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Ms. Williams from Haines City, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Opening Worlds Through Words

Help me give my students a variety of books, such as "Achieve It: Fifth Grade Genre Collection Poetry and Rhyme Variety Pack" to enhance our literature collection and a lifelong love for reading.

  • $679 goal

This project expired on April 30, 2025.

This project expired on April 30, 2025.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Imagine a classroom where every student holds the key to unlocking countless worlds, diverse perspectives, and endless possibilities through literature's power. The items chosen will make a difference in my student’s learning by giving them access to literature that will greatly enhance and support the classroom texts that are part of our daily instruction.

Donating literature books to our classroom will provide our students with opportunities to develop critical thinking, empathy, and a lifelong love for reading.

My goal for this project is to transform my classroom library into a sanctuary of learning and imagination where students can explore the depths of human experience and the richness of different cultures through carefully selected books. In addition, I want my students to embrace diverse literature and improve reading comprehension through reading enjoyment.

My students are special because they embrace any opportunity to read books that spark their curiosity for learning new information. They are eager learners and I am their greatest supporter of them having access to books right in the classroom.

Ms. Williams Alta Vista 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

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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Haines City, FL View local requests

More than half 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 50 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Achieve It! Fifth Grade Genre Collection Poetry and Rhyme Variety Pack, Set Of 20 - Grade 5 - Kids • School Specialty $183.97 1 $183.97
The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity (Scientists in the Field) • Amazon Business $15.70 1 $15.70
Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $12.34 1 $12.34
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
A Black Hole is Not a Hole: Updated Edition • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Confetti: Poems for Children • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
25 Women Who Thought of it First (Daring Women) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Walk in the Deciduous Forest, 2nd Edition (Biomes of North America Second Editions) • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
The House of Dies Drear • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $8.10 1 $8.10
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Maroo of the Winter Caves: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What Is Hibernation? (Science of Living Things) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach (The Tia Lola Stories) • Amazon Business $7.88 1 $7.88
Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Seesaw Girl • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Seedfolks • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
90 Miles to Havana • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The Secret Garden (HarperClassics) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Penguins (Smithsonian) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Sylvia & Aki • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Lalani of the Distant Sea • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Kensuke's Kingdom • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lion Island • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon Business $5.40 1 $5.40
Half and Half • Amazon Business $5.34 1 $5.34
George vs. George • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Constitution of the United States (A True Book: American History) • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $4.63 1 $4.63
Number the Stars • AKJ Education $4.22 1 $4.22

Materials cost

$520.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$576.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.72

Total project goal

$678.14

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