection has a book for everyone!

Help me clear the final list of books that I have written down!

My students are very diverse readers and they've really started to become their own readers and know what they like and dislike. They've 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

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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field • Amazon Business $18.33 1 $18.33
Rosie's Glasses • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story • Amazon Business $16.37 1 $16.37
To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship • Amazon Business $16.30 1 $16.30
Ronan the Librarian • Amazon Business $16.26 1 $16.26
Your Life Matters • Amazon Business $16.22 1 $16.22
The Little Reindeer (My Little Animal Friend) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
School of Rock: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Federico and the Wolf • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Santa's Underwear • Amazon Business $15.74 1 $15.74
A Teacher Like You • Amazon Business $15.61 1 $15.61
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Pick a Pine Tree • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
A Girl Like You • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
The Donkey Who Carried a King • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
A Friend Like You • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
A Book for Escargot • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Ten Ways to Hear Snow • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich • Amazon Business $13.36 1 $13.36
Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
We Are a Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Honey, the Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild (Elephant Whisperer, 1) • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
The Midnight Library • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Brave Molly: (Empowering Books for Kids, Overcoming Fear Kids Books, Bravery Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Elf: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $11.13 1 $11.13
The Karate Kid: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $10.66 1 $10.66
Waltz of the Snowflakes • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
Wave: (Books about Ocean Waves, Beach Story Children's Books) • Amazon Business $10.31 1 $10.31
Sidewalk Flowers • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
The Thank You Letter • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Home Alone: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04
When Santa Was a Baby • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, Book 4) (Artemis Fowl, 4) • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
President Squid • Amazon Business $8.65 1 $8.65
5 AM Club, The: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Turkey's Eggcellent Easter (Turkey Trouble, 4) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
My First Kwanzaa (My First Holiday) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Library of Ever (The Library of Ever, 1) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Pig the Elf (Pig the Pug) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Ugly Pumpkin • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Together for Kwanzaa (Pictureback(R)) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$605.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$644.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.72

Total project goal

$758.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$758.12

4 Donors

-$600.40

Donations toward project cost

-$589.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

match offer

-$65.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$55.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$92.72

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$0.00

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