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Ms. Picicco from Waukegan, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help in Our Classroom

My students need 30 penguin-themed books to enhance our thematic penguin unit.

  • $385 goal

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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 Students

The main challenge my students face is not having enough of anything. My students live in a low-income area, with little to no education support. It is my job to make school and their education as rich and motivating as possible.

I love my class!

My class is the best! I have 21 ELL students, who are polite, well mannered, hard working and delightful! Each student is wonderful in his/her own way. They attend a public school in a low-income community. There is little/no parent support, which makes it a little difficult to have at-home support. My students are everything to me! That's why it is so important that my classroom is where they want to spend their time at learning!

My Project

Each year, I teach a thematic unit on penguins. The students love it but our problem is lack of resources. I would love to have texts and materials so students can learn about penguins easier. The materials we have now include copies, and very few text. It would be so much better for students to have actual pictures of penguins, as well as information at their fingertips which would be easy to read.

This project is so important because students truly love this unit and I can only imagine how wonderful it would be to have to necessary resources at their fingertips to enhance this unit!

Ms. Picicco Washington Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Waukegan, IL 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

100 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Penguins • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Penguins • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Penguins • AKJ Books $7.67 1 $7.67
Penguins • AKJ Books $17.99 1 $17.99
Penguins • AKJ Books $22.01 1 $22.01
Penguins CD/Book • AKJ Books $17.06 1 $17.06
Penguins • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Penguins • AKJ Books $20.66 1 $20.66
Penguins • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Penguins • AKJ Books $20.44 1 $20.44
Penguins • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Penguins (Let''s Investigate Series) Lenore Franzen • AKJ Books $25.65 1 $25.65
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! • AKJ Books $8.99 1 $8.99
Penguins and Antarctica: A Nonfiction Companion to Eve of th • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Penguins Are Water Birds • AKJ Books $4.38 1 $4.38
Penguins • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Penguins! John Schindel, Jonathan Chester (Photographer) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderable • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
About Penguins • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Watching Penguins in Antarctica • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
365 Penguins, Vol. 1 Jean-Luc Fromental, Joelle Jolivet (Ill • AKJ Books $13.83 1 $13.83
Plenty of Penguins • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
South Pole Penguins • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
I Wonder Why Penguins Can''t Fly • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Endangered Penguins • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Face to Face with Penguins Yva Momatiuk, John Eastcott (Phot • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
The Pebble First Guide to Penguins • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
A Rookery of Penguins: and Other Bird Groups • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Best of THE MAILBOX Themes: Penguins (Grades 1-3) (eBook) • AKJ Books $7.95 1 $7.95
A Penguin''s Life • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$292.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$326.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.70

Total project goal

$384.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$384.64

1 Donor

-$384.64

Donations toward project cost

-$326.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.70

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