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Ms. LaBar from Philadelphia PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Can I Have a New Book to Read?

Help me give my students some new books to read in their free time.

  • $182 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students attend a Title I school in Pennsylvania, and all receive free or reduced-price lunch and breakfast. They attend a typical, inner-city school. Most face serious obstacles before they even walk through​ the doors in the morning. Our goal is to make our school a safe and loving environment.

Our students come from diverse backgrounds and different countries.

This makes our school pretty special in so many ways. The students all work so hard and are very deserving of this project.

My Project

Reading at every age is important but to get children to love reading at an early age is critical. I noticed that in my math class my students were struggling with reading word problems. My solution was to get them to read more. I started talking about books I was reading or read. Sometimes I would even go online and find a little clip. This got a few kids interested. Then I started bringing them books. Well this caused my kids to want to get involved and read also. It would be so helpful for my students to have access to the most current books available. This project will do just that.

Ms. LaBar
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boxcar Children Mysteries Books 5-8 (Boxcar Children)) • Amazon Business $17.52 1 $17.52
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Hidden Bodies: (A You Novel) • Amazon Business $12.27 1 $12.27
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Last Thing She Ever Did • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts • Amazon Business $11.32 1 $11.32
To All the Boys I've Loved Before • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54
Coraline • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How to Draw Unicorns, Mermaids and Other Magical Friends: A Step-by-Step Drawing and Activity Book for Kids to Learn to Draw Cute Stuff • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How To Draw Animals For Kids: A Fun and Simple Step-by-Step Drawing and Activity Book for Kids to Learn to Draw • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (1) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
P.S. I Still Love You (2) (To All the Boys I've Loved Before) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$122.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$154.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.25

Total project goal

$181.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $181.66

3 Donors

-$59.85

Donations toward project cost

-$52.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.18

match offer

-$119.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$101.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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