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Ms. Banke from Denver, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Banke's classroom raised $306

Help My Students Reach For The Stars! ...We Need Books!

My star students need 30 books for their classroom library.

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Ms. Banke Columbine Elementary School
Denver, CO Grades 3-5

Help my students reach for the stars! I am a 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Special Education teacher at a High-Poverty elementary school. I teach math, literacy, and behavioral skills to a group of incredible students.

My students are significantly behind their peers, and if they do not catch up, they will struggle throughout their schooling. It is imperative that my students improve their literacy skills so that they can achieve academically. Each student is highly invested in their own learning and I am inspired by their motivation to become better readers and writers. My students are working hard to reach, or even exceed, their individual reading goals. Each student has set a big goal to grow 1.5 years in reading by the end of the year.

My class is dedicated to improving their literacy skills and now all I need is your help! To reach their reading goals, my students need to be provided with a variety of books at different levels. Our classroom library needs more books! I want to provide a wide variety of books for my students to enjoy, both in and outside of the classroom.

Your donations will make it possible for my students to reach their individual reading goals and achieve at higher levels. By funding our classroom library, you will change the lives of ten amazing students!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

10 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Banke Columbine Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Denver, CO View local requests

More than half 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

10 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Babushka Baba Yaga Patricia Polacco • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Slinky, Scaly, Slithery Snakes Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Kendahl Jan Jubb (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel Etta Kaner, Pamela Hickman, Pat Stephens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Thunder Cake Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco, Edward Miller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Bat Boy And His Violin E. B. Lewis • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Teammates Peter Golenbock, Paul Bacon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Hurricane David Wiesner • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Sami and the Time of the Troubles Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
My Man Blue Nikki Grimes, Jerome LaGarrigue (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Amelia's Road Linda Jacobs Altman, Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Peppe the Lamplighter Elisa Bartone, Ted Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration Betsy Maestro, Susannah Ryan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Flight Robert Burleigh, Mike Wimmer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart David A. Adler, Jeff Fisher (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
In My Own Backyard Judi Kurjian, David R. Wagner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Home Place Crescent Dragonwagon, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig, William Steig (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Weslandia Paul Fleischman, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Sea Turtles Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Frog Prince--Continued Jon Scieszka, Steve Johnson (Illustrator), Brothers Grimm • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bicycle Man Allen Say, Allen Say (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Eileen Spinelli, Paul Yalowitz (Illustrator), Paul Yalowitz (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Other Side Jacqueline Woodson, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Lost Lake Allen Say, Allen Say (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Oranges On Golden Mountain Elizabeth Partridge, Aki Sogabe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$210.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $21.10

Sales tax

 $6.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$250.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.95

Total project goal

$305.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $305.27

4 Donors

-$305.27

Donations toward project cost

-$250.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.95

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