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Mr. Gelfand from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Gelfand's classroom raised $431

Dictionaries - Class Set

My students need 20 copies of Webster's Elementary Dictionary.

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Mr. Gelfand George Peabody Elementary School
San Francisco, CA Grades 3-5

This is the definition of "out-of-date"! I am a 5th grade teacher. We are an urban school and our budget has been hit hard by all that is going on in the city, state, and country. Most of my students are learning English as one of two or more languages spoken at home.

Dictionary skills are an integral part of our curriculum from writing papers, to reading stories, to learning the parts of the dictionary. Our classroom has a set of 20 dictionaries from 1981. A lot has happened in the last quarter-century and these books are far behind the times.

A class set of 20 new dictionaries will help our 5th graders continue developing the vocabulary and research skills that will help them succeed in our country and our world.

You will help empower these students by giving them a resource that will develop the language skills that they need to be whatever they choose to be in our world of tomorrow.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

30 students impacted 13 donors
Mr. Gelfand George Peabody Elementary School Grades 3-5 San Francisco, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

30 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Webster's Elementary Dictionary • Highsmith Inc. $14.04 20 $280.80

Materials cost

$280.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.08

Sales tax

 $20.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$353.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.49

Total project goal

$430.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $430.49

12 Donors

-$410.00

Donations toward project cost

-$353.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.49

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