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Mrs. Barnes from Middletown, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Re-stocking Our Classroom Library After Covid-19

Help me give my students a variety of authentic literature to spark their love of reading!

  • $530 goal

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My Students

I teach at an engaged and diverse neighborhood school in the heart of the North End of Middletown, CT. Our school is truly a community school, with over 90% of our students walking to and from school each day. We are grateful to learn from the rich racial and cultural diversity of our students and their families. My fifth graders are creative, thoughtful, hard-working, and funny. They make me laugh every day.

Our school motto is "Knowledge is Power" and as the oldest students in the building, my students crave establishing that knowledge through their own curiosities; they are always asking questions.

We are a STEM-based school full of inquisitive minds who love to explore and learn more. Our school has two classrooms at each grade level K-5 as well as a pre-school, family resource center, and community health center within our building. Nearly 80% of our school is eligible for free and reduced-price lunch.

My Project

When was the first time you fell in love with a book? Was it the first story you read on your own, or the first time you really understood a character? Did you want to step right into that story, again and again, and share it with all of your friends?

On March 13, 2020, as our school closed for what we expected to be a two-week Covid-19 closure, I dropped books into my students' backpacks, encouraging them to borrow whatever they would read in those two weeks, fully expecting that most would return by the end of the year.

As we know now, most of those books actually aren't coming back to my classroom. I created this project to re-stock my classroom library with books that I know my students will love. Many of these titles are ones I borrowed from my local library to share with my students last year. Others showcase racially diverse authors and characters that I know will resonate with my readers!

Mrs. Barnes MacDonough Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Middletown, CT 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

25 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jon Klassen's Hat Box • Amazon Business $31.82 1 $31.82
Jason Reynolds's Track Series Paperback Collection: Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $21.00 1 $21.00
Black Brother, Black Brother • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel (Marvel) (1) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Seeds of America Trilogy: Chains; Forge; Ashes • Amazon Business $13.62 1 $13.62
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
Her Right Foot (American History Books for Kids, American History for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
The Lost Tribes • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Field Trip (Sanity & Tallulah (2)) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Blended • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Harbor Me • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The War That Saved My Life • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
From the Desk of Zoe Washington • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Some Places More Than Others • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
After Tupac and D Foster • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
President of the Whole Fifth Grade (President Series (1)) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
The Season of Styx Malone • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Holes (Holes Series) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Those Shoes • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The War I Finally Won • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
A Bike Like Sergio's • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Locomotion • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Children of the Longhouse • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sanity & Tallulah (Sanity & Tallulah (1)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$413.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$449.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.39

Total project goal

$529.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $529.28

1 Donor

-$529.28

Donations toward project cost

-$449.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.39

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