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Ms. Chambers from Columbus, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Common Knowledge: We Need Reference Books!

Help me give my students vocabulary expansion and reference books for our brand new library!

  • $895 goal

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My Project

When our school encountered the common challenges of student literacy, we recognized the need for effective solutions. Through the unwavering commitment of our teachers and administration, we are thrilled to announce the establishment of a new school library. We eagerly anticipate providing students with a dedicated space to engage in oral language, reading, and writing – essential components of literacy.

However, our endeavors would be remiss if we did not acknowledge the specific need for resources that expand vocabulary and sharpen research skills.

We are a Title I school, with a student body that is roughly 97% Black and brown. 14% of students are eligible for an IEP, and another 14% are English language learners. Additionally, only 20% of our students attended accredited preschools. We know that research demonstrates jarring predictions regarding the implications of these demographics on both literacy and life chances. But our students are more than these numbers. They are resilient, creative, curious, and deserving of the same opportunities that other students have to expand their worlds and find their place within it.

We want our youngest scholars to acquire the vocabulary they need to express their thoughts, understandings and ideas with fluency. We want our older students to enrich their learning, deepen their coursework and pursue their budding interests with information. Most of all, we want our students to begin to see themselves as truly part of a global community of learners and change makers, and this begins with knowledge.

Our library ribbon cutting will be held March 14. Any contribution that you make before February 29 will allow us to make these goals a reality. We hope sincerely that you feel led to donate, and we are so appreciative of your contributions to the next generation of readers, thinkers ,and innovators.

Ms. Chambers United Preparatory Academy - East Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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

200 students impacted 19donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Help Your Kids With Math, Science, and Language Arts Box Set: Contains Three Step-by-Step Visual Guides • Amazon Business $34.87 1 $34.87
Picturepedia, Second Edition: An Encyclopedia on Every Page • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
People and Places: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: What We Know & What We Don't • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
The New Children's Encyclopedia: Packed with thousands of facts, stats, and illustrations (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
History Year by Year: The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age (DK Children's Year by Year) • Amazon Business $21.90 1 $21.90
American History: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia (Second Edition) (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Science: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
1000 Things in Nature (1000 Pictures) • Amazon Business $18.43 1 $18.43
Children's Illustrated Atlas: Revised and Updated Edition • Amazon Business $18.20 1 $18.20
1000 Things to Eat • Amazon Business $18.20 1 $18.20
A City Through Time (DK Panorama) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $17.67 1 $17.67
1000 Animals • Amazon Business $17.17 1 $17.17
The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps! • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Big Book of Jobs • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Human Body: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $16.87 1 $16.87
DK Children's Encyclopedia: The Book That Explains Everything! • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
Wise Before Five: Amazing things to know before you start school • Amazon Business $15.83 1 $15.83
Invisible Things • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
When on Earth?: History as You've Never Seen It Before! (DK Where on Earth? Atlases) • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
All the Words You Need to Know Before You Start School • Amazon Business $15.12 1 $15.12
Britannica's Baby Encyclopedia: For curious kids ages 0 to 3 (Britannica Books) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
1000 Useful Words: Build Vocabulary and Literacy Skills (Vocabulary Builders) • Amazon Business $14.91 1 $14.91
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
You and Me and Everybody Else • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Where on Earth?: Geography As You've Never Seen It Before (DK Where on Earth? Atlases) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
What Can I Do When I Grow Up?: A young person's guide to careers, money – and the future • Amazon Business $13.71 1 $13.71
Merriam-Webster’s Ready-for-School Words: 1,000 Words for Big Kids • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Baby Encyclopedia • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Priddy Learning: My First Encyclopedia (Priddy Learning, 2) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Brain Quest 4th Grade Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $12.34 1 $12.34
Brain Quest 1st Grade Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
What Goes Inside? (Neatly Organized Things) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Brain Quest 2nd Grade Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Brain Quest 3rd Grade Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Brain Quest 5th Grade Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street (DK Panorama) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
One Thousand Things: learn your first words with Little Mouse (Learn with Little Mouse) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Parts of a Whole (Neatly Organized Things) • Amazon Business $10.72 1 $10.72
Priddy Learning: My First 1000 Words: A photographic catalog of baby's first words • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Amazing Visual Math • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Brain Quest Kindergarten Smart Cards Revised 5th Edition (Brain Quest Smart Cards) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Banish Boring Words!: Dozens of Reproducible Word Lists for Helping Students Choose Just-Right Words to Strengthen Their Writing • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$719.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.14

Total project goal

$894.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $894.25

18 Donors

-$547.42

Donations toward project cost

-$481.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.61

match offer

-$327.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$278.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.42

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