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Ms. Telson from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Make My Students Lifetime Readers

My students need a wide variety of text in all formats.

  • $375 goal

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My Students

I work at an all girls, Title I school in SE DC. At our school we strive at all times to be excellent. These girls never let me down.

At just 4 and 5 years old, my students manage to make me laugh, smile and beam with pride every single day.

We are about to start a new school year, and I would love for these girls to come in with exposure to a wide variety of texts to hit the ground running.

My Project

Young readers need to be surrounded at all times by books. This project will give my students access to texts on their level, audiobooks for our listening center, and big book texts to help spark their imagination.

When students are surrounded by texts, students can find the method to reading that works best for them.

My goal for all my students is to have them reading ready by the time they enter kindergarten. This project will help in innumerable ways by providing them with materials to explore books in ways that work for them.

I want my students to be life long readers. This project is just the first step in their life long journey with books.

Ms. Telson Excel Academy Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

21 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brown Bear Brown Bear Big Book • Teachers' School Supply $27.95 1 $27.95
If You Give A Moose A Muffin Big • Teachers' School Supply $25.20 1 $25.20
First Little Readers Parent Pack • Teachers' School Supply $17.99 1 $17.99
Stuart Little • AKJ Education $16.06 1 $16.06
Winnie-the-Pooh • AKJ Education $14.60 1 $14.60
The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Lion & the Mouse • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
CD-Frog and Toad CD Audio Collection • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Brown Bear & Friends • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Carry Along Book & Cd Curious • Teachers' School Supply $11.09 1 $11.09
Carry Along Book/cd The Giant Jam • Teachers' School Supply $11.09 1 $11.09
Where the Wild Things Are CD • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
CD - Frances Audio Collection CD • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Lilly's Big Day and Other Stories CD • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Carry Along Book & Cd Hop On Pop • Teachers' School Supply $9.95 1 $9.95
Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories • AKJ Education $8.76 1 $8.76
Oh, the Places You'll Go! and The Lorax • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! - Audio • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Eek Theres A Mouse In The House • Teachers' School Supply $6.00 1 $6.00
A Tree Is Nice • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed • AKJ Education $3.65 1 $3.65

Materials cost

$257.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.02

Sales tax

 $15.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$318.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.23

Total project goal

$374.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $374.89

1 Donor

-$374.89

Donations toward project cost

-$318.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.23

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