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

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Boosting Biographies!

Help me give my students some up-to-date, easy to access biographies for our school library. The biography section in our library is outdated- I would love for students to find books about people they want to read about.

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My Students

My students are excited learners who love to read and try new technology in our Library Media Center. I have the pleasure of seeing every classroom of students K-5 twice a week. I love seeing my 5th graders enthusiastically stopping me in the hall to tell me they already finished their book and they want to swap it out. I love the hugs I get when I see my Kinders and their belly laughs when we have a silly read aloud. I am constantly amazed at the clever ideas they come up with when they build with Keva planks or code on Scratch.

Despite outside circumstances that challenge my students daily, they arrive to school motivated, positive and excited to learn.

Our school community is an incredibly diverse and welcoming one. I love providing them with engaging literacy and technology experiences to enhance their learning and challenge their thinking! I love what I do and the children I share my days with!

My Project

Students are often asking for books about athletes, authors, artists, scientists, etc, and we do not have a very large section of books for them to choose from. The books we do have are very outdated and not motivating for students to read.

Bringing a collection of biographies to our school library will allow all children to access more current information on people they want to learn about, which motivates them to want to read more!

I also wanted to add more female and minority titles into our collection. I know students would be very excited to see all of these wonderful books added to our collection!

Mrs. Senna MacDonough 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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Middletown, CT 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ronaldo (World Soccer Legends) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Messi (World Soccer Legends) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Anthology of Amazing Women: Trailblazers Who Dared to Be Different • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win (Women in Science) • Amazon Business $12.40 1 $12.40
Who Was Marie Curie? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Who Were the Wright Brothers? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Steven Spielberg? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Joan of Arc? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Mother Teresa? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Muhammad Ali? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who is J.K. Rowling? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Stan Lee? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Derek Jeter? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Babe Ruth? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was P. T. Barnum? • Amazon Business $5.01 1 $5.01
Who Is Pele? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.01 1 $5.01
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$197.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.69

Total project goal

$271.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $271.26

1 Donor

-$136.00

Donations toward project cost

-$115.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.40

match offer

-$135.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.29

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 $0.00

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