You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Dunca from Elmhurst, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Dunca is requesting

Pleasure Reading: Student Choice Books

Help me give my students the class library books that they have requested in a book survey!

  • $637 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mrs. Dunca for her next project!

Help Mrs. Dunca

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mrs. Dunca for her next project!

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My writing classes feature Pleasure Reading Mondays. Students have the opportunity to read for fun and internalize language structure that will help them with their writing. Students have taken a survey for me to gage in which genres and specific titles they are interested.

By giving students the agency to choose to read books that they are already interested in, students will more readily read and develop their language skills.

I can see the difference between the writing of readers and non-readers. Everyone can write, and reading for fun is a crucial step!

Mrs. Dunca Maspeth High School Grades 9-12

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.

More about Mrs. Dunca

Elmhurst, NY 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

96 students impacted 3donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Dunca is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $45.44 1 $45.44
Hunger Games 4-Book Paperback Box Set (the Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) • Amazon Business $31.94 1 $31.94
Percy Jackson X 5 Book Set Series Collection 5 Book Set • Amazon Business $31.90 1 $31.90
A HARD MAN TO FORGET: The Jack Reacher Cases Complete Books #1, #2 & #3 (The Jack Reacher Cases Boxset) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Chronicles of Narnia Box Set • Amazon Business $29.98 1 $29.98
The Shining • Amazon Business $23.01 1 $23.01
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (People of Sparks; Diamond of Darkhold; Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $20.40 1 $20.40
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
I'm Glad My Mom Died • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
The 48 Laws of Power • Amazon Business $14.55 1 $14.55
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
It: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, Vol. 1 (1) • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
Solo Leveling, Vol. 3 (comic) (Volume 3) (Solo Leveling (comic), 3) • Amazon Business $12.87 1 $12.87
The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout) • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
It Ends with Us: A Novel (1) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Half of a Yellow Sun • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Silent Patient • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (comic) (Volume 2) (Solo Leveling (comic), 2) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Twilight (The Twilight Saga) • Amazon Business $10.16 1 $10.16
Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 (comic) (Volume 1) (Solo Leveling (comic), 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Thieves' Gambit • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
The Nightingale: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
American Psycho • Amazon Business $8.20 1 $8.20
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $8.20 1 $8.20
If He Had Been with Me • Amazon Business $7.27 1 $7.27
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49

Materials cost

$503.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$540.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.42

Total project goal

$636.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.12

2 Donors

-$557.85

Donations toward project cost

-$482.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.00

match offer

-$68.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.21

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Dunca and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/pleasure-reading-student-choice-books/8776518/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":96,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Dunca","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-193907039","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Elmhurst","teachersOnPage":[9747268],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":8776518,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"9747268":{"owner":"Mrs. Dunca","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[8776518],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-5_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":22407915,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":9747268,"schoolCounty":"Queens","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}