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Ms. p. from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Struggling Readers Need the Best Choices!

My students need 52 books to help rejuvinate and refresh our classroom library!

  • $703 goal

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My Students

The students in my classes are struggling readers and writers, many of them facing learning disabilities and interrupted learning. However, in my class they find a safe space where they are met at their skill level and are able to choose independent reading books that match their interests.

I work at a Title I school that is mostly comprised of students who receive free or reduced lunch.

Many of my students have profound learning and emotional disabilities that have prevented them from feeling successful in the past. However, my school accepts kids as they are and embraces differences. By being in a classroom where they are nurtured rather than ostracized for being struggling readers and writers, we make great gains in both reading level and self-esteem.

My Project

My students read for 40 minutes per week independently in my classroom and they also read for at least an hour per week outside of the classroom for homework. By choosing independent reading books that they are interested in (anything from war stories to graphic novels to love stories!) they are hooked and start to understand why people love to read. It may sound simple; let them choose what they want to read--- but many kids are force to only read class novels that are too difficult for them and turn them off to reading. I am trying to "get them back" and help them see that reading truly is for everyone.

This donation would make a huge difference to my small school.

We cherish books in our library. We have an intricate check-out system that ensures that books are treated well and returned so they can be used by hundreds of students over the course of 2-3 years. We cannot afford as a small public school to get new books on a regular basis for independent reading as most of our budget goes to whole-class texts. Through your support I am able to have a text-rich classroom with lots of choice!

Ms. p. Essex Street Academy Grades 9-12

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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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

200 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Vietnam: The Bloodbath at Hamburger Hill (24/7 Goes to War: On the Battlefield) • Amazon Business $29.00 1 $29.00
Blankets • Amazon Business $27.16 1 $27.16
Such a Pretty Girl • Amazon Business $11.06 2 $22.12
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Invasion (The Walking Dead Series) • Amazon Business $18.38 1 $18.38
Split • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Plan B • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Traffick • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Rumble • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Heft: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
The Princess and the Pony • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure: A TOON Graphic (Toon Graphics) • Amazon Business $12.61 1 $12.61
Black Boy White School • Amazon Business $11.91 1 $11.91
Fangirl: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
The Second Wife • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Rx • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
The Fall Guy • Amazon Business $10.57 1 $10.57
It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing • Amazon Business $10.05 1 $10.05
Rot & Ruin • Amazon Business $10.03 1 $10.03
I Will Save You • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Dope Sick • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Winter Kill (Rapid Reads) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Something Noble (Rapid Reads) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Goddaughter: A Gina Gallo Mystery (Rapid Reads) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Just Gone (Rapid Reads) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Cracked Up to Be • Amazon Business $9.68 1 $9.68
Burning Blue • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
Fake ID • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
Dying to Know You • Amazon Business $9.16 1 $9.16
Skin Deep • Amazon Business $9.02 1 $9.02
Caged Warrior • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Back to Me (Harlequin Kimani TRU) • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Playground • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
Deep Dark Fears • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
Awkward • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (Scientists in the Field Series) • Amazon Business $7.68 1 $7.68
The Frog Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series) • Amazon Business $7.63 1 $7.63
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
No Boyz Allowed • Amazon Business $7.27 1 $7.27
Graffiti Moon • Amazon Business $7.25 1 $7.25
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Driver's Ed • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bottled Up • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Dead Won't Die (Deadlands) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Kinda Like Brothers • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
101 College Scholarships: That Anyone Can Win • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$558.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$597.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.40

Total project goal

$702.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $702.68

7 Donors

-$632.68

Donations toward project cost

-$537.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.90

Matching donations from our partners

-$70.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

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