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

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We Want to Read! But First, We Need Books!

Help me give my students the opportunity to confidently read books, a lifelong skill that has eluded them until now.

  • $294 goal

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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 Project

As we have now begun the march toward the second half of our school year, my dedicated fourth graders are in good routines and feeling the thrill of learning and knowledge in some parts of their days. There have been breakthroughs for everyone, and it's clear that better days are ahead.

This being said, my struggling readers, despite their growth and desire, are up against the roadblock that is our reality: we don't have the books they need.

As such, I am requesting the purchase of a fresh new library of decodable readers to give my students the opportunity to finally begin to pull ahead in the area where they've always struggled the most: reading.

Mr. Ray PS 19 Marino P Jeantet Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Ray

Corona, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

11 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Childrens Learn to Read Books Lot 60 - First Grade Set + Reading Strategies NEW Buyer's Choice • Amazon Business $32.90 1 $32.90
Starfall Short-Vowel Pals 16 Decodable Phonics Books • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Five Chapter Books 4: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Five Chapter Books 5: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Five Chapter Books 1: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 1: Learn to read decodable short vowel words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Five Let's GO! Books 5: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Five Let's GO! Books 4: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 4: Learn to read Bossy E words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 3: Learn to read decodable blend words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Yak Pack: Comics & Phonics: Book 2: Learn to read decodable digraph words (The Yak Pack – Phonics & Sight Words) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Five Chapter Books 3: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Five Chapter Books 2: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Five Let's GO! Books 3: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Five Let's GO! Books 2: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Five Let's GO! Books 1: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$216.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.06

Total project goal

$293.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$293.75

4 Donors

-$150.00

Donations toward project cost

-$127.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

match offer

-$143.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$122.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.56

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$0.00

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