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Mrs. April Lukins from Loraine, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!

Help me give my students new and exciting books for our small but growing school library.

  • $610 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are smart, kind, and eager to learn. We are a small rural community with limited access to books, to say these children are excited when I receive new books is definitely an understatement. They LOVE to tell me every detail about what they are reading. I am amazed every day by their beautiful minds.

My Project

These new books would be such an amazing addition to our small school Library. Due to the small size of our school, I do not have a budget to use each year for new books, so we must find new and exciting ways to grow our Library. Our students would be so grateful for this new material as they are some of the most excited and eager readers I have ever seen.

Our students deserve to have NEW and Up-to-Date reading materials to expand their ever growing minds.

Our Pre K through 12 school has approximately 150 students total. We are located in a rural community with very few opportunities to expand our library. Please help us give these children what they deserve....the very BEST!

Mrs. April Lukins
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Henry and Mudge (28 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $108.08 1 $108.08
Uncovering the Past (8 Books) • AKJ Education $65.55 1 $65.55
Pedro • AKJ Education $38.57 1 $38.57
National Geographic Readers (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $25.39 1 $25.39
Mixed Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.27 1 $13.27
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Kamala Harris • AKJ Education $11.15 1 $11.15
March: Book One • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Big Nate Lives It Up • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Big Nate In the Zone • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Big Nate Makes the Grade • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Sisters • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Bears in the Night • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate: Genius Mode • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Inside Outside Upside Down • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Nate • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Bud, Not Buddy • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
I Went Walking • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Do You Want to Be My Friend? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Never Smile at a Monkey And 17 Other Important Things to Remember • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Day of the Dead / El Dia de los Muertos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love Saturdays y domingos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
My Five Senses • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
National Geographic Readers: Mummies • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
National Geographic Readers: Trucks • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Rosa Parks? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Was the March on Washington? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Lynx • AKJ Education $3.58 1 $3.58
Lincoln's Legacy • AKJ Education $2.45 1 $2.45
Earthquakes • AKJ Education $1.85 1 $1.85
Honeybees • AKJ Education $1.85 1 $1.85
Tell Me Why The Earth is Like a Jigsaw Puzzle • AKJ Education $1.75 1 $1.75
White House Q&A • AKJ Education $1.75 1 $1.75

Materials cost

$475.03

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.44

Total project goal

$609.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$609.60

3 Donors

-$567.09

Donations toward project cost

-$482.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$42.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$36.12

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.38

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