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Mrs. Carusone from Jersey City, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Is Our Superpower!

Help me give my students an exciting and updated classroom library to ignite our reading superpowers!

  • $778 goal

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My Students

My classes consist of a multitude of special needs, ESL, and "at-risk" students in the urban district of Jersey City, NJ. Whereby the existence and hardships of poverty, racial and ethnic diversity, immigration, and overpopulation strike through our classrooms. With in person learning, I would like to enhance my students reading superpowers. Being home, my students lost access to the countless books in our libraries, now that we are back I want to bring reading back to life for them.

Reading is our SUPERPOWER!

My job is to give these students a chance to shine. A chance to engage, create, interact with one another, and challenge themselves through their learning. Each time they enter our classroom, they are ready to explore and learn new things. As their teacher, I can do the same for them and present them with the tools we need to enhance our learning!

My Project

An updated classroom library will help keep us reading and engaged! It will provide my students the opportunity to explore various authors and books, while working to improve our independent reading goals. After virtual learning for two years, I want to reignite and strengthen their love for reading!

Through a variety of books, my students will be exposed to fantasy and science fiction, myths and legends, comic books and graphic novels, realistic fiction, and fiction books.

Most importantly, having an updated classroom library, will increase student motivation, engagement, and achievement.

Mrs. Carusone
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12 Books Complete Collection Set New(Diary Of a Wimpy Kid,Rodrick Rules,The Last Straw,Dog Days,The Ugly Truth,Cabin Fever,The Third Wheel,Hard Luck,The Long Haul,Old School..etc • Amazon Business $68.43 1 $68.43
Dork Diaries By Rachel Renee Russell 12 Books Collection Set (Puppy Love, Holiday Heartbreak, TV Star, Pop Star, Frenemies Forever, Skating Sensation, Party Time) • Amazon Business $57.99 1 $57.99
Captain Underpants Box Set • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
How to Train Your Dragon: The Complete Series: Paperback Gift Set • Amazon Business $48.99 1 $48.99
The Ultimate Stink-tastic Collection 10 Books Box Set by Megan McDonald • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99
The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $45.96 1 $45.96
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $45.76 1 $45.76
The Judy Moody Most Mood-tastic Collection Ever: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $38.99 1 $38.99
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Box Set) • Amazon Business $37.90 1 $37.90
Chronicles of Narnia Box Set • Amazon Business $25.68 1 $25.68
The Baby-Sitters Club Retro Set • Amazon Business $24.60 1 $24.60
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $24.31 1 $24.31
Trials of Apollo, The 3-Book Paperback Boxed Set • Amazon Business $23.97 1 $23.97
The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box (books 1-3) • Amazon Business $20.43 1 $20.43
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (The City of Ember; The People of Sparks; The Diamond of Darkhold; The Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $18.90 1 $18.90
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Smile, Sisters, and Guts: The Box Set • Amazon Business $18.53 1 $18.53

Materials cost

$617.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$660.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$116.55

Total project goal

$777.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $777.02

11 Donors

-$679.84

Donations toward project cost

-$607.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.49

match offer

-$62.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$53.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.69

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