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Mrs. Joy from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rest, Relaxation and READING

The cost of the books is $438, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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Each year I ask the students in my class to read two books over the winter break and one book during our spring break. More often than not, they argue over the few "good books" in our classroom library. When those are checked out, I find that the remaining students are not likely to read at all. I have a few distinct groups of students in my class. The poetry girls, the sci-fi & fantasy boys, the drama queens and the series readers. Any book is great for the series readers as long as there is a part two, three and four. The poetry girls like books by other teens and write their own poetry as well. The Harry Potter and Eragon boys would race to the end of a new 600 page novel every week if they could. And there lies the problem. We just don't have the books available. Most students do not have parents who can afford to spend money on books as often as they would like. You might be surprised to know that kids like to own the books they read too. So what I would like to do is give each student books to read over the winter and spring breaks. Books that the students would really like to read and not just the books that were on sale at Target.

Mrs. Joy Randolph Magnet School Grades 6-8

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Chicago, IL 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flowers for Algernon • AKJ Educational Services $6.97 30 $209.10
Jazmin's Notebook • AKJ Educational Services $5.23 10 $52.30
Because of Winn-Dixie • AKJ Educational Services $5.23 10 $52.30

Materials cost

$313.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$371.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.45

Total project goal

$452.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.50

1 Donor

-$426.71

Donations toward project cost

-$372.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.95

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 $0.00

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