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Ms. Avila from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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KiKi, Do You Love Books, Are You Readin' ?

My students need quality books to read, stories that they can connect to and get excited about reading.

  • $597 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

I haven't met my students yet, but I know they deserve access to quality literature. They deserve books that they will be excited to open and dive into, stories that they can relate to and get lost in. I know they they live in one of the most impoverished neighborhoods of Staten Island and yet they attend school ready to learn.

I haven't met my students yet, but I imagine them to be passionate, creative, imaginative and eager to learn and to be engaged.

I know that they struggle with attendance and most do not have access to fun and interesting books. They are a beautiful, diverse ethnic blend of African, African-American, Caribbean-American, and Hispanic families.

My Project

My students come to me on very different levels and they need books that they will enjoy reading independently. I need new, quality books for my students. Books that are brand new, books whose pages are not torn; books that hold exciting and funny stories.

I want to create a classroom library that has good stories; stories that have characters that will stay with my students, even after they have put the book down.

Stories that are memorable and are written on the levels that my students can understand and read independently.

I want to choose books that will introduce my students to experiences and places they haven't yet discovered.

Ms. Avila PS 78 the Stapleton Lighthouse Community School Grades 3-5

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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Staten Island, NY 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

60 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grade 4 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies Set (12 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $74.67 1 $74.67
Grade 4 Favorites (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $54.55 1 $54.55
Grade 3 Fiction (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $49.31 1 $49.31
Grade 4 Fiction (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $48.56 1 $48.56
Grade 5 High Interest, Low Readability (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $42.57 1 $42.57
Series Sampler - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $41.76 1 $41.76
Series Sampler - All Star Sports Story (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $31.20 1 $31.20
Series Sampler - What Was…? (5 Books) • AKJ Education $22.41 1 $22.41
Series Sampler - Heidi Hecklebeck (5 Books) • AKJ Education $22.41 1 $22.41
Series Sampler - Billy Sure (4 Books) • AKJ Education $20.92 1 $20.92
Favorite Author Study - Clyde Robert Bulla (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $17.18 1 $17.18
Series Sampler - Lucy Rose (3 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $15.69 1 $15.69
Hatchet • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Among The Hidden • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Freckle Juice • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$469.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.42

Total project goal

$596.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $596.11

5 Donors

-$307.06

Donations toward project cost

-$261.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$289.05

Match offers toward project cost

-$245.69

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.36

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