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

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Help Create a Winning Team

My students need books to read that they can handle on their own involving topics that appeal to them. Biographies are an important part of learning about life.

  • $269 goal

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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 Students

"Sitting still is overrated. It makes sense for the opera or for meditating, but in most classrooms and child care centers, it's given far more honor than it deserves. Children need to move." ~Tom Hunter, National Association for the Education of Young Children.

My kindergarten class is made up of students from many different cultures.

Most of the students' parents are first generation immigrants to the United States. Most parents do not speak English and receive public assistance or are living with minimum wage jobs. My class is an ICT class which means some students are learning disabled and receive services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and guidance.

My Project

With these amazing books my students will enjoy read alouds with the teacher, literacy circles and partner reading. They will learn more about how other people live and important facts that happened in history. Reading fiction is important to prepare for the future test taking strategies. I will also use these books to supplement writing as well. This will help me model non fiction writing too.

My students will be enthusiastic getting new materials for the classroom.

They will also feel important and cared for when I explain to them about how these books were donated. It will inspire the students to be kind to others in return.

Ms. Vasiu PS 97 Forest Park Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Ms. Vasiu

Woodhaven, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

35 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Biographies, Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Grades 1 - 2 - Box of 6 titles, 6 copies each title / - / Grades 1–2 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $89.00 2 $178.00

Materials cost

$178.00

Vendor shipping charges

$17.80

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$228.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.32

Total project goal

$268.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$268.79

1 Donor

-$268.79

Donations toward project cost

-$228.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.32

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$0.00

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