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Ms. Bacchus from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Can Transform Our Lives

My students need trade books and magazines desperately, this will allow them to take books home to practice their reading skills.

  • $988 goal

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My Students

As a teacher in a low income school, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face I am looking to provide an exciting learning environment. Our school is a title 1 school where our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Some of them lives in homeless shelters in other boroughs and have to travel very far to maintain some stability in their lives. Some of them are also learning disable with Individual education plans.

My Project

Imagine moving to a new country. You walk into a classroom and you may not of ever had any formal education before. You have never read or written and you have this smiling teacher talking to you in a language you don't understand. These are the children I teach every day.

I work in a school with a very high immigrant population in New York City.

These student are from low income families. At home they have no books to practice reading.

Many of my students have very limited schooling in their own language and are now thrust into a formal school setting. We move from learning letters to reading very quickly. We help students learn English while holding on and becoming literate in their own language as well.

My students have come from all around the world from many different and often difficult situations. They hold the American Dream, but need the tools to make them successful.

My students need to have many opportunities to read books from various genres. They will then see themselves as true readers. We will use these books and magazines to aid us in the process of becoming life long readers. Students who are confident readers will be ready to face the challenges of higher education and the work place.

Ms. Bacchus PS K315 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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

250 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Magic Tree House: With Research Guides (44 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $209.18 1 $209.18
Scholastic News, Grades 5/6 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 5/6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.50 22 $121.00
Junie B. Jones (27 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $89.77 1 $89.77
A to Z Mysteries (26 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $85.10 1 $85.10
African Americans in Film: Issues of Race in Hollywood • AKJ Education $28.76 2 $57.52
African American Literature: Sharing Powerful Stories • AKJ Education $28.76 2 $57.52
African American Inventors: Overcoming Challenges to Change America • AKJ Education $28.76 2 $57.52
African Americans in Political Office: From the Civil War to the White House • AKJ Education $28.76 1 $28.76
Basketball: Science on the Court • AKJ Education $28.76 1 $28.76
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 5 The Ugly Truth • AKJ Education $9.07 2 $18.14
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad • AKJ Education $5.19 2 $10.38
Jackie & Me • AKJ Education $4.54 2 $9.08

Materials cost

$785.10

Vendor shipping charges

$12.10

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$838.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.06

Total project goal

$987.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$987.04

1 Donor

-$493.52

Donations toward project cost

-$419.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.03

match offer

-$493.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$419.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.03

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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