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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 Trillion!

Help me give my students books that are diverse and ones they want to read!

  • $624 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 mythology to food fights. This collection has a book for everyone!

It's important that I fill every shelf with relevant books that my class wants to read.

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.

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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 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Look to the Stars • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $17.82 1 $17.82
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers • Amazon Business $17.25 1 $17.25
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen It Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Great Spruce • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
The Rabbit Listened • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Finding Perfect • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
The Twisted Ones (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #2) (2) • Amazon Business $13.71 1 $13.71
Narwhal I'm Around (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, 2) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History • Amazon Business $11.82 1 $11.82
Pirates Love Underpants. Claire Freedman • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Wall in the Middle of the Book • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out (Bedtime Math Series) • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal: This Time It's Personal (Bedtime Math Series) • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
They Say Blue • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Circus In The Sky (Kids) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Melvin the Magnificent Molar • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Reaching for the Moon • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ish (Creatrilogy) • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Old School (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10) • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
There Was An Old Astronaut Who Swallowed the Moon! (There Was an Old Lady [Colandro]) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
The Cliffs: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #7) (7) • Amazon Business $8.43 1 $8.43
Spirit Hunters (Spirit Hunters, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Medusa the Rich (16) (Goddess Girls) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Unicorn Emergency #8 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Centaur School #5 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Pencil • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Zeus's Eagle #6 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dragon Healer #4 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Steeds of the Gods #3 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Gods of the North #7 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Hound of Hades #2 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Beast Keeper #1 (Beasts of Olympus) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys #14) (14) • Amazon Business $6.88 1 $6.88
Pandora the Curious (9) (Goddess Girls) • Amazon Business $6.86 1 $6.86
Artemis the Brave (4) (Goddess Girls) • Amazon Business $6.24 1 $6.24
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside • Amazon Business $6.19 1 $6.19
Athena the Brain (1) (Goddess Girls) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.87 1 $5.87
Anne of Green Gables • Amazon Business $5.04 1 $5.04

Materials cost

$488.79

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$530.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.55

Total project goal

$623.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $623.66

4 Donors

-$482.74

Donations toward project cost

-$474.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.88

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

-$75.92

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