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Ms. Rucker from Detroit, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Keep Reading!

Help me give my students interesting books to read during the school break.

  • $383 goal

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My Project

My students are a diverse group of kids from Detroit, Michigan, mostly growing up in low-income families. My students are finally getting the hang of being back in the school building after remote learning. Many of the students need extra love, care, and support at school. My students are creative, thoughtful, innovative, and full of questions! They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions! They come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. Truly, they are my inspiration!

The purpose of this project is to provide a good library to students for their intellectual nourishment and growth.

We hope that this initiative will bring a core change in our classroom as far as the intellectual developments of the scholars are concerned. The main reason to write this letter, is as leader of the of the classroom, I decided to provide books to the scholars by establishing a library of books that interest them.

Ms. Rucker University Preparatory Art & Design Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

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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Detroit, MI 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

70 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am: Black Girl Coloring Book for Teens With Positive Affirmations: Designed to Help Young Teen Girls Build Self-Esteem, Confidence, Embrace Their ... (Black Girl Books With Positive Affirmations) • Amazon Business $11.14 13 $144.82
Would You Rather? For Teens!: The Fun And Interactive Game Book For Teens! (Would You Rather Game Book) • Amazon Business $8.88 12 $106.56
Word Pop CVC Words Games - Learn to Read in Weeks - Multisensory Reading & Phonics Games Ideal for Pre Kindergarten to 1st Grade by The Fidget Game - Board Games - Fidget Word Pop • Amazon Business $29.39 1 $29.39
Trend Enterprises: Sight Words Level 2 Bingo Game, Exciting Way for Everyone to Learn, Play 6 Different Ways, Great for Classrooms and at Home, 2 to 36 Players, for Ages 5 and Up • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$290.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.37

Total project goal

$382.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$382.49

3 Donors

-$325.12

Donations toward project cost

-$325.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$57.37

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$0.00

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