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Ms. Patterson from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cultural Awareness and Sports

Help me give my students more culture awareness in books that they can share and read together. They can explore middle school level books with classmates and family members. Relate stories with life experiences and enhance their reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Patterson's classroom raised $355

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Project

By building confidence that they can read and do anything they put their mind to. Sports is really big in my class so finding different sports books will enhance new learning and vague imagination.

I would like for my students to be able to take books home and read them with parents or other family members.

Encouraging parent to have a home library will extend a bond that can never be broken.

Many of my students are reading below their grade level and feel that they can't read. My class teaches them phonics, decoding and so much more by building them up to learn and read more daily.

Ms. Patterson River City Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Most Amazing Soccer Stories of All Time - For Kids! Book 2: Messi, Marta and other unique and inspirational moments from the sport • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Project Aiden: The Bookstronaut: Short Stories for Kids (Awesome Books for Kids with Dyslexia) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Dear Black Girl: Equip, Empower, Enlighten • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids • Amazon Business $11.82 1 $11.82
Random House Books for Young Readers, The World Needs More Purple People (My Purple World) • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
LeBron James: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Became King • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Roller Girl • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
LeBron James: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Players (Basketball Biography Books) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Solo (Blink) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Gossip File (The Dirt Diary, 3) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18) (Volume 18) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
El Deafo: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.55 1 $9.55
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, 3) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Truth Game (The Dirt Diary, 4) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
A Door Made for Me • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Invisible: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Broken Beautiful Hearts • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (An Inspiring True Story) • Amazon Business $9.14 1 $9.14
Nigeria Jones: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.42 1 $8.42
The Prank List (The Dirt Diary, 2) • Amazon Business $8.27 1 $8.27
Mexikid: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Basketball Belles: How Stanford, Cal, and One Scrappy Player Put Womens Hoops on the Map • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Planet Middle School • Amazon Business $7.25 1 $7.25
Looking for Red • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Candlewick Biographies: Ella Fitzgerald • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$267.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$301.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.16

Total project goal

$354.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $354.40

1 Donor

-$354.40

Donations toward project cost

-$301.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.16

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