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Ms. Krauss from Frederick, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Krauss's classroom raised $349

Biting Students With the Literature Bug

My students need copies of the book, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, a Project Lit-recommended book, the story focuses on the journey of a 12-year-old boy navigating social and emotional pressures.

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Ms. Krauss Ballenger Creek Middle School
Frederick, MD Grades 6-8

My Students

The students I serve are dynamic and diverse. We are striving to build their capacity as leaders who are engaged in their school and home communities. By building on their interest and talents, we hope to use literature as an avenue for personal and academic growth.

Students who participate in our after-school extended learning program are working hard to meet academic challenges in the classroom by putting in the extra effort after school, with additional academic support, to improve their reading skills.

Growth is our goal!

My Project

Access to high interest and culturally relevant literature is crucial to fostering a love of reading in young readers. More importantly, literature can be used to fuel important discussions about issues facing young readers. Using the national nonprofit, Project Lit, as a support model, the students will need access to the latest (and seriously greatest!) teen literature.

This project will fund a set of The Stars Beneath our Feet novels for an after-school extended learning program.

Students will read novels as part of the after-school program and will meet bi-monthly in book clubs to discuss and engage with the text and their peers. The goal for students participating in the reading group is ultimately gains in their reading skills and testing data, but introducing students to engaging literature with the hopes of biting them with the reading bug is certainly not be overlooked!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 7 donors
Ms. Krauss Ballenger Creek Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Frederick, MD View local requests

More than a third 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

20 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • AKJ Education $12.40 20 $248.00

Materials cost

$248.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$296.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.34

Total project goal

$348.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $348.94

3 Donors

-$298.94

Donations toward project cost

-$254.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.84

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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