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Mrs. Gierhahn from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Gierhahn's classroom raised $292

Building Our Class Library

Help me give my students new books to go along with our monthly themes!

This project expired on May 17, 2022.

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Mrs. Gierhahn Adlai E Stevenson Middle School
Chicago, IL Grades 6-8

My Students

My students are smart, kind, and polite teens with special needs. They absolutely love coming to school and greeting each other with warm hugs and smiles.

My classroom consists of sixth to eighth grade students with diverse learning and communication needs.

Most of my students come from low income households with limited access to technology.

These students absolutely love coming to school each day and are always ready to learn. They care about each other and always try their best to complete any task asked of them. My students would be so appreciative of any help you could provide!

My Project

In our special education classroom, our Science and Social Science lessons are centered around monthly themes. These themes allow students to become exposed to content vocabulary and topics, as well as work on their IEP goals.

My students are very interested in books and love being read stories.

I would love to add some fiction and non fiction books to go along with our monthly themes. These books would allow me to read to my students about the monthly topic. We can also discuss the author, illustrator, and plot. My students and I would be so grateful for any help you could provide! Thank you!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

13 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Gierhahn Adlai E Stevenson Middle School Grades 6-8

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

13 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snow (Weather) • Amazon Business $31.36 1 $31.36
Weather in Spring (Welcoming the Seasons) • Amazon Business $27.07 1 $27.07
I Love Bugs! • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
If You Were a Penguin • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
999 Tadpoles • Amazon Business $14.42 1 $14.42
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Seedlings: Ladybugs • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Seedlings: Penguins • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Seedlings: Sharks • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Snow (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Sneezy the Snowman • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
Zinnia's Flower Garden • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) (Over and Under) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Animals in Spring (Bullfrog Books: What Happens in Spring?) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
My Five Senses (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Roaring Rockets (Amazing Machines) • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50
In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
National Geographic Readers: Seed to Plant • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$214.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.66

Total project goal

$291.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $291.04

1 Donor

-$91.62

Donations toward project cost

-$82.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.16

match offer

-$194.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$164.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.39

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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