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Mrs. Fiore Cardillo from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need More Books to Get Us Through the Cold Winter!

My students need 31 books and 10 subscriptions to READ for our classroom library.

  • $434 goal

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President Truman has been quoted saying, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” Empowering my students to become leaders is a continually effort in my classroom. One of the best ways to create feelings of empowerment within my students is to have them engaged in reading. Reading offers those adventures they otherwise would be unable to experience, information they otherwise would not obtain, and choices they otherwise do not have. I work in a large Title 1 urban school, and most of my students do not enjoy reading. Actually many times it is very challenging to get my students to read. Many of my students hold tight to their previous bad experiences with reading, and are very reluctant to read. Their reluctance and bad memories jeopardize their ability to ever enjoy reading. I work very hard to engage my students in reading. But commitment, and compassion, can only go so far when even I find the books boring. The one thing that has continually been able to break down and erase bad reading experiences is engaging new books. Even the most reluctant struggling reader will attempt to read a book they think will be interesting. Once the student has let their wall down, and has decided to try a book they think is interesting, everything else working within the classroom will fall into place for the student. Not only does reading play a large role in empowering students, but it also plays such a large role in college. I am constantly trying to create a college bound environment for my students. I do not believe any environment is really college bound if it does not include reading. One of the greatest parts of engaging a student in reading is when they finish a book and come to you looking for another just like it. I do my very best to keep the over 90 students I currently have reading throughout the school year. But when the winter months come, many of my students have read all the books in my classroom. If there are not any books they easily become discouraged, and all the hard work towards getting them to love reading is quickly gone. Because of this, I am constantly in need of new engaging books for my students. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you in advance for helping me in my efforts to supply my students with engaging books!

Mrs. Fiore Cardillo Abraham Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Begging for Change Sharon Flake • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
READ (For Orders of 10 or More Subscriptions) • Weekly Reader $10.15 1 $10.15
Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives Sharon Flake, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Skin I'm In Sharon Flake, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Bang! Sharon Flake, Colin Bootman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Burn Journals Brent Runyon • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Sweet Hereafter Movie Tie-In: A Novel Russell Banks, Arturo Patten • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlanc • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Touch Francine Prose • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Affliction Russell Banks, Arturo Patten • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Keeping the Moon Sarah Dessen • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Story of a Girl Sara Zarr • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Saving Zoe Alyson Noel • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Sun Kissed Catherine Anderson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
grl2grl: Short fictions Julie Anne Peters • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure Larry Smith (Editor), Rachel Fershleiser (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Black and White Paul Volponi • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Right Behind You Gail Giles • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Touch Francine Prose • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Rumble Fish S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Have a Little Faith: A True Story Mitch Albom • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Lucky Alice Sebold • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Mitch Albom • Barnes and Noble $18.36 1 $18.36
Messenger Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.75 1 $6.75
Tricks Ellen Hopkins • Barnes and Noble $12.34 1 $12.34
Broken China Lori Aurelia Williams • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Be More Chill Ned Vizzini • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
First Part Last Angela Johnson • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Dope Sick Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Stitches: A Memoir David Small • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96

Materials cost

$310.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.10

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$355.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.09

Total project goal

$433.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.82

1 Donor

-$216.91

Donations toward project cost

-$177.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.04

match offer

-$216.90

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.04

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