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Mr. Townsend from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Clubs for My ELL Students!

Help me give my students excellent books they like to help them with literacy!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Townsend's classroom raised $567

This project is fully funded

My Project

New books that are on the reading level of my students will help inspire them with their literacy journey. My goals are to inspire students for the remainder of this year while slowly reshaping my classroom library so it helps give students options are

My new immigrant students love soccer, video game topics, and bilingual books.

My students are not well off, so new books helps them be inspired. Newer books have modern art, more text features, graphic novel options, which are re more geared towards students of the 21st century. Thanks for helping!

Mr. Townsend Washington Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

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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

35 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Esperanza Rising (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $21.10 8 $168.80
Diary of a Minecraft Creeper Book 1: Creeper Life • Amazon Business $17.78 4 $71.12
The Legend of the Coral Caves: An Unofficial Graphic Novel for Minecrafters (1) (The S.Q.U.I.D. Squad) • Amazon Business $8.09 8 $64.72
Messi: A Boy Who Became A Star. Inspiring children book about Lionel Messi - one of the best soccer players in history. (Soccer Book For Kids) • Amazon Business $14.31 3 $42.93
Animal Rescue Friends (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $8.87 4 $35.48
Holes - Holes - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24

Materials cost

$409.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$481.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.92

Total project goal

$566.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $566.16

3 Donors

-$566.16

Donations toward project cost

-$481.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.92

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