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Mrs. Cash from Salisbury, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Cash's classroom raised $314

Books! Books! Books!

Help me give my students fiction books that they can relate to and learn from as they grow as readers.

This project expired on October 10, 2020.

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Mrs. Cash C.T. Overton Elementary School
Salisbury, NC Grades 3-5

My Students

Students are scholars at our school. We are a diverse school, serving scholars of various socioeconomic and ethnic diversity as well as levels of academic achievement backgrounds. Despite their differences and hardships, our scholars are determined and motivated to do their best. They need to feel safe, wanted, and respected to keep being motivated and engaged in school.

Scholars need access to supplies and technology to stimulate their creativity and foster an authentic love of learning and exploring.

Our school is a Title I school, and all of our 400+ scholars receive free breakfast and lunch.

The cost of supplies can add up quickly, especially when your scholars are extremely enthusiastic about learning. My scholars love hands-on, tactile projects where they can create and manipulate objects. To help engage them in learning, I want to provide them with as many resources and supplies for these types of experiences as I can.

My Project

This project is about giving my students fiction books in which they can see themselves in the stories or learn more about someone else's life and struggles. My students need books that they can relate to and that will engage them in what they are reading. They also need books that will help them see the world outside of their own eyes. They need to be able to relate to others, develop a sense of empathy, and understanding that even if someone is different from us on the outside, we can still find common ground.

Students need books about other kids to help them relate and understand each other, while also seeing themselves in the stories they are reading.

The books in this project represent various different cultures, genres, and even includes a few sports, a love of science, and a cyborg to help keep students engaged in what they are reading.

I want my students to enjoy what they read and develop deeper understandings of their world. These books will help me achieve that goal for my young learners.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 11 donors
Mrs. Cash C.T. Overton Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Salisbury, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Zoey and Sassafras Books 1-6 Pack • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Big Monty and the Cyborg Substitute (The Big Monty Series) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Big Monty and the Lunatic Lunch Lady • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Girl of the Year 2018 Novel 2 (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2018, Book 2) (2) • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
Melody: Never Stop Singing (American Girl Historical Characters) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Luciana (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2018, Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Nikki and Deja: Nikki and Deja, Book One (1) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Lost in the Tunnel of Time (2) (Clubhouse Mysteries) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The March on Washington (American Girl: Real Stories From My Time) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Nikki and Deja: Substitute Trouble (Nikki & Deja) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Miami Jackson Sees It Through (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Secret Recipe (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Meet Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Nikki and Deja: Birthday Blues • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
The Buried Bones Mystery (1) (Clubhouse Mysteries) • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Miami Jackson Makes the Play (A Stepping Stone Book) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Yasmin the Painter • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Dugout Hero (Little Rhino #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My New Team (Little Rhino #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Magic Mirror: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Yasmin the Fashionista • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Best Bat (Little Rhino #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Vida Loca (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo Tries Something New • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo Loves School • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Every Day Is Exciting (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $4.78 1 $4.78
Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71
Luciana: Out of This World (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2018, Book 3) • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69
The Missing Dwarf: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #3) • Amazon Business $4.68 1 $4.68
The Stolen Slipper: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #2) • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59
Yasmin in Charge • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Melody: No Ordinary Sound (American Girl Historical Characters) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Katie Woo and Friends • Amazon Business $2.79 1 $2.79
My Family Adventure (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $2.29 1 $2.29

Materials cost

$208.73

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.10

Sales tax

 $16.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$266.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.98

Total project goal

$313.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $313.22

7 Donors

-$240.48

Donations toward project cost

-$204.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.07

Matching donations from our partners

-$72.74

Match offers toward project cost

-$61.83

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.91

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