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Mrs. Olivera from Bridgeport, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books 'R Us

My students need 2-5 copies each of 21 high-interest and level-appropriate books, including "Number the Stars", by Lois Lowry and "Tears of a Tiger", by Sharon Draper.

  • $520 goal

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Mrs. Olivera has another project! Donate to Teachers Pay Teachers.....and Help Each Other, Too! to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $257.
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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.

Imagine walking into a school built before 1907. What do you see? Do you see dilapidated facilities, broken windows, or a lack of resources? How about a black, 8 foot fence and gate encasing the building a child is supposed to love coming to? How inviting is that? The picture in your mind is the safe utopia in their violence plagued neighborhood that I create every day for my 6th grade students. 100% of our kids receive free breakfast and lunch every day. Clearly, we are a very high-need community who does so very much with so very little.

My 6th graders have high potential, but getting them to realize that is difficult. I know how incredible they are, but many of them are too discouraged to believe me. Most of the time, our reading class consists of stories in our anthology, which is not the most interesting. Clearly, they have few connections to it, if any, and not much prior knowledge. Their enthusiasm is minimal- until they hear of the "Teen Scene" books! All of a sudden, I have children who never wanted to even touch a book before arguing for who gets it next! One girl even brought it home with her so her mother could read it with her! There are actually books about African-American boys that MY African-American boys can understand.

My students could use these books as a Literature Circle during reading time. They will have interest in the book they chose, which will cause them to pay closer attention to what they are reading. The Discussion Director will be able to entice the group because they will have read realistic fiction that they can relate to. Each member of the Literature Circle can make a connection, and leave a lasting impression. I want these kids to realize that their lives can be impacted by books, and that books are not simply "for the test." I also want them to have their lives changed through the life lessons the teenagers in the books teach them.

You can play a significant role in my students' literacy improvement but more importantly, their lives! If I could take each one home and parent him and her for 24 hours a day instead of the 8 that I have them, I would. Unfortunately, I can't, but these books will help me do that job.

Mrs. Olivera Beardsley Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Number the Stars Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Cat Ate My Gymsuit Paula Danziger • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes Paula Danziger • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Go Ask Alice Anonymous • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
It Happened to Nancy: A True Story from the Diary of a Teenager Beatrice Sparks (Editor), Foreword by Dathan Sheranian • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Marya Hornbacher • Barnes and Noble $12.55 2 $25.10
Smack Melvin Burgess • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
Tracey Fragments Maureen Medved • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90
Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager Beatrice Sparks, Foreword by Beatrice Sparks • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Jay's Journal Beatrice Sparks • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
You Don't Know Me David Klass • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Tyrell Coe Booth • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
One Fat Summer Robert Lipsyte • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Fat Kid Rules the World K. L. Going • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Trigger Susan Vaught • Barnes and Noble $8.05 2 $16.10
Hanging on to Max Margaret Bechard • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich Alice Childress • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Truth about Forever Sarah Dessen • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18

Materials cost

$363.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$426.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.51

Total project goal

$519.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $519.51

2 Donors

-$501.18

Donations toward project cost

-$426.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.33

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