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Mrs. Hess from Moundsville, WV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Galore!

Help me give my students a variety of books to help develop our reading skills!

  • $505 goal

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My Students

My students attend a small school in West Virginia. We are a Title I school and are located in a low socioeconomic town. Our students walk through the door every day eager to learn and willing to embrace new experiences.

I want my students to feel empowered to become life long learners that can face any challenge that may come their way.

Many come from broken homes and the drug epidemic is high in our area, but our students are continually trying to rise above. They are filled with passion and hope. Our motto is to believe in ourselves, and with that belief, anything is possible.

Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Our staff and our students work hard to make that a reality.

My Project

My students love reading and even in 5th grade enjoy picture book read aloud. These books provide a great opportunity to teach key skills. I plan to use these books as mentor texts to help students develop key reading and writing skills.

When students are surrounded by good books, they become great readers!

I want my students to feel inspired by the books around them. We will be able to dive into these smaller books to really focus in on key skills at a higher level. These skills can then be used to help understand more complex text.

Mrs. Hess Central Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Moundsville, WV 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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Little SPOT of Emotion Box Set (8 Books: Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love, & Scribble Emotion) • Amazon Business $43.90 1 $43.90
Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts • Amazon Business $33.14 1 $33.14
Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Diagon Alley and Beyond • Amazon Business $30.16 1 $30.16
The Magical Yet • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon • Amazon Business $16.08 1 $16.08
Pink and Say • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Ten Beautiful Things • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Creepy Carrots! • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Thank You, Mr. Falker • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Giving Tree • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Little Red Pen • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
My Lucky Day • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Voices in the Park • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The Important Book • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Fox in Socks (Beginner Books) • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79
The Story of the Statue of Liberty (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$392.53

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$428.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.60

Total project goal

$504.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$504.02

4 Donors

-$279.02

Donations toward project cost

-$237.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$225.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$191.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.75

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$0.00

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