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Ms. Keene from Chicago, IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bookshelves for Our Classroom Library

Help me give my students a classroom library that is welcoming, easily accessible, and space-efficient.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Keene's classroom raised $390

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our school runs on a block schedule with 100-minute class periods. These longer periods more easily allow time for independent reading, so we regularly start class with 15-20 minutes of independent reading where students get to choose any book (their own book or one from our classroom library). Students read classics, fantasy novels, poetry collections, realistic fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction on various topics, to name a few. I have a growing book collection for students to choose from, but with the number of books I have, the collection has outgrown the space I have to display them for students.

Getting this project funded would allow me to display every book in our classroom library and create a library space that students WANT to visit all year long.

The shelves rotate a full 360 degrees, making it easy for students to see all the available titles, and their design takes up minimal floor space, which is crucial in a full classroom with limited space. Two of the bookshelves will function as the classroom library for students, and the third bookshelf will house my instructional and pedagogical resources.

I have been so impressed by the level of interest in independent reading students have demonstrated thus far, and this project will help to enrich their experiences with reading even further.

Ms. Keene Lindblom Math Science Academy Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

Chicago, IL 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

140 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cuguords Rotating Bookshelf Tower, 360 Display Spinning Bookshelf, 4 Tier Revolving Bookcase for Kids&Adults, Rotating Bookcase for Bedroom, Living Room,Solid Wood Bookshelf Organizer for Small Space • Amazon Business $98.99 3 $296.97

Materials cost

$296.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.49

Total project goal

$389.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $389.91

8 Donors

-$381.08

Donations toward project cost

-$331.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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