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Ms. April from Trinidad, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fall in Love With Reading!

Help me give my students exciting and interesting books to read during this uncertain times.

  • $435 goal

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My Students

The students here at our school come from a rural community that stretches approximately 20 miles north and south of the school. Coming to school is a joy for them, and to be able to see and hang out with their friends is important to their social development. They are a bright, ambitious, creative and curious little group of boys and girls.

One of the unique things about our school is the beauty of sitting next to a lagoon that offers our school kayaking and canoeing.

It is a wonderful area to explore nature. This gives the kids the opportunity to be physically active and hearty and to have a special love and knowledge of nature.

My Project

The students at our school love and want action and graphic novels and books. I am not able to fill these requests since we are a very small two-classroom rural school.

Because of the Covid-19, we do not have access to the libraries and the bookmobiles who usually can supply these types of books for our students.

Having access to reading materials for enjoyment is important for these students since most of them are at home doing Zoom classes.

The grades at our school range from kindergarten to 8th grade, so I am requesting a variety of reading levels.

Ms. April Big Lagoon Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Trinidad, CA View local requests

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

23 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dork Diaries Box Set (Book 1-3): Dork Diaries; Dork Diaries 2; Dork Diaries 3 • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs • Amazon Business $15.83 1 $15.83
Adventure Time Vol. 6 (6) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Mary Downing Hahn's Haunting Tales • Amazon Business $14.46 1 $14.46
Adventure Time Vol. 4 (4) • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Adventure Time Vol. 5 (5) • Amazon Business $12.26 1 $12.26
The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
We Walk Through the Forest • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Sid the Sasquatch • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
FGTeeV Presents: Into the Game! • Amazon Business $11.11 1 $11.11
Field Trip Disaster (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Fort Solitude (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #2) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
The Sound of Thunder (Bigfoot Boy) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Maze Runner (Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #7) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) • Amazon Business $8.35 1 $8.35
The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Wrath of Mulgarath (5) (The Spiderwick Chronicles) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hero Story Collection (DC Super Friends) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sisters • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Drama • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! • Amazon Business $6.86 1 $6.86
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog! • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, 2) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
How to Catch a Mermaid • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Lost Stone (1) (The Kingdom of Wrenly) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ghosts • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Bizarro Day! (DC Super Friends) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #6) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Super Friends: Flying High (DC Super Friends) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $2.39 1 $2.39

Materials cost

$306.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.09

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$369.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.23

Total project goal

$434.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $434.86

7 Donors

-$298.23

Donations toward project cost

-$253.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.73

match offer

-$136.63

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.49

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