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Mrs. Bailey from Hagerstown, MD is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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From Shabby to Innovative: Creating a Classroom Library

My students need a bookstand, Nook eReader with cover, bean bag seats, and other reading-related supplies to provide an engaging reading area to make reading comfortable and exciting!

  • $932 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2012.

This project expired on May 15, 2012.

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Mrs. Bailey Western Heights Middle School
Hagerstown, MD Grades 6-8

My Students

Do you remember what it was like the first time you read a book that you couldn't put down? My struggling readers have not yet discovered this amazing feeling. I'd like for my students to have access to a classroom library where they can read or listen to books out loud on eReaders or CD's.

My students are struggling readers who are performing several grade levels below their peers.

They are not fluent readers and often lack parental support. Some are homeless or lack electricity and basic needs. Others are caregivers for younger siblings and attend school because they need hot meals and someone to talk to. Many are frustrated and embarrassed that they cannot read at grade level and pass grade level tests and county/state exams. If they become too frustrated and aren't given incentives, they will become future dropouts.

My Project

I wish to provide my students with a safe, comfortable, and innovative place to discover the love of reading for pleasure. Because my students are on the elementary reading level, it is difficult to find books that they can read that are about middle school subjects. Countless studies have prove that students who listen to and read along with upper level books on CD/MP3 advance grade levels at a significantly higher rate because they find pleasure in what they are reading and learn to identify and are introduced to more complex words. I wish for my students to have access to eReaders, which can read aloud newspapers, magazines, and books to my students as they follow along. I also would like them to have current books on CD/MP3 available for the same reason. Finally, a comfy reading area, with bean bags and book displays, would complete the environment!

I envision this project making a vital difference in the lives of my students.

If I can develop a love of reading in my students, I will have accomplished all of my goals. With so many innovative reading devices for them to explore, I want them to catch a glimpse of how reading can impact and influence their lives for the better!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 75 students impacted
Mrs. Bailey Western Heights Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Hagerstown, MD View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

Never Before Funded 75 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA758 - Extra Book Bin • Lakeshore Learning $4.95 1 $4.95
AA757 - Sort & Store Book Organizer • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
GG377 - Classroom Revolving Bookstand • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
Current Events (For Orders of 10 or More Subscriptions) • Weekly Reader $6.48 10 $64.80
The Maze of Bones (39 Clues Series #1) Rick Riordan • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas AudioBooks • AKJ Books $18.46 1 $18.46
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) Suzanne Collins, R • AKJ Books $29.56 1 $29.56
Compound, The MP3 CD • AKJ Books $18.46 1 $18.46
Barnes & Noble NOOK The Simple Touch Reader™ • Best Buy $99.99 1 $99.99
Barnes & Noble Dessin Cover for Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor Digital Readers - Black • Best Buy $39.99 1 $39.99
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick, Read by Jeff Wo • AKJ Books $22.16 1 $22.16
Feathers CD • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
CK30GR - Big Beanbag Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
CK30RD - Big Beanbag Seat - Red • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95

Materials cost

$686.74

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.48

Sales tax

 $41.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$791.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.72

Total project goal

$931.44

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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