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Mrs. Dolbec from Worcester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Please, Let Them Read!

My students need high interest novels for a very diverse learning population. The Harry Potter series is becoming a timeless series of books that students ask for year after year.

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My Students

I teach in an urban area in Massachusetts. My students come from very diverse backgrounds. They range from high honors to special education students, and enjoy reading a variety of genres from Mythology to graphic novels. I provide as much as I can for my students beyond the actual classroom, sometimes it's meals or a sweater, other times it's a book that their parents can't afford. I try to keep my classroom library as stocked as possible, but it's hard to keep up with all the amazing books that are coming out!

My Project

I teach in a low income school with a very diverse student population. I try to stock my classroom library with all different genres of books. Buying books out of my own pocket has become difficult. My school provides books for guided reading and unit studies, but our classroom libraries are funded out of pocket.

My students need more choices of high interest novels available to them.

We are encouraging students to read, but it is not fair to do that when some classrooms do not even have books to read for leisure. I constantly have teachers, students, and even the principal, coming into my classroom to borrow books from me.

If every classroom cannot have a small library available, then I am going to make sure that mine is stocked as best as it can be!

Mrs. Dolbec Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Grades 6-8

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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Worcester, MA 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

62 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
For Every One (Caitlyn Dlouhy) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $12.96 1 $12.96
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Allegedly • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Granted • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $11.32 1 $11.32
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Rebound • Amazon Business $10.57 1 $10.57
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
The List • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
American Street • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
All American Boys • Amazon Business $6.37 1 $6.37

Materials cost

$236.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$270.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.72

Total project goal

$318.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $318.12

2 Donors

-$313.71

Donations toward project cost

-$270.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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