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Ms. McDonald from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fill the Literacy Room Bookshelves

Help me give my students new books to fill the shelves of our Literacy Room.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. McDonald's classroom raised $716

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 Students

Our school is located in the historic East End of Houston where the culture is rich and the roots run deep. We have students from many different backgrounds that hail from all over the surrounding areas to attend our STEM program with a biotech/neuroscience focus. The future of medicine is quite literally in our classrooms.

Our students are creative, active, and excited to learn new things.

As a campus, we strive to create a school where students with many different interests can flourish and excel.

My Project

Our school has undergone a major transition in the last few years; going from a K-8 to solely 6-8 campus. This transition means that we've had to filter out a lot of our books that more appropriate for a younger age level.

We need your help filling our Literacy Room with current, interesting, and dynamic middle grade literature.

Research has time and again proven that the best way to get children to read is to provide them with choice in reading material. My goal in creating the Literacy Room is to allow all of our students the opportunity to choose their next favorite book.

Ms. McDonald Biotech Academy - Rusk Grades 6-8

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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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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hero Next Door • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen (1)) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
They Wish They Were Us • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2) (Tristan Strong, 2) • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
I Can Make This Promise • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens • Amazon Business $14.78 1 $14.78
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Echo Mountain • Amazon Business $14.46 1 $14.46
The Inheritance Games • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Grown • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Only Black Girls in Town • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe (A Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 2) (A Sal and Gabi Novel (2)) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Of Curses and Kisses (The Royal Academy Series) • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
The Gravity of Us • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
King and the Dragonflies • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Three Keys (A Front Desk Novel) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
You Should See Me in a Crown • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Furia • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Class Act • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
Wink • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Snapdragon • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration • Amazon Business $10.86 1 $10.86
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
Fresh Ink: An Anthology • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Find Layla: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
SHOUT • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Deep & Dark Blue • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Texting with Black History: Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, and Aretha Franklin Biography Book for Kids (Texting with History Collection) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Texting with Hispanic Heritage: Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Biography Book for Kids (Texting with History Collection) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Texting with Women's History: Amelia Earhart, Harriet Tubman, and Cleopatra Biography Book for Kids (Texting with History Collection) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
So Done • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hurricane Season • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Flying Lessons & Other Stories • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Speak • Amazon Business $7.74 1 $7.74
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Midnight Without a Moon • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Aru Shah and the End of Time (A Pandava Novel Book 1) (Pandava Series, 1) • Amazon Business $6.35 1 $6.35
Dough Boys • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Gauntlet • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79

Materials cost

$569.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$607.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.25

Total project goal

$715.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $715.02

5 Donors

-$357.50

Donations toward project cost

-$303.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.62

match offer

-$357.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$303.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.63

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