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Mrs. Brennan from Flushing, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Be Buddies, Not Bullies in 1st Grade!

My students need (61) copies of (23) Anti-Bully Books to learn ways to stop bullying, (2) Book Bins to organize them and (4) Digital Bookmarks.

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Mrs. Brennan PS 242 Leonard P Stavisky
Flushing, NY Grades PreK-2

My Students

My 1st Grade students are ages 5-7 and that may seem young to start learning about Bullying. However, we believe that ALL school-age children need to be educated about bullying in an age-appropriate way. Help them learn about this serious topic through a variety of "just right" level books!

The behaviors our students learn in their early childhood years pave the way for the rest of their lives.

We want to encourage respect for all, understanding and appreciation of diversity. Our commitment to differentiated instruction supports students of all ability levels in every classroom by integrating: - English Language Learners (ELL students) - English as a Second Language (ESL students) - Students with Special Needs - General Education students Our diverse community is quite international with almost 70% of children coming from homes where English is spoken as a second language. One-fifth of our students receive extra support for learning English. We also provide communication materials to Parents in 4 home languages (English, Chinese, Spanish & Korean). We are a New York City public school in Queens and nearly 60% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Our school's high poverty/high need classification has never stopped our students from doing their best.

My Project

We must start early to educate all students about bullying behavior. Our budding readers will be able to connect to the characters and learn from the situations in these Anti-Bullying Books. We will utilize these books to continue encouraging an open dialogue in our classroom, throughout our school and at home. BOOKS: (23) titles / (61) copies of books that focus on Anti-Bullying education from AKJ Books. These include books for our younger readers ("Berenstain Bears & The Bully") to more complex stories ("My Secret Bully") and even a graphic novel ("Bus Ride Bully"). To extend this learning, we're requesting several copies of "Bullying in Schools" from The Townsend Press. We'll circulate these to Parents, who also need to be more aware and educated. BINS: (2) Book Bins to keep our books organized and easily accessible in our classroom DIGITAL BOOKMARKS: (4) Mark-My-Time Digital Bookmarks to assist our emergent readers in their efforts to read longer and read stronger!

My students are dedicated and inspired learners who deserve the materials to help them succeed in all areas of their education.

This project would add to the terrific efforts of our School's Guidance Counselor that focus on character education each month. Teaching every kid to be a buddy and not a bully is important for all school communities. We appreciate your support of our Anti-Bully reading initiative!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

40 students impacted 15 donors
Mrs. Brennan PS 242 Leonard P Stavisky Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Flushing, NY View local requests

More than half 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

40 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ant and the Big Bad Bully Goat • AKJ Books $5.91 2 $11.82
Billy Bully Ana Galan, Alvaro Galan, Steve Simpson (Illustra • AKJ Books $2.95 4 $11.80
Bullies Never Win • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Bully Judith Caseley, Judith Caseley (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Bullying in Schools • AKJ Books $1.00 5 $5.00
Bus Ride Bully • AKJ Books $17.26 1 $17.26
Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully Audrey Penn • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Don''t Be a Bully, Billy • AKJ Books $5.91 4 $23.64
EJ and the Bully • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Friend or Foe? • AKJ Books $6.62 4 $26.48
I Hate Bullies! • AKJ Books $2.95 4 $11.80
Jake Drake, Bully-Buster • AKJ Books $3.69 4 $14.76
Leave Me Alone • AKJ Books $6.65 4 $26.60
Little Girls Can Be Mean • AKJ Books $11.09 1 $11.09
Lucy And The Bully • AKJ Books $12.91 1 $12.91
Matthew and the Bullies • AKJ Books $5.88 4 $23.52
My Secret Bully Abigail Marble, Abigail Marble (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $11.83 2 $23.66
Berenstain Bears And The Bully Jan Berenstain, Stan Berensta • AKJ Books $2.95 2 $5.90
The Bully Blockers Club Teresa Bateman, Jackie Urbanovic (Il • AKJ Books $5.31 2 $10.62
The Ogre Bully • AKJ Books $2.92 4 $11.68
The Tale of Sir Dragon • AKJ Books $5.14 4 $20.56
Zoom! Boom! Bully • AKJ Books $2.95 4 $11.80
Royal Open Tub -Green-ECO • AKJ Books $10.22 2 $20.44
Mark-My-Time™ Digital Bookmark • Nasco $7.95 4 $31.80

Materials cost

$396.67

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$440.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.79

Total project goal

$518.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $518.59

10 Donors

-$475.06

Donations toward project cost

-$406.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.26

Matching donations from our partners

-$40.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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