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Ms. Durst from Reedsburg, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for All

My students need books, plain and simple. I am responsible for instilling the love of reading in my students and I have roughly 50 books in my classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Durst's classroom raised $492

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from a rural community in Wisconsin that is a short drive from a tourist town. Thus, many families have seasonal work, and struggle to provide school supplies, books, and other such items some take for granted.

My students are incredibly caring and hard working.

They understand the value of material possessions and thus treat anything in the room with great respect.

Lastly, my students LOVE reading. It baffles me at times how much they really do just want to curl up with a good book and read- and they are in middle school. I have an open policy when it comes to what you can "read for credit" in my class, and it shows. The past few years they have grown into avid readers, and thus learners. The empathy and experiences they can gain from books fills my teacher heart and makes this job even more incredible.

My Project

I am provided with the opportunity and the challenge of getting each and every one of my students to love reading. However, in my classroom library, I have roughly 50 books; very little to work with. In my school, the only place where students have access to a plethora of books is the Imc, and even their options are limited. There are books that haven't been checked out ever, or since the 70's. Needless to say, it is out of date.

Your donations will help my classroom become more literate.

There will be more opportunities for my students to find books that they can read, at an appropriate level. As a relatively new teacher, I have tried to personally fund my classroom library, like every teacher, but I can't financially afford to continue adding more than one book a month. Which, quite frankly, is not enough.

Thank you so much for considering donating to my fund! These books will not go unread or unloved!

Ms. Durst Webb 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 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Uglies: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras • Amazon Business $29.28 1 $29.28
The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom • Amazon Business $23.61 1 $23.61
The Grisha Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising • Amazon Business $19.87 1 $19.87
The Death Cure (Maze Runner, Book Three) • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
The Gender Game 4: The Gender War (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Gender Game 3: The Gender Lie (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $15.47 1 $15.47
The Gender Game 5: The Gender Fall (Volume 5) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Gender Game 6: The Gender Plan (Volume 6) • Amazon Business $14.78 1 $14.78
The Gender Game 2: The Gender Secret (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Gender Game (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Mom's Cancer • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Hideout • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
Faceless • Amazon Business $10.07 1 $10.07
Red Bird: Poems • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
Cut • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
North of Beautiful (A Justina Chen Novel) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Cover of Snow: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.34 1 $8.34
The Art of Fielding: A Novel • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
Dirt Road Home: A Novel (Alabama Moon) • Amazon Business $7.24 1 $7.24
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
A Fire in My Hands: Revised and Expanded Edition • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Fugitives: Escape from Furnace 4 • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83
Execution: Escape from Furnace 5 • Amazon Business $6.55 1 $6.55
Stupid Fast (Felton Reinstein trilogy) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Terror at Bottle Creek • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21
I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent) • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 • Amazon Business $5.82 1 $5.82
Ball Don't Lie • Amazon Business $5.71 1 $5.71
Death Sentence: Escape from Furnace 3 • Amazon Business $5.70 1 $5.70
Solitary: Escape from Furnace 2 • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
Hatchet • Amazon Business $5.44 1 $5.44
Gym Candy • Amazon Business $4.85 1 $4.85

Materials cost

$382.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.72

Total project goal

$491.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.49

1 Donor

-$245.74

Donations toward project cost

-$208.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.86

match offer

-$245.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.86

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 $0.00

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