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Teacher Grinage from Dorchester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Meeting The Challenge and Striving For Greatness in Reading!

Help me give my students journals and fascinating, inspirational, and exciting Books for a summer of engaging reading adventure, and fun!

  • $1,314 goal

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My Project

Reading is a lifelong journey that I encourage my students to take daily. They enjoy reading, discussing and writing in their about the books we read in class, and the books they read independently. Their daily reading has helped them reach their reading goals and has increased their reading Lexile levels so they can see for themselves how well they are improving and growing in reading and writing about what they read.

Your donation will help my students explore new adventures and cultures around the world as well as increase their reading Lexile with inspiring and engaging books and allow them to express their understanding and feelings about the books they will read.

They know that reading and writing are the paths that will lead them to success in the 5th grade and beyond.

Teacher Grinage William Trotter K-6 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

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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Dorchester, MA View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 25 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
24 Pack Notebooks Journals Bulk with 24 Black Pens, Feela A5 Hardcover Notebook Classic Ruled Journal Set with Pen Holder for School Business Work Travel Writing, 120 GSM, 5.1”x8.3”, Navy • Amazon Business $95.99 1 $95.99
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle • Amazon Business $17.04 5 $85.20
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $11.49 5 $57.45
Lupe Wong No Baila: (Lupe Wong Won't Dance Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 5 $49.95
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library • Amazon Business $9.99 5 $49.95
Lucky Broken Girl • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
The STEAM Chasers: We Made That • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logan Family Saga, 7) • Amazon Business $8.79 5 $43.95
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
The Moon Within (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Tight • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Efrén Divided • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $7.66 5 $38.30
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.87 5 $34.35
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $6.78 5 $33.90
Merci Suárez Changes Gears • Amazon Business $6.49 5 $32.45
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $15.79 2 $31.58
Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.34 5 $26.70
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood • Amazon Business $12.20 2 $24.40
24 pack Cute Cartoon Gel Blue Ink Pens Assorted Style Writing Pens for Birthday Present School Prize Student Gift Fun Girl Pens (blue) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Dear Black Girl: Equip, Empower, Enlighten • Amazon Business $5.34 4 $21.36
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 • Amazon Business $4.74 3 $14.22

Materials cost

$1,002.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $69.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,116.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$197.04

Total project goal

$1,313.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,313.58

1 Donor

-$1,313.58

Donations toward project cost

-$1,116.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$197.04

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