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Mrs. Gray from Columbus, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Better With Books

Help me give my students brand new books for our classroom library to use to increase our reading fluency.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gray's classroom raised $385

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a Title I school located in Georgia. We have a variety of ethnic backgrounds within our school. Our school currently has a 100% poverty rate.

Given the opportunity to meet my students, you would quickly fall in love with them just like I have.

Even though my students face difficulties in a variety of ways daily, each and every one of them come to school excited and motivated to learn. I am blown away daily by how much they are capable of already at such a young age.

My Project

Having these reading books to use in our groups help my students grow. They foster a love for reading. My students cannot wait to see what story we will read each day. This project will help my students by providing them with books of interest as well as materials on their specific reading level!

We LOVE reading!

In my classroom, I foster a love for reading. We read every day. I love to give my students books that they are interested in. This helps create a classroom environment filled with a love for reading.

Mrs. Gray Gentian Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Columbus, GA 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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Please Don't Read This Book • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Ruby's Chinese New Year • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Frank and Bean • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine • Amazon Business $15.76 1 $15.76
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
Crankenstein • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Creepy Pair of Underwear! • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
I Like Myself! • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Oodles and Oodles of Noodley Noodles • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Okapi Loves His Zebra Pants • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
We Will Rock Our Classmates (Penelope, 2) • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Fiona's Luck • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Tikki Tikki Tembo • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Pete the Cat: Super Pete (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Pete the Cat: Out of This World • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$274.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.72

Total project goal

$384.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $384.81

4 Donors

-$359.81

Donations toward project cost

-$305.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.97

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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