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Ms. Petti from Somerset, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books For All

Help me give my students graphic novels, books about social issues, and books to inspire poetic creativity.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Petti's classroom raised $593

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The students in my school come from may different diverse backgrounds and the population is mostly economically struggling. Many of my students struggle social/ emotionally, have decreased confidence, and face many other daily challenges other than being a developing adolescent. I would like to make their learning experience more comfortable and engaging. They are hard-working and overcome so many hurdles every year. Many read at a lower level and can be disengaged from learning because of that. They enjoy comfortable places in the school to read at their level and develop their skills. My students look forward to coming to school for safety and security and I would like to offer them a little more.

My Project

My students have a real thirst for reading, but struggle with finding the right books. They love reading books that are relevant to their lives and the world around them! These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy. Every student book that is placed in my library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read.

We are building our library to include titles that highlight latinx culture, model poetry, and bring vivid graphic novels to life.

Cultivating reading through offering variety of choices is so important. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind and many students have been asking for these titles and are starting to track certain authors.

With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a a large selection that will allow them to read independently on their own level. They will also be able to choose books that interest them and hold a mirror to their nationality and lifestyle. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students already have shown an astonishing interest in independent reading, and this project will only help enrich their experiences with developing their passion for reading!

Ms. Petti Franklin Middle School - Hamilton Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Somerset, NJ View local requests

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Giver Quartet boxed set • Amazon Business $23.31 1 $23.31
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Speak: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $15.37 1 $15.37
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $15.32 1 $15.32
Skeleton Creek #2: Ghost in the Machine (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Skeleton Creek #1 (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Skeleton Creek #3: The Crossbones (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
Illegal • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Internment • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Poetry Speaks Who I Am: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else (A Poetry Speaks Experience) • Amazon Business $13.53 1 $13.53
This Was Our Pact • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Jackpot • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $12.30 1 $12.30
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Get Lit Rising: Words Ignite. Claim Your Poem. Claim Your Life. • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Champion: The Graphic Novel (Legend) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Nowhere Boy • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Skeleton Creek is Real: The Shocking Truth Revealed • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Great American Dust Bowl • Amazon Business $8.72 1 $8.72
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans • Amazon Business $8.71 1 $8.71
Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series (The Sports Beat, 4) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Silence of Our Friends • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Boy21 • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Towers Falling • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Speed Receiver (Team Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Quarterback Comeback (Team Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Batter Up! (Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.58 1 $5.58
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 1 $5.48

Materials cost

$466.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$503.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.83

Total project goal

$592.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $592.18

5 Donors

-$375.75

Donations toward project cost

-$344.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.99

match offer

-$186.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$158.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.85

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