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Mrs. Patterson from Lexington, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Getting Excited About Reading

My students need fiction and non-fiction books for our school media center.

  • $231 goal

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My Students

My students come from a school where they all receive free breakfast and lunch. School is a very important part of their lives. It the place they come for stability. It is the place that makes them feel safe and secure. Through generous donors we are able to help them have what they need.

My students love to read and are always looking for new books and new book series to read.

They love graphic novels but also love non-fiction books especially the ones where they can choose their own ending.

I would like to purchase graphic novels, chapter books and some non-fiction books for them to read.

My Project

My students need more exciting books in our school media center.

Do you remember how excited you got reading your favorite book as a child?

This school year I moved from teaching fourth grade to being our new media specialist. The kids get so excited about coming to the library and love to read. They read all the books they can get their hands on. I am working hard to find different ways to bring books into the media center to help keep this excitement going. As a first year librarian I have set the unrealistic goal of trying to purchase all of the books that the students have asked for. We keep an ongoing list of books they would like to have in our media center.

I am always finding new and exciting graphic novels for our library. The students have also specifically asked for certain chapter books. I would like to get multiple copies of these books. Another genre that our students really enjoy is non-fiction books such as Lion vs Tiger and the non-fiction books where students can choose their own ending.

I know that I can't possibly provide my students with all of the books that they ask for. However, I would like to be able to get them as many of the books as I possibly can.

Whenever, I bring new books into the library the kids get so excited and can't wait for me to bar code them and put them out on the shelves. They would love to have more engaging books to read. By helping us purchase these books you would be helping instill a sense of enjoyment for reading.

Mrs. Patterson Charles England 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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Lexington, NC View local requests

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

430 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wonder • Amazon Business $10.19 4 $40.76
Among the Impostors (Shadow Children) • Amazon Business $5.64 4 $22.56
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $14.10 1 $14.10
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) • Amazon Business $6.40 2 $12.80
Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (Dork Diaries, No. 4) • Amazon Business $10.73 1 $10.73
Dork Diaries 12: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
Can You Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?: An Interactive Doomsday Adventure (You Choose: Doomsday) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Can You Survive the Titanic?: An Interactive Survival Adventure (You Choose: Survival) • Amazon Business $5.12 1 $5.12
Can You Survive the Jungle?: An Interactive Survival Adventure (You Choose: Survival) • Amazon Business $4.77 1 $4.77
Can You Survive Storm Chasing?: An Interactive Survival Adventure (You Choose: Survival) • Amazon Business $4.75 1 $4.75
The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys #5) • Amazon Business $4.11 1 $4.11
Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Would Win? Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear • Amazon Business $3.45 1 $3.45
Whale vs. Giant Squid (Who Would Win?) • Amazon Business $2.83 1 $2.83
Komodo Dragon vs. King Cobra (Who Would Win?) • Amazon Business $2.70 1 $2.70
Who Would Win? Lion vs. Tiger • Amazon Business $2.26 1 $2.26

Materials cost

$151.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$195.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.54

Total project goal

$230.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.28

4 Donors

-$179.93

Donations toward project cost

-$153.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.69

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

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 $0.00

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