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Mr. Benitez from Mesa, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a New Teacher's Library

Help me give my students books that the students will read. From my experience so far working with students in the classroom, these are all books that they like to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Benitez's classroom raised $1,056

This project is fully funded

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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

My students are wonderful and I love having them in my classroom. They are students who love having many options and choices for learning. We are a title one school and the students thrive on having different ways of learning.

As a new and upcoming teacher, I am looking for items to prepare my first classroom.

I would like to have a library of books for the students in my classroom. I teach students to be authentic readers and that means that the students get choice. To foster this choice I'm asking for books that my students can choose from.

My Project

I am an up and coming teacher in the Mesa School District. I knew that I have wanted to teach now for several years, but I didn't know how special the students in Mesa are. These students have shown great strides in the last year coming off of COVID.

These books are meant for students who are trying to improve their reading, many of which have been hit hard by COVID in terms of their ability to ready.

I know these books can help with that. Thank you so much for your time.

Mr. Benitez Whittier Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Series of Unfortunate Events Box Th • Amazon Business $145.99 1 $145.99
Harry Potter Hufflepuff House Editions Hardback Box Set • Amazon Business $140.21 1 $140.21
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12 Books Complete Collection Set New(Diary Of a Wimpy Kid,Rodrick Rules,The Last Straw,Dog Days,The Ugly Truth,Cabin Fever,The Third Wheel,Hard Luck,The Long Haul,Old School..etc • Amazon Business $50.12 2 $100.24
Baseball Card Adventures 12-Book Box Set: All 12 Paperbacks in the Bestselling Baseball Card Adventures Series! • Amazon Business $64.09 1 $64.09
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $58.40 1 $58.40
The Odd 1s Out: Boxed Set (Odd 1s Out, 1) • Amazon Business $23.49 2 $46.98
Skeleton Creek #5: The Phantom Room • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Skeleton Creek #2: Ghost in the Machine • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Skeleton Creek #4: The Raven • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Skeleton Creek #3: The Crossbones • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Skeleton Creek #1 • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
El Deafo • Amazon Business $11.28 2 $22.56
Glitch: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.77 2 $21.54
Prisoner B-3087 • Amazon Business $15.14 1 $15.14
Ground Zero • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
Allies • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
Grenade • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59

Materials cost

$798.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$57.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$897.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$158.34

Total project goal

$1,055.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,055.59

2 Donors

-$1,047.25

Donations toward project cost

-$897.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$150.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.34

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$0.00

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