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Mrs. Dillon from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Dillon's classroom raised $191

Books for Back to School!

My students need 18 books to encourage them to read as they return to school for the 2010-2011 school year.

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Mrs. Dillon Winchester Village Elementary School
Indianapolis, IN Grades 3-5

My Students

Help us learn to love reading! As we return to school this fall, we would love some crisp new books to encourage our students to jump back into reading!

My students are English Language Learners in a school with 93% poverty.

My students are refugees from Burma. They were not able to attend school in their native country so they are learning to read for the first time in their lives. Many of them are then able to return home to teach their parents English and to read. Through the use of books many of our students are learning to speak and read.

My Project

I am requesting a variety of books for our classroom library. Students can borrow these books anytime and enjoy learning from both fiction and non-fiction books. With 255 ELL students, having a well stocked library of books makes a real difference in encouraging them to read.

In my six years of teaching and raising my own children, it has become clear the single most important thing I will teach my students is a passion for reading.

Once we have achieved that, they will be lifelong readers, learners and informed people. Please help me continue to inspire children to be great readers!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

255 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Dillon Winchester Village Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN 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

255 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junie B. Jones's Second Boxed Set Ever!: Books 5-8 Denise Brunkus • Barnes and Noble $13.64 1 $13.64
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Mercy Watson Three-Treat Collection: Mercy Watson to the Rescue; Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride; Mercy Watson Fights a Crime Chris Van Dusen, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.14 1 $19.14
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
The Night Before First Grade Natasha Wing, Deborah Zemke (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.69 1 $1.69
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $8.93 1 $8.93
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka, A. Wolf, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Three Bears Rob Hefferan • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together Mary Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Back to School, Mallory Laurie Friedman, Tamara Schmitz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
From Caterpillar to Butterfly Deborah Heiligman, Bari Weissman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
The Tiny Seed Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
DK Readers: Born to Be a Butterfly (Level 1: Beginning to Read) Karen Wallace • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Where Do Chicks Come From? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series) Amy E. Sklansky, Pamela Paparone (Illustrator), Pam Paparone (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Eggs and Chicks (Level 1) Fiona Patchett, Zoe Wray (Illustrator), Tetsuo Kushii (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26

Materials cost

$144.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$156.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.27

Total project goal

$190.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.38

2 Donors

-$95.19

Donations toward project cost

-$78.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.13

match offer

-$95.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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