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Mrs. High from Georgetown, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. High's classroom raised $506

Plant a Seed to Read

My students need 12 copies of 9 children's book titles that will accompany the monthly story units for next year.

Mrs. High McDonald Elementary School

Georgetown, SC Grades PreK-2

My Students

Do you remember what it was like when you were given a book to keep for your very own and began to build your own library at home?

I teach 12 preschoolers with disabilities.

Their ages are 3 to 5 years old, and they are from diverse ethnic backgrounds. My students live in a high poverty area of South Carolina. Our school is a Title One school serving grades preschool to grade 5.

My Project

My students love books! Unfortunately, they lack reading materials in their homes. This presents an immense challenge for their literacy development. I use a preschool literary curriculum in which every month a new story unit is centered on one book. The book is read to the class daily. The curriculum teaches rhyme, rhythm, and repetition as effective tools for the different activities in the story unit. At the end of the month each child is given a new copy of the book with his name and date written inside to keep and take home.

Each month my students look forward to taking their book home to share and read with their family.

Your help will make it possible for my students to have their own precious books and begin building their own home libraries.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

12 students impacted 4 donors

Project tagged as

Georgetown, SC
Grades PreK-2
Literacy
Students with Disabilities
Traditional School
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. High McDonald Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Georgetown, SC 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

12 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

The Napping House • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $4.53 12 $54.36

The Very Busy Spider • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $4.53 12 $54.36

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $4.53 12 $54.36

A House for a Hermit Crab • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $3.39 12 $40.68

One Duck Stuck • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $3.39 12 $40.68

The Big Red Barn • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $2.82 12 $33.84

The Kissing Hand • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $2.82 12 $33.84

Oink! Moo! How Do You Do? • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $2.25 12 $27.00

The Gingerbread Man • Scholastic Literacy Partners Program $2.00 12 $24.00

Materials cost			$363.12
Vendor shipping charges			$36.31
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.45
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$439.88
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$65.73
Total project goal			$505.61
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$505.61
3 Donors			-$252.80
Donations toward project cost			-$219.94
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$32.86
match offer			-$252.80
Match offer toward project cost			-$219.94
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$32.86
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Plant a Seed to Read

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