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Mrs. Feilen from Alexandria VA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Where Are The Books?

My students need a bookcase to access the books in our classroom.

  • $175 goal

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My Students

Do you remember sitting down and losing yourself in a book? Imagining what the characters look like, how their voices sound, and what the scenery looked and smelled like. Students today need to have those moments too. They need access to these books.

My students come from a large number of different backgrounds.

Our campus has several different ethnic groups, over 30 languages are spoken on our campus, we have English language learners, military family members, special education students, and gifted students as well.

My Project

Getting this large groups of diverse students to understand issues from the perspective of others is sometimes very difficult. One way to help the understanding is to have a variety of books on hand for them to choose to read that center around these differences. By allowing the students to choose which books they read, the student has some ownership in their reading and learning. These books will reach out to the reluctant learner through the ebooks and the tactile learners through the hand held books Being able to have these books readily available has become a challenge. Space within a classroom is very limited and the only place a book shelf will fit is under the board at the front of the room. In order to put a book shelf there, we need the shorter book shelves that the school does not have.

Without access to these books, the students will miss out on much needed knowledge.

Without knowledge, the students will not have an understanding of others. Without an understanding of others, they can never be true leaders. Without true leaders, where will our society be in 25 years? Reading is the gateway to knowledge. Once the student has crossed into this gateway their success are unlimited.

Mrs. Feilen
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Safco Value Mate Steel Bookcases Black, 41"H • Quill.com $116.99 1 $116.99

Materials cost

$116.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.25

Total project goal

$174.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.99

1 Donor

-$174.99

Donations toward project cost

-$148.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

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 $0.00

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