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

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The Places We Will Go!

Help me give my students books to read, especially at the elementary school level where reading is a fundamental that should not be ignored.

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My Project

Around one in five people are completely illiterate. Additionally, around three billion people around the world struggle with basic level reading and writing. My students coming from low-income and impoverished neighborhoods are not starting out with the best of the best.

Furthermore, as a new school, there is much that we need that cannot be done by the school alone.

Individuals with low levels of literacy are more likely to experience poorer employment opportunities and outcomes and lower income. As a result, they often face welfare dependency, low self-esteem, and higher levels of crime. Moreover, people with a low level of literacy have limited ability to make important informed decisions in everyday life as they struggle with tasks such as filling out forms and applications, understanding government policies, reading medicine or nutritional labels, and more. These books will greatly help our scholars have a tangible resource to interact with that will further their love of literacy.

Let's do what we can as global citizens to help!

Mr. Smith PS 938 Grades PreK-2

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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 32 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $88.91 2 $177.82
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $83.13 2 $166.26

Materials cost

$344.08

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$379.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.92

Total project goal

$446.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $446.16

4 Donors

-$446.16

Donations toward project cost

-$379.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.92

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