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Ms. Pallas from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Refill Our Library!

My students need high interest books to encourage their independent reading.

  • $348 goal

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My Students

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.” As Frank Serafini said, the only obstacle standing in between a child and reading is finding the right book that speaks to them.

My students are absoutely amazing.

They experience unimaginable hardships each and every day; for some students, just making it to school is a celebration. While these students do experience hardships, they don't use these hardships as excuses. They do their homework, raise their hands, and try to make each day more successful than the one before. As a school, we do our very best to motivate our students and help them to become the best versions of themsevles. The trick, though, is finding the right balance between what students are expected to do in 7th grade and where their functional levels are - which for many students, at no fault to them, are 2-3 grade levels behind. Our goal is that by the time students leave us and go to high school, each and every single student is reading at grade level.

My Project

My students read each and every day. Besides the nightly assignment of reading 30 minutes, students are also expected to read during morning homeroom, afternoon homeroom, and a strategic reading period. My students are fulfilling these rigorouse expectations. They want to see their reading levels increase as much as I do. To help keep the momentum going, though, with reading, our library needs to be refilled with high-interest titles and students' independent reading levels.

With these donations, you will help refill our classroom library with high-interest titles at students' independent reading levels.

You will give students the tools they need to help see their reading levels increase throughout the year, as well as the confidence to know that they can do so.

Ms. Pallas MS 57 Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business Grades 6-8

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

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.

More about Ms. Pallas

Brooklyn, NY 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

70 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crossing Lines • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Homestretch Paul Volponi • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Crossover Jeff Rud • AKJ Books $6.47 2 $12.94
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Hand You''re Dealt • AKJ Books $5.84 2 $11.68
Elijah of Buxton • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Penny From Heaven • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Chains • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Boost • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Rikers High • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Jump Ship to Freedom • AKJ Books $5.10 2 $10.20
The Sign of the Beaver • AKJ Books $4.54 2 $9.08
Letters from Rifka • AKJ Books $4.54 2 $9.08
Number the Stars • AKJ Books $4.54 2 $9.08
Hiroshima: A Novella • AKJ Books $3.89 2 $7.78
Four Perfect Pebbles : A Holocaust Story • AKJ Books $3.89 2 $7.78
The Princess Diaries • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in the Spotlight • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess Diaries, Volume X: Forever Princess • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Party Princess • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in Waiting • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess Diaries, Volume VIII: Princess on the Brink, The • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in Pink • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in Love • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Abby Takes a Stand • AKJ Books $3.24 2 $6.48
Titan Clash Sigmund Brouwer • AKJ Books $6.47 1 $6.47
Valentine Princess (Princess Diaries Series) Meg Cabot • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Princess in Training • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Night Hoops • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Pricess Mia • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Slam! • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Coach Carter • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54

Materials cost

$261.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.09

Total project goal

$347.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $347.26

5 Donors

-$265.22

Donations toward project cost

-$225.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.78

match offer

-$82.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.31

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