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Mr. Dearybury from Spartanburg, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Psst... Look Behind You!

My students need these class sets of Native American books, and American Folktale books so they can begin laying their foundation of American History.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Dearybury's classroom raised $456

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember the first time you heard someone older than you talk about life before you were born? Your curiosity ran wild. What was it like? What did they do differently? What did they wear? Did they watch T.V.? These are questions my students have when I teach about life in the past!

My students are AMAZING!

They attend an inner city, Title I school in South Carolina. They face many challenges from home, but always rise to the occasion. They do not let adversity, low socio-economic status, and poverty hold them back from achieving. Our school holds them to high standards and they work hard to achieve greatness. We are an ARTS school and my students reflect that style of learning. They love to sing, dance, creatively move, draw, and perform. If this proposal is funded I plan to use their arts skills to perform a play based on the life of Johnny Appleseed.

My Project

The resources I am asking for will be far reaching in my classroom. They will teach my students about the lives of the Native Americans who were the original founders of our great country. They will learn of their contributions to our culture and society. After beginning our study of history with the Native Americans, we will explore the world of American Folklore. There my students will continue to build a foundation about the history of our country. It is difficult to teach 2nd graders about the past so long ago, but these class literature sets will allow them to see it come alive on the pages. The class sets will be used for years and years to come furthering there impact even farther. Teaching all of the required state standards can be difficult, but by integrating the subjects of literature and social studies my students will benefit greatly as they will be even more ready for the history of South Carolina in 3rd grade. Help make this project happen for my amazing students.

I spend a lot of my own money on my classroom every year.

I could buy a few of these books each year and eventually get a set or two. Together with other donors, your donation, whether large or small, can help make a huge impact in the lives of my 17 students this year! Multiply those 17 by the 20 years I have left until retirement and you can see that your donation will impact approximately 340 students. Click the donate button right away and start impacting my amazing students today!

Mr. Dearybury Woodland Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Spartanburg, SC 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Were The First North Americans Philippa Wingate, Struan Reid • Barnes and Noble $4.22 20 $84.40
John Henry Carol Ottolenghi, Steve Haefele (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 20 $68.20
Paul Bunyan Carol Ottolenghi, Steve Haefele (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 20 $68.20
Johnny Appleseed Jodie Shepherd, Masumi Furukawa (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 20 $68.20
Animal Folk Tales of America: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The Jumping Frog, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Sweet Betsy, and many others Tony Palazzo • Barnes and Noble $8.85 4 $35.40

Materials cost

$324.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$22.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$387.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.32

Total project goal

$455.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$455.46

1 Donor

-$5.00

Donations toward project cost

-$5.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$449.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$382.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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$0.00

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