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Teacher Zimdahl from Astoria, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Support Readers for Life

My students need a classroom library to develop their literary and love of reading!

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My Students

Every day at my school in Queens, New York is a celebration of multiculturalism. Like the surrounding neighborhood, the student-body is a microcosm of the world. Students speak a multitude of languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Montenegrin, Bengali, Tibetan and Arabic. Although the students are ethnically and culturally diverse, their passion and commitment to learning is uniformly strong and steadfast.

Established in 2006, my school is a single sex New York City public school that approaches learning in a dynamic, participatory fashion, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning.

Students fully embrace this self-directed learning mentality both inside and outside the classroom. Inside the classroom, students are at the center of their learning experience, as they design and complete projects structured around complex, authentic questions. Outside the classroom, students are engaged in a multitude of extracurricular activities. They see and experience the surrounding community as an extension of their school's main building. Each year, students, in all grade levels, develop community service projects that range from maintaining a community garden to reading and tutoring at students at a local elementary school.

My Project

I am a strong believer that productive, thoughtful citizens are avid readers. In reading about diverse worlds and characters, students not only develop literacy skills but also, if not more importantly, gain empathy and compassion for others. Regardless of the subject matter, purposeful reading and writing should happen in every classroom. Unfortunately, my classroom library does not contain the amount of texts to meet the demands and passion of my young readers.

These books will not only turn my current, sad "three-shelf-library" into a real classroom library, but will also reinvigorate my students' love of reading.

Many of these book titles have been on my students "Someday Reading" lists for years - energized by the prospect of "someday" reading about Annes adventures in Avonlea and Huckleberry Finn's journey down the Mississippi. These books would allow them to enter new worlds and in doing so, feel less alone, more aware and better equipped to face the challenges and obstacles that may come their way.

Teacher Zimdahl Young Women's Leadership School Grades 6-8

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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 three‑quarters 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gibson Holders 1A 2-Wire Display Stand, Black, 12-Pack • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Anne of Avonlea • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Watership Down: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
All American Boys • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
The Great American Whatever • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Hobbit • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
Ready Player One: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Born Confused • Amazon Business $9.61 1 $9.61
The Face on the Milk Carton • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Color of Magic (Discworld) • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
A Separate Peace • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
The Grapes of Wrath • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
A High Wind in Jamaica • Amazon Business $8.62 1 $8.62
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • Amazon Business $8.11 1 $8.11
Danny the Champion of the World • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Tequila Worm • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Blue Sword (Newbery Honor Roll) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Impulse • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
More Happy Than Not • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
I'll Give You the Sun • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
The Lost Conspiracy • Amazon Business $7.45 1 $7.45
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $7.34 1 $7.34
Anne of Green Gables • Amazon Business $7.30 1 $7.30
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel • Amazon Business $7.21 1 $7.21
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $7.05 1 $7.05
The Mysterious Benedict Society • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Written in the Stars • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Reissue with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book One • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Challenger Deep • Amazon Business $6.67 1 $6.67
Dangerous Angels: Five Weetzie Bat Books • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
Lies We Tell Ourselves: A New York Times bestseller (Harlequin Teen) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Howl's Moving Castle • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26
A Northern Light • Amazon Business $6.24 1 $6.24
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.24 1 $6.24
Feed • Amazon Business $6.23 1 $6.23
Where Things Come Back • Amazon Business $6.01 1 $6.01
When You Reach Me (Yearling Newbery) • Amazon Business $6.01 1 $6.01
Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Tiger Rising • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Ash • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
Ship Breaker • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $5.54 1 $5.54
For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy • Amazon Business $5.53 1 $5.53
Hatchet • Amazon Business $5.44 1 $5.44
Dune • Amazon Business $5.42 1 $5.42
A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle) • Amazon Business $4.88 1 $4.88
The Thief (The Queen's Thief, Book 1) • Amazon Business $4.85 1 $4.85
The Witch of Blackbird Pond • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure • Amazon Business $4.38 1 $4.38
How It Went Down • Amazon Business $4.34 1 $4.34
The Call of the Wild • Amazon Business $3.00 1 $3.00

Materials cost

$446.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$483.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.24

Total project goal

$568.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $568.28

2 Donors

-$568.28

Donations toward project cost

-$483.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.24

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