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Mrs. Volenec from Alamo, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Books for Our Readers

Help me give my students a variety of engaging books to support their reading needs.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Volenec's classroom raised $598

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 Project

Our students constantly ask for titles to support their outside reading interests. They love all genres and will scour the New Release display on a daily basis. These books will be added to our display and will likely fly of the shelves due to the wonderful reviews most of them received. Our students will enjoy these titles for years to come.

Our students continue to set records checking out books.

This past August we checked out more books to students than any of the 20 years I have been at this school! Please consider supporting the reading needs of my school of readers!

Mrs. Volenec Stone Valley Middle School Grades 6-8 Alamo, CA View local requests 600 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mattel Games UNO Card Game in a Collectible Storage Tin for Kids, Adults, Families, Parties & Travel, 2 to 10 Players (Amazon Exclusive) (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $11.79 2 $23.58
Wolves at the Door • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Schooled • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Variant (Variant, 1) • Amazon Business $8.79 2 $17.58
The Hunger Games (Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.69 2 $17.38
Dreamslinger (The Slinger Series) • Amazon Business $16.36 1 $16.36
The School for Thieves • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Alone • Amazon Business $7.59 2 $15.18
Guess Who? Board Game with Classic Characters by Winning Moves Games USA, Classic Children's Mystery Board Game of Deduction for 2 Players, Ages 6+ (1191) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Golden Gate (2) (City Spies) • Amazon Business $14.64 1 $14.64
The Enemy's Daughter • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
Firebred: (Storm Dragons, Book 2) (Storm Dragons, 2) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
The Trouble with Heroes • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Don't Cause Trouble • Amazon Business $14.09 1 $14.09
The Legendary Scarlett and Browne • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters (National Geographic Treasuries) • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Scattergood • Amazon Business $12.80 1 $12.80
A Risky Game (The Liars Society #2) • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, 1) • Amazon Business $10.16 1 $10.16
Independent Study: The Testing, Book 2 (The Testing, 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Rebellion 1776 • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Town with No Mirrors • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
The Testing (The Testing, 1) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Love & Gelato • Amazon Business $8.51 1 $8.51
Isle of Ever (Isle of Ever, 1) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Closer to Nowhere • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Love, Lucas (Love, Lucas Novel) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Flipped • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
Legend • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
Bloom (The Overthrow) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Skandar and the Phantom Rider • Amazon Business $7.12 1 $7.12
The Wrong Way Home: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer I Turned Pretty, The) • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet) • Amazon Business $4.45 1 $4.45

Materials cost

$431.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$507.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.60

Total project goal

$597.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $597.36

2 Donors

-$398.24

Donations toward project cost

-$338.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.73

Matching donations from our partners

-$199.12

Match offers toward project cost

-$169.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.87

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