My students need books to fill our classroom library so they can escape into a world of reading!
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Costa's classroom raised $995
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
As a teacher in a high poverty/low-income school district, my students are faced with a multitude of problems in and out of the classroom. Even though my students face many challenges, they still manage to enter the classroom with a smile everyday. As a teacher, I look to keep school as consistent and simple as possible and provide a caring classroom community where students receive meaningful learning experiences.
My students love to read, write and jump at the opportunity to show their work.
Many of my students are raised in single parent households and all receive free lunch based on socioeconomic status. Even though these are things that would ordinarily prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the experiences that many people consider "normal", my students have the advantage of living in a big city with lots of learning experiences. I always focus my teaching on the potential that my students have within them, and fill the day with joy and rigor. Although I cannot control the countless hardships my students face at home, I always do my best to lift their spirits and have a joyful school experience!
My Project
These books will be used to fill in an empty classroom library. Over the years, students have lost books or they have broken beyond repair. Many books that we have are held together with scotch tape and a little ingenuity.
My students have no books at home so allowing them to take books home with them will allow them to enjoy reading on their own.
My students love to read and I assign 25 minutes of reading every night for homework. Because many of my students are underprivileged, they do not have access to books like many other students do. This greatly affects my students ability to bridge the achievement gap.
These books will be available for all of my students to check out and bring home to read as well as use in class. It is important to have a large classroom library across many reading levels to support a wide range of students. By helping us get these books you will be helping my students achieve more and enjoy reading!
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
The Boxcar Children 20-Book Set (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
• Amazon Business
$92.75
1
$92.75
Magic Tree House Merlin Missions #1-25 Boxed Set
• Amazon Business
$90.68
1
$90.68
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-28
• Amazon Business
$88.56
1
$88.56
Judy Blume Essentials: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Deenie; Iggie's House; It's Not the End of the World; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
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$35.88
1
$35.88
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 10-Book Box Set
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$34.99
1
$34.99
Junie B. Jones Complete First Grade Collection Box set
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$31.99
1
$31.99
The Judy Moody Uber-Awesome Collection: Books 1-9
• Amazon Business
$26.48
1
$26.48
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set
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$25.91
1
$25.91
The Complete Ramona Collection: Beezus and Ramona, Ramona and Her Father, Ramona and Her Mother, Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Ramona Forever, Ramona the Brave, Ramona the Pest, Ramona's World
• Amazon Business
$25.49
1
$25.49
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
• Amazon Business
$16.00
1
$16.00
Shoeshine Girl (Trophy Chapter Books (Paperback))
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$15.80
1
$15.80
Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom
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$15.80
1
$15.80
Horrible Harry And The Ant Invasion (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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$14.75
1
$14.75
Horrible Harry And The Locked Closet (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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$14.75
1
$14.75
Cam Jansen And The Mystery Of The Babe Ruth Baseball (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Cam Jansen Adventure)
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$14.75
1
$14.75
Horrible Harry Moves Up To Third Grade (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
• Amazon Business
$14.75
1
$14.75
Horrible Harry And The Green Slime (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Puffin Chapters)
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$14.75
1
$14.75
Cam Jansen And The Mystery Of The Stolen Diamonds (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Cam Jansen Adventure)
• Amazon Business
$14.75
1
$14.75
The Book with No Pictures
• Amazon Business
$14.28
1
$14.28
Horrible Harry and the Hallway Bully
• Amazon Business
$13.78
1
$13.78
Horrible Harry in Room 2b
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
• Amazon Business
$12.75
1
$12.75
The Day the Crayons Came Home
• Amazon Business
$12.46
1
$12.46
The Day the Crayons Quit
• Amazon Business
$12.09
1
$12.09
My Father's Dragon
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Love
• Amazon Business
$11.77
1
$11.77
Cam Jansen And The Mystery Of The Gold Coins (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Cam Jansen Adventure)
• Amazon Business
$11.59
1
$11.59
Dragons Love Tacos
• Amazon Business
$11.45
1
$11.45
Press Here
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
• Amazon Business
$10.87
1
$10.87
Wonder
• Amazon Business
$10.52
1
$10.52
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
• Amazon Business
$10.27
1
$10.27
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set: Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again!
• Amazon Business
$10.10
1
$10.10
Strictly No Elephants
• Amazon Business
$8.02
1
$8.02
Chalk
• Amazon Business
$6.79
1
$6.79
The One and Only Ivan
• Amazon Business
$5.59
1
$5.59
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones (Cam Jansen)
• Amazon Business
$4.99
1
$4.99
Cam Jansen: the Snowy Day Mystery #24
• Amazon Business
$3.74
1
$3.74
Cam Jansen: the Mystery of the U.F.O. #2
• Amazon Business
$3.66
1
$3.66
Cam Jansen: the Catnapping Mystery #18
• Amazon Business
$3.43
1
$3.43
Materials cost
$802.95
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$12.04
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$844.99
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$149.12
Total project goal
$994.11
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$994.11
2 Donors
-$994.11
Donations toward project cost
-$844.99
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