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Mrs. Faustman from Windham, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Faustman's classroom raised $453

We Need to Green Up Our Act!

My students need 2 copies each of 17 books and 2 DVDs about taking care of our environment.

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Mrs. Faustman Windham Center Elementary School
Windham, CT Grades 3-5

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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.

I am the school librarian at two elementary schools in Connecticut. Each one of my schools serves over 320 students, kindergarten through grade four.

The majority of my students come from low-income families and our school district is a priority school district. For many of these students this is the only library they are able to visit on a regular basis. My book budgets have been drastically reduced over the years, limiting the number of books I can purchase. Many of our books are out of date. This includes titles on such things as different forms of energy, pollution, recycling, the environment and global warming. There are a number of teachers in my schools who use the few titles we do have to promote Earth Day every April and one kindergarten teacher actually composts with her students on a daily basis.

I would really love to be able to provide current information, in the form of books and DVDs, to the students on these timely topics.

We will be putting our planet in the care of these children very soon and it would be a wonderful gift to them, and us, if they are inspired to become good stewards.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

300 students impacted 10 donors
Mrs. Faustman Windham Center Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Windham, CT 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

300 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Love Your World: How to Take Care of the Plants, the Animals, and the Planet DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
Earth Day Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 2 $7.18
Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming David, Cambria Gordon • Barnes and Noble $12.79 2 $25.58
Why Should I Save Water? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Why Should I Save Energy? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Solar Power Tea Benduhn • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
What's So Bad about Gasoline?: Fossil Fuels and What They Do (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 Series) Anne Rockwell, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Why Should I Recycle? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Why Should I Protect Nature? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
You Can Save the Planet: 50 Ways You Can Make a Difference Jacquie Wines, Sarah Horne (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
The Trouble with Dragons Debi Gliori, Debi Gliori (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 2 $30.58
Why Should I Care about Nature? M. J. Knight • Barnes and Noble $25.65 2 $51.30
Wind Power Tea Benduhn • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
Ethanol and Other New Fuels Tea Benduhn • Barnes and Noble $18.90 2 $37.80
All About Garbage and Recycling • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Las tres erres: reutilizar, reducir, reciclar (The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle) (Spanish Edition) Nuria Roca, Rosa M. Curto (Illustrator), Rosa Maria Curto (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Energia del viento Tea Benduhn • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
Energia solar Tea Benduhn • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
Bill Nye The Science Guy: Pollution Solutions - Classroom Edition • Barnes and Noble $26.99 2 $53.98

Materials cost

$356.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$371.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.51

Total project goal

$452.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.82

8 Donors

-$226.41

Donations toward project cost

-$185.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.75

match offer

-$226.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$185.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.75

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