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Ms. Sorock from Evanston, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Library Expansion

Help me give my students more opportunities to fall in love with reading.

  • 7 donors
  • $796 goal

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My Project

It's time for some fresh books for our classroom library! The best way to get kids to love reading is to offer them plenty of high interest books and give them opportunities to read. I hope that by offering new titles in my classroom, I can inspire more students to experience the joy of reading. I’m also hoping to build engagement in the topics we study in Social Studies by selecting acclaimed young adult texts connected to United States History.

With this project, I hope to get more students engaged in reading and to see themselves as readers.

Students who read will be more successful in high school and beyond. Additionally, our classroom set of functional headphones is dwindling, so we could use some new sets to get us through the rest of the year.

Ms. Sorock Nichols Middle School Grades 6-8

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Evanston, IL View local requests

More than a third 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

100 students impacted 7donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sony - ZX Series Wired On-Ear Headphones - Black • Best Buy Education $9.12 10 $91.20
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Facing the Mountain (Adapted for Young Readers): A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II • Amazon Business $12.89 2 $25.78
The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5): An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman • Amazon Business $12.59 2 $25.18
Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #12): A World War I Flying Ace Tale • Amazon Business $11.59 2 $23.18
Lafayette! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8): A Revolutionary War Tale • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Big Bad Ironclad! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2): A Civil War Tale • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Alamo All-Stars (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #6): A Texas Tale (Volume 6) • Amazon Business $9.93 2 $19.86
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story Retold for Young Readers • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus) • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
History Smashers: Pearl Harbor • Amazon Business $9.29 2 $18.58
When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers • Amazon Business $18.38 1 $18.38
Plague-Busters!: Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
History Smashers: The American Revolution • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
History Smashers: Women's Right to Vote • Amazon Business $8.89 2 $17.78
Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid • Amazon Business $8.89 2 $17.78
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South (Medical Fiascoes) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
History Smashers: The Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
History Smashers: The Mayflower • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Breaking the Mold: Changing the Face of Climate Science (Books for a Better Earth) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
History Smashers: The Titanic • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Who's Got Mail?: The History of Mail in America • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Gruesome Great Houses (Horrible Histories) • Amazon Business $12.28 1 $12.28
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9): A Grand Canyon Tale • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
Impossible Escape • AKJ Education $9.99 1 $9.99
Cold War Correspondent (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11): A Korean War Tale • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
This Is Your Time • Amazon Business $9.25 1 $9.25
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion (Graphic History) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics • Amazon Business $8.87 1 $8.87
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy • Amazon Business $8.28 1 $8.28

Materials cost

$636.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$676.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$119.33

Total project goal

$795.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $795.52

5 Donors

-$397.76

Donations toward project cost

-$338.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.66

match offer

-$397.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$338.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.66

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