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Mrs. Coulter from Harrisburg, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature Circles Make Reading Come Alive

Help me give my students reading materials for guided reading! After looking at my beginning of year benchmarks, I want meaningful texts for my students to fall in love with during reading.

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My Students

When I started at this school two years ago, a coworker told me the first time I met her that there will be lots of little ones that will need my love here! Boy, was she right!

Our school consists of over 800 students and is the most diverse of the thirteen elementary schools in the Central Dauphin School District.

We have approximately twenty countries represented in our student body. Class sizes range from 25-30 students with a high number of students who transfer in and out of the school.

My students come into school each day knowing that school is their safe place with a teacher who truly cares about them. Many of my students have a variety of academic, learning, and social-emotional needs. Every day is a fresh start, and that is one thing that is tricky about being a teacher, but it's what every student deserves. My students come from a variety of backgrounds, some even carry a heavier load of trauma. The students are the heart of my classroom!

My Project

Help me bring rich titles into my classroom and our bookroom! I want to be able to provide my students with books that they fall in love with and can have meaningful discussions about in their reading groups and literature circles. The chapter books in our bookroom are falling apart or dated.

Looking at my fall benchmarks scores doesn't scare me, but rather excites me because I want to see my higher-level readers continue to grow and excel!

The best way to do this is to put wonderful literature in their hands!

Mrs. Coulter South Side Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Harrisburg, PA 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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover • AKJ Education $8.45 10 $84.50
The Book Thief • AKJ Education $6.98 10 $69.80
I Am Malala • AKJ Education $13.13 5 $65.65
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.59 10 $55.90

Materials cost

$275.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$315.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.76

Total project goal

$371.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $371.75

3 Donors

-$215.00

Donations toward project cost

-$182.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$156.75

Match offers toward project cost

-$133.24

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.51

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 $0.00

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