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Ms. Bronstad from Oconto Falls WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A World Of Books (Okay, Maybe Just A Classroom)

My students need choice of books to read in order to engage and inspire them.

  • $514 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I want my students to use the classroom as a place to explore their curiosity and discover new perspectives. The students I have had the pleasure to get to know over my first year of teaching are brilliant and eager to learn. They have proven their ability to push the bounds of expectation and achieve greatness. Many of them challenge themselves by getting involved in Hi-Q, a quiz formatted competition that tests academic knowledge. Many others are a part of student-council, practicing and growing in leadership. I have had the pleasure to watch them perform in sports, drama, and music. The community of this school is very small and close knit. Though I like to brag about their achievement, many come from backgrounds of poverty or difficult home life. As their teacher, I want to provide them with the best education.

My students need the resources to feed their ever-growing curiosity.

Sadly, I do not have the budget to provide them with all the books and supplies they need to discover and succeed. I am grateful for your consideration as I embark on guiding our young people through their own education.

My Project

As a new English teacher, I have learned that it is necessary to provide books in the classroom, but do not have the resources to fund a classroom library. From day one, I want my students to explore books that interest them in order to sustain reading habits, however, students struggle to find books that they can connect with at ready availability. Often, my students come to me seeking suggestions or advice on what to read, but I have no books to offer them.

With independent reading every day, a classroom library would allow students to experiment and explore multiple genres by simply walking to the classroom bookshelf.

By offering a book collection in my classroom, I am able to personally assist my students in selecting a book they will enjoy. As of now, if the student is not enjoying a book, they must wait until they can find time to visit the library again, return the book, and pour over the overwhelming selection in search for a new one.

A book collection is an excellent tool I can use to engage my students in reading and learning. Afterall, an English teacher without books is like an artist without a brush.

Ms. Bronstad
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Code of Honor • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $12.52 1 $12.52
The Young Champion's Mind: How to Think, Train, and Thrive Like an Elite Athlete • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
The History Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Norse Mythology • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
The Things They Carried • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
This One Summer • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
This Is Where It Ends • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
The Key: The True Reign Series, Book 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made • Amazon Business $9.91 1 $9.91
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
Ready Player One: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Sharp Objects • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Station Eleven • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
Asylum • Amazon Business $8.87 1 $8.87
In a Dark, Dark Wood • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Salt to the Sea • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Every Day • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
American Street • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Anya's Ghost • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Dumplin' • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
If I Stay • Amazon Business $7.07 1 $7.07
All American Boys • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Side Effects May Vary • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
SOLD • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • Amazon Business $5.92 1 $5.92
Fever 1793 • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68
Bone Gap • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
The Raft • Amazon Business $5.17 1 $5.17
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People's Edition • Amazon Business $4.75 1 $4.75
The Rest of Us Just Live Here • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
The Girl from Everywhere • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
Shadow and Bone (Grisha Trilogy) [Assorted Cover image] • Amazon Business $3.68 1 $3.68

Materials cost

$400.19

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.97

Total project goal

$513.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$513.16

5 Donors

-$513.16

Donations toward project cost

-$436.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.97

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$0.00

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