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Ms. Flowers from Nashville, TN 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 exciting books! These books will help support their love for literacy and give them something to look forward to when coming to reading!

  • $503 goal

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My Project

Post COVID, my school has noticed a literacy gap in our younger grades. Specifically in 6th, we want to ignite their love for reading through engaging and exciting books. Our budget has declined over the years but we are looking to put some more zest into our library.

Kids deserve a chance to fall in love with literacy.

It's my job as an educator to foster that love with as many books and option I can find. It is backed by statistics, that the more kids read, the more access they will have to job opportunities post graduation! Now is the time to instill that love of learning, so that they can choose whatever career path speaks to them!

Ms. Flowers KIPP Academy Nashville Middle School Grades 6-8

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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Nashville, TN 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

105 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1-16 Books Boxed Set, Complete Collection Series, Paperback Edition(1-16) • Amazon Business $47.00 1 $47.00
Uglies: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras • Amazon Business $39.74 1 $39.74
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • Amazon Business $27.49 1 $27.49
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $24.30 1 $24.30
Displacement • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Scales & Scoundrels Definitive Edition Book 1: Where Dragons Wander • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Mirror's Edge (Impostors, Book 3) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Garlic and the Vampire • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Youngbloods • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Katie the Catsitter Book 2: Best Friends for Never • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Beetle & the Hollowbones • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Unicorn Selfies: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure (Volume 15) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Hook's Daughter: The Untold Tale of a Pirate Princess (The Pirate Princess Chronicles) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Return to the Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure (Secret Lake Mystery Adventures) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Wingbearer • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Shatter City (Impostors, Book 2) (2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Manu: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.81 1 $9.81
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Tears of a Tiger • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Hearts Unbroken • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure (Secret Lake Mystery Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49

Materials cost

$391.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$427.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.37

Total project goal

$502.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $502.45

3 Donors

-$402.45

Donations toward project cost

-$342.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.37

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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