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Ms. Giarrizzo from Jamaica, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What Summer Reading Slide?

Help me give my students books to read this summer. This year has been very difficult on the students, due to various reasons. My co-teacher and I want to provide our students with books to support their reading!

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My Students

I currently teach 3rd grade at a public school in South Jamaica, Queens. I have 31 students who range vastly in abilities and are considered general and special education students. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we are unable to provide our students a stepping up to 4th grade/end of year gift in person. Instead, we are hoping to send them a package containing reading materials for the summer.

My Project

Please help my co-teacher and I give our students learning materials for their summer reading! We currently have 31 students in our 3rd-grade class. We teach in a low-income area and are unsure of the abundance of reading books the students have access to at home. We are unsure if students will be able to even access their local library over the summer, which is where most of them go to find their summer reads.

Every year we notice the majority of students experience a "summer slide" in their reading abilities.

In order to ensure the students are still reading grade-level material, my co-teacher and I would love to provide students with at least two texts. We will ensure the students have at least one fiction and one non-fiction text. We plan on providing the students with a read-along as well, to support their decoding and comprehension.

Please consider donating, our students are so deserving of these books. The books will be mailed directly to our student's homes, along with a summer letter and list of additional books they can read (if they have access). Thank you so much for your consideration!

Ms. Giarrizzo Jamaican Children's School Grades 3-5

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.

More about Ms. Giarrizzo

Jamaica, NY View local requests

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

31 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lemonade War • AKJ Education $5.59 31 $173.29
National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations, Amazing Animal Journeys • AKJ Education $4.49 31 $139.19

Materials cost

$312.48

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.32

Total project goal

$415.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.49

4 Donors

-$402.26

Donations toward project cost

-$353.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

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 $0.00

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