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Mrs. Batten from San Antonio TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books and Hooks!

Help me give my students a place to hang their backpacks and store their books!

  • $571 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My first grade students are excited and eager for this year's learning challenges. Our diversity makes our classroom whole and complete, as we each can bring our own personal experiences and perspectives to create well-rounded conversations and projects.

They strive to be the best and greatest at everything they do.

With this year's goals and projects in mind, we need some items that can really help make our year even greater!

We live in Texas and we attend a small public charter STEM school campus of around 200 students. We come from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities, including Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Indian Americans to name a few. Since our campus is quite small, and we are a charter school, we are often underserved in many respects. Please consider helping out in any way that you can! It will be put to great use, and greatly appreciated by my 5 and 6 year olds!

My Project

We are requesting a set of hooks for our backpacks with a top shelf to help store our books. This storage unit will give us our first permanent wall fixture to store backpacks and jackets for the upcoming cold months. We have been using command hooks, and not only are they expensive, but they are also a temporary fixture, as many have already broken off.

My first graders are already off and making amazing strides in their reading!

Because we use AR in our school, our students cannot take a quiz on a book that they have already quizzed on. Also, this year I have many students on the same level with a limited number of books. By receiving these books, we will have a few more options to select from in our library.

Mrs. Batten
Grades PreK-2
  • Somerset Academy Oaks
  • San Antonio, TX
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 22 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Childcraft Wall Coat Locker with Shelf, 47-3/4 x 7-3/4 x 7-3/4 Inches • Amazon Business $95.21 1 $95.21
I Can Read All-Time Favorites 16-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $33.78 1 $33.78
Foldable Storage Cube Basket Bin Box - Best High Quality Fabric Canvas Collapsible Storage Container for Your Office, Bedroom, Closet, Toys, Laundry - Black and White Striped - 11 x 10.5 x 10.5 • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Fame Crafts Heat Transfer Vinyl Bundle 12"x10"- 20 Pack of Assorted Color DIY T-Shirt Vinyl Transfer Sheets -Best Iron On HTV Vinyl for Silhouette Cameo, Cricut - or Use with Heat Press Machine Tool • Amazon Business $30.98 1 $30.98
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus 6" Pigeon Plush Doll (Mo Willems) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Cricut Ultimate Fine Point Pen Set, 30 Pack • Amazon Business $18.67 1 $18.67
Creepy Pair of Underwear! • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Idea Jar • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Biscuit's Day at the Farm (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
Warning: Do Not Open This Book! • Amazon Business $15.12 1 $15.12
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Memoirs of a Goldfish • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Memoirs of a Hamster • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $12.66 1 $12.66
Bonaparte Falls Apart • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Biscuit Flies a Kite (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Biscuit Wants to Play (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (If You Give... Books) • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Eraser • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Pete the Cat's 12 Groovy Days of Christmas • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Honey-Can-Do SFT-01277 Drawers For Hanging Organizer • Amazon Business $8.63 1 $8.63
9 inch Short Micro USB Cable Nylon Braided Tangle Free Sync Data Charging Station Cord for Android Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge/S7/S6 HTC LG Sony (4 Pack) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
ColorBok 73490A Designer Paper Pad Mint Julip, 12" x 12" • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00

Materials cost

$448.29

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.59

Total project goal

$570.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$570.60

1 Donor

-$570.60

Donations toward project cost

-$485.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.59

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$0.00

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