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Mrs. Veneklase from Grand Rapids MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Power of a Good Book

My students need 13 sets of highly engaging books to help them become lifelong readers.

  • $989 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

What was your favorite book series when you were a child? This question might conjure up memories of Magic Tree House adventures or the silly mishaps of Amelia Bedelia. My struggling and reluctant readers have yet to discover the great adventures within books, but with these resources, they can.

My student artists attend the first arts-and-technology, Pre-K through 9th grade charter school in our state.

Started by a prominent gospel recording artist, our academy seeks to integrate technology and the arts (visual arts, music, dance, theater) into every core subject. We have just finished our inaugural year at the middle school level, and for the 2013-2014 school year, we will be expanding to include the elementary grades as well.

My Project

Some of my students have never had a book to call their own, and many of them have never been to the public library. As our school expands to include the elementary grades, I would like to provide a fun, vibrant classroom library full of highly engaging books for struggling or reluctant readers. I have selected several series that I believe are high-interest and also of high quality. By choosing series instead of individual books, I am hoping that students will find one that is the perfect fit for them and continue through the whole series. With these books, I can help students discover the magic of reading and help them become lifelong readers.

My students have limited access to books of their own.

These books will provide a classroom library of high-interest literature that will help them to become lifelong readers and lifelong thinkers.

Mrs. Veneklase
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Magic Tree House- With Workbooks • AKJ Books $174.31 1 $174.31
The Boxcar Children • AKJ Books $99.72 1 $99.72
Henry and Mudge • AKJ Books $82.67 1 $82.67
A to Z Mysteries • AKJ Books $76.77 1 $76.77
Amelia Bedelia • AKJ Books $64.96 1 $64.96
Disabilities • AKJ Books $56.88 1 $56.88
Horrible Harry • AKJ Books $56.10 1 $56.10
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books • AKJ Books $49.48 1 $49.48
Roald Dahl • AKJ Books $43.61 1 $43.61
Tomie dePaola • AKJ Books $36.95 1 $36.95
Patricia Polacco • AKJ Books $22.91 1 $22.91
Encyclopedia Brown • AKJ Books $22.16 1 $22.16
Green Light Readers - Bilingual • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69

Materials cost

$798.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$840.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.27

Total project goal

$988.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$988.45

9 Donors

-$280.24

Donations toward project cost

-$275.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.65

Matching donations from our partners

-$664.22

Match offers toward project cost

-$564.59

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.98

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$0.00

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