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Mrs. Pierson from Carthage, MS is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Escape Into a Good Book!

Help me give my students books on multiple reading levels so they can explore a variety of topics!

  • $877 goal

This project expired on August 6, 2025.

This project expired on August 6, 2025.

My Project

My students are special in so many ways. They are smart, creative, and hysterically funny! My goal is for them to have a variety of books to choose from each day.

I want them to enjoy reading as much as me (if that's even possible!) and that means exposure to a multitude of books as often as possible.

These books will introduce them to a variety of topics and I hope that will encourage them to read more and think critically about the world around them. I've always heard "Reading is Fundamental," and I cannot wait to put some fun in their reading materials.

Mrs. Pierson Leake Central High School Grades 9-12

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

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.

Carthage, MS View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grades 4-6 Who Was? Set - 15 Book Collection - Collection • AKJ Education $63.60 1 $63.60
Kaplan Early Learning Celebrate Diversity Around the World Books - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $62.96 1 $62.96
Kaplan Early Learning Leo Lionni Books - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $62.96 1 $62.96
Kaplan Early Learning Our Global Community Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $54.86 1 $54.86
Capstone Press Weather Basics Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $53.96 1 $53.96
3 Book Set: NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES Bundle: We Are Water Protectors, Berry Song, We Are Grateful (hardcover picture books, indigenous traditions) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $48.00 1 $48.00
Kaplan Early Learning I Can Read Books - Level 1 - Set of 10 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
Kaplan Early Learning Ezra Jack Keats Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
Kaplan Early Learning Who Was/Is Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $36.95 1 $36.95
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) - picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Moments #1: Underground Railroad, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, Juneteenth (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Figures: Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Moments #2: March on Washington, Tulsa Race Massacre, Reconstruction, Montgomery Boycott (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Civil Rights Figures: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
Goosebumps Classic (Series 1) - 10 Books Set Collection R.L. Stine • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (hardcover) - featured Black History picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00

Materials cost

$659.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$46.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$745.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$131.51

Total project goal

$876.75

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