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Ms. Griswold from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Tales, by Diverse Tellers!

My students need high-interest, on-level texts by diverse authors to start this year excited about reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Griswold's classroom raised $386

This project is fully funded

My Students

Teaching in a high-needs, Title I school, my students are often faced with challenges outside of the classroom. They are often unable to access technology outside of school hours for various reasons, including both socio-economic status and stressful family situations.

My goal is to do my part in closing the achievement gap within my own district by providing students with opportunities to be fully exposed to and excited about all of their academic content.

I also aim to help them see the relevance to them!

Most of my students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch due to their families' socioeconomic status. This means their stresses outside of the classroom are regarding more basic needs. This puts them at a disadvantage in their early lives, to their peers competing for college admissions and eventually, jobs down the road.

I think exposing my students to extra opportunities to focus on academic topics outside of the classroom (or content specific times) will help to even the playing field. Although they can't necessarily find these moments on their own, I hope to provide them within our school community!

They are hardworking, motivated and engaged in any content I present to them!

My Project

This group of books is hand-selected by my former students and myself because of their engaging content and the diverse group of authors we are fans of.

My students need diverse authors not only to read, but to look up to, as they see that this is a possibility for their future!

With diverse authors, come diverse stories, which is exactly what I am trying to expose my students to.

By asking them what attracts them to books, I have also learned which characters, visuals, and titles speak to them the most. This makes me confident that even the most hesitant reader who starts in my class will see a book that grabs their attention and gets them reading!

Ms. Griswold Licton Springs K-8 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

30 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pelé: The King of Soccer • Amazon Business $11.98 2 $23.96
When a Ghost Talks, Listen--How I Became A Ghost, Book 2 • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $8.54 2 $17.08
Patina (Track) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Lu (Track) • Amazon Business $15.37 1 $15.37
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $7.65 2 $15.30
How I Became A Ghost — A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story (Book 1 in the How I Became A Ghost Series) • Amazon Business $7.59 2 $15.18
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) • Amazon Business $7.00 2 $14.00
Power Forward (Zayd Saleem, Chasing the Dream) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
The PS Brothers • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Ghost (Track) • Amazon Business $6.90 2 $13.80
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $6.00 2 $12.00
The War That Saved My Life • Amazon Business $6.00 2 $12.00
The Red Pencil • Amazon Business $5.63 2 $11.26
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer • Amazon Business $5.59 2 $11.18
The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens (The Bad Guys #4) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) • Amazon Business $7.08 1 $7.08
Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #3) • Amazon Business $6.08 1 $6.08
The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable (The Bad Guys #2) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #6) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys #5) • Amazon Business $4.11 1 $4.11
The Bad Guys in The Furball Strikes Back (The Bad Guys #3) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00

Materials cost

$269.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.80

Total project goal

$385.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $385.33

10 Donors

-$360.33

Donations toward project cost

-$306.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.05

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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