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Ms. Mendolia from Elmhurst, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give a Child a Book and See What Happens!

Help me give my students new reading material to go with our units of study

  • $758 goal

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My Project

In 2015 The Mosaic Pre-k Center at 76th street opened its doors. Everything was new and shiny. Eight years later, you could imagine, the shine has worn off and our things are no longer new. Much of these items include library books. Our classroom libraries is a first time experience with books for many of our learners. These experiences have been some what rough over time. Eight years of first time experiences has resulted in ripped pages and covers. Most of these books are being held together by packing tape.

By funding this project you will be gifting our classes new reading material for our theme based units.

Not only would you be funding new material for our Pre-k classes but our special education classes, and our newest and youngest learners, 3k.

Since 95% of our school are English language learners, these books will foster language acquisition and development. The books will also help them with their letter and number recognition and retention skills. Social emotional learning will be done throughout some of these stories. More importantly, these books will hopefully help foster a long and loving relationship with reading.

Ms. Mendolia Mosaic Pre-K Center at 46-16 76th St Grades PreK-2

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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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Elmhurst, NY 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

70 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $17.95 2 $35.90
Goat's Coat • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
The Way I Feel • Amazon Business $14.95 2 $29.90
Extra Yarn • Amazon Business $13.59 2 $27.18
Xochitl and the Flowers/Xochitl, la Nina de las flores • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
Time for School, Mouse! • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
And Tango Makes Three: Book and CD • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Glad Monster, Sad Monster • Amazon Business $9.89 2 $19.78
Llama Llama Misses Mama • Amazon Business $9.00 2 $18.00
Chrysanthemum: A First Day of School Book for Kids • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Calm-Down Time (Toddler Tools®) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
The Family Book • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Lots of Feelings (Shelley Rotner's Early Childhood Library) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Happy in Our Skin • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Hooray for Hat! • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Now One Foot, Now the Other • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Froggy Goes to School • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
I Like Me! (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Which Way? • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World (Global Fund for Children Books) • Amazon Business $7.95 2 $15.90
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do • Amazon Business $7.49 2 $14.98
Signs in My Neighborhood • Amazon Business $7.29 2 $14.58
First Day Jitters (The Jitters Series) • Amazon Business $7.14 2 $14.28
The Button Box • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Maisy Goes to Preschool: A Maisy First Experiences Book • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Lola at the Library (Lola Reads) • Amazon Business $6.98 2 $13.96
Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
The Night Before Preschool • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Stop, Wait, Go!: Road Signs and Symbols It's Fun to Know! • Amazon Business $9.25 1 $9.25
I Read Signs (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Backseat A-B-See • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Go! Go! Go! Stop! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
City Signs • Amazon Business $7.84 1 $7.84
Once Upon a Banana • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
My First Book of Sign Language • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$604.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$643.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.63

Total project goal

$757.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $757.52

10 Donors

-$710.16

Donations toward project cost

-$643.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$47.36

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