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Ms. Shirman from East Boston, MA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Rainbow of Beautiful Books

Help me give my students a library of beautifully maintained books organized by color-coded genres.

  • $796 goal

This project expired on October 4, 2025.

This project expired on October 4, 2025.

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

My Project

We have a beautiful library with a large collection of bilingual books for ages 4 through 14. It is mostly organized by Dewey Decimal System and author name (with some groupings by audience age). We want to ensure that our books remain beautiful for years to come, as well as make the library more user friendly by color coding books by popular genres.

Genrifying the library will help develop student independence and invite students to explore new titles, while revisiting old ones.

Using the spine labels will help make genres easily recognizable as well as making our shelves even more lively! The book covers, spine protectors, and other book repair materials will help maintain our current collection for future years. The acrylic book displays will help highlight some of the books.

Ms. Shirman Mario Umana Academy Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

East Boston, MA 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

630 students impacted

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Demco® Acrylic Book Series Displays • https://www.demco.com/ $24.99 6 $149.94
Demco® Color-tinted Glossy Label Protectors- purple • https://www.demco.com/ $20.69 3 $62.07
Demco® Color-tinted Glossy Label Protectors- Green • https://www.demco.com/ $20.69 3 $62.07
Demco® Color-tinted Glossy Label Protectors- Flourescent Pink • https://www.demco.com/ $20.69 3 $62.07
Demco® Color-tinted Glossy Label Protectors- yellow • https://www.demco.com/ $20.69 3 $62.07
Demco® Paperfold™ Adjustable Book Jacket Covers Assortment • https://www.demco.com/ $43.99 1 $43.99
Filmoplast® P Paper Book Mending Tape • https://www.demco.com/ $42.29 1 $42.29
Fiskars® Soft Grip Non-Stick 8" Scissors • https://www.demco.com/ $28.99 1 $28.99
Demco® Clear Book Repair Wings • https://www.demco.com/ $9.95 2 $19.90
Demco® Film-Fiber Tape • https://www.demco.com/ $18.19 1 $18.19
Demco® Clear Reddi Corners • https://www.demco.com/ $16.79 1 $16.79
Plastic Bone Folder • https://www.demco.com/ $3.19 2 $6.38

Materials cost

$574.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $63.22

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$676.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$119.40

Total project goal

$795.99

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