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Ms. Dragg from Selma, AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shifting the Balance

Help me give my students a love for books by providing them with bookshelves and diverse reading choices and create a positive reading environment.

  • 1 donor
  • $773 goal

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My Project

Reading helps children by significantly developing their language skills, expanding their vocabulary, improving comprehension, fostering imagination, building knowledge about the world, enhancing emotional awareness, and creating a strong foundation for future learning, all while providing a bonding opportunity with caregivers when reading together.

Therefore this project will help them Language development because reading exposes children to new words and sentence structures, helping them build their vocabulary and fluency in language use.

It helps build cognitive development, engaging with stories improves critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and memory as children process information from the text.

Imagination and creativity. Reading books and stories will transport children to different worlds, allowing them to use their imagination and creatively visualize scenarios. Reading books and stories will give them knowledge acquisition:

Reading about diverse topics broadens children's understanding of the world around them, including different cultures and perspectives.

Reading also provide them with emotional development, children can learn about emotions and empathy by relating to characters in stories and understanding their motivations.

Social bonding, reading together with a parent or caregiver creates a special time for connection and interaction in it will also provide them academic success:

Strong reading skills are essential for success in school, as most learning relies on the ability to comprehend written information

Ms. Dragg Edgewood Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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Selma, AL 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

HBCU Alum 30 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
2 Tier 360° Rotating Stackable Shelves Bookshelf Organizer (White) - Intexca • Amazon Business $74.99 2 $149.98
7 Book Set: Lee & Low TEEN Mental Health Bundle #1 (ages 13-18) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $99.00 1 $99.00
3 Book Set: GIRLS in STEM Bundle: Counting on Katherine, Shark Lady, Ada Twist, Scientist (hardcover picture books, science math) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $48.00 1 $48.00
I Am Enough (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Civil Rights Figures: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
Pet (paperback, ages 12+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
HIWX Classroom Pillow Covers, Boho Classroom Calming Corner Pillows Decorative Throw Pillow Cover 18 x 18,Inspirational Mental Health Teacher School Classroom Decor Pillow Case Covers Set of 4 • Amazon Business $22.97 1 $22.97
M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Behind the Little Red Door: Can You Touch A Color? (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons • Amazon Business $15.85 1 $15.85
Brown Boy Joy • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Black and Resilient: 52 Weeks of Anti-Racist Activities for Black Joy and Empowerment (Journal for Healing, Black Self-Love, Anti-Prejudice, and Affirmations for Teens) (Bold and Black) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
The Kids' Book of Diversity: Empathy, Kindness and Respect for Differences (The Kids' Books of Social Emotional Learning) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Lebron James #23: The Boy Who Would Grow Up To Be: NBA Basketball Player Children's Book (Basketball Books For Kids) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Invisible: A Graphic Novel (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger: Social Emotional Book for Kids about Diversity and Kindness (Children’s Book for Boys and Girls) (World of Kids Emotions) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Fill a Bucket Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.95 1 $10.95
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books! - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$570.78

Vendor shipping charges

 $0.55

Sales tax

 $46.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$656.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.84

Total project goal

$772.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $772.25

1 Donor

-$772.25

Donations toward project cost

-$656.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.84

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