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

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Reading Takes You Places

Help me give my students reading material that will help them with building their reading comprehension.

  • $489 goal

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My Students

My students reside in an urban city and are rough around the edges but have such great care and compassion for each other. They search for their own internal motivation to help them strive to reach their goals. They are full of questions, not in defiance, but in their own curiosity to learn, grow and develop into young adults.

They each are amazing individuals struggling in their adolescents to make correct choices and challenge their fears with a tenacious spirit to learn.

My Project

The books, Holes and The Outsiders, will be used by all the students to read in class with me in guided reading lessons. Without enough copies, students are not exposed to reading in the class. Reading benefits them and few of the students read outside of class, so it's important for them to engage in reading. Students will read with each other in small groups and with me in class. They will also do group work to build critical comprehension skills. Reading helps develop their thinking skills and helps with growth of word knowledge and vocabulary development. The books are valuable in the class.

Mrs. Tolar Dr Arthur F Sullivan Middle School Grades 6-8

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

125 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Outsiders • AKJ Education $7.30 28 $204.40
Holes • AKJ Education $5.83 30 $174.90

Materials cost

$379.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.23

Total project goal

$488.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.22

2 Donors

-$463.22

Donations toward project cost

-$393.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.48

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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