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Ms. Tecler from Silver Spring, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books To Make Us Merry and Bright

Help me give my students new books about winter holidays to celebrate the seasons and learn about a variety of traditions.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Tecler's classroom raised $219

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our school's media center is a busy place! Readers often come in and make book requests related to seasonal events and celebrations. Christmas, Hanukkah, and Diwali are among the holidays they want to read about. These celebration themed books are very popular with readers, especially in November and December, so they get a lot of use. We'd love to expand our selection so that there are more titles available for readers who are interested in these books when they are in high demand during the holiday season.

This project will expand and diversify the selection of holiday titles in our media center's collection and give our school's young readers new books to enjoy that highlight the joy of a variety of holiday experiences and traditions.

The books in this project represent a variety of winter holidays, so they'll be able to provide readers a window into the celebrations enjoyed beyond their own homes and give them an expanded view of our big world. In addition to being on our media centers for readers to check out, these books will also be available to classroom teachers to use as read alouds with their students.

Thank you for helping to support our goal of providing our school's readers with an engaging, diverse, and relevant collection of books to read for information and for enjoyment.

Ms. Tecler Dr Charles Drew Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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 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

475 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Fa La La Family • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
One Diwali Day: Festivals of the World • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Digger and the Christmas Tree (The Digger Series) • Amazon Business $18.30 1 $18.30
Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menorah • Amazon Business $15.34 1 $15.34
A City Full of Santas • Amazon Business $15.03 1 $15.03
Tamales For Christmas • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Gingerbread Dreidels • Amazon Business $13.05 1 $13.05
Eight Sweet Nights, A Festival of Lights: A Hanukkah Story • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75

Materials cost

$145.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$185.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.82

Total project goal

$218.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$218.81

4 Donors

-$217.81

Donations toward project cost

-$185.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.67

match offer

-$1.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$0.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

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$0.00

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