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Mrs. H. from Portsmouth, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Filling in the Gaps With Good Reads

Help me give my students books to replace those that we lost during the pandemic.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. H.'s classroom raised $305

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come from a diverse community made up of both low-income and military families. Many of them qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. What they all have in common is a desire to learn and succeed!

The school serves PK through 6th grade students who are eager to learn and succeed.

I want my media center to be a place where students can come to explore and learn in a positive way. They deserve materials that are of high quality and high interest to engage them and motivate them to be the best they can be.

My Project

When we left school abruptly at the start of the pandemic, we were in the middle of the school year and had hundreds of library books checked out. When the students left, so did all the books they were reading. Many were never returned.

Help my students get back parts of the books series that they love reading.

These books will help fill in the gaps that the pandemic created in many of the series we keep in the library. Without them, many of our series remain unreadable and are just taking up space.

Mrs. H. Churchland Academy 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

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Portsmouth, VA 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $63.67 1 $63.67
Dog Man: Mothering Heights: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #10): From the Creator of Captain Underpants (10) • Amazon Business $6.62 2 $13.24
Act (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Hunger Games • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3) (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, 3) • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) • Amazon Business $5.11 2 $10.22
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #6) • Amazon Business $4.97 2 $9.94
The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, 2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Silver Chair • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #2) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
The Horse and His Boy • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3) (3) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Catching Fire |Hunger Games|2 • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4) (4) • Amazon Business $6.05 1 $6.05
The Giver (1) (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
The Magician's Nephew • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Eva Sees a Ghost: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #2) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
A Woodland Wedding: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #3) (3) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$225.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$258.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.70

Total project goal

$304.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $304.68

4 Donors

-$202.34

Donations toward project cost

-$171.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.35

Matching donations from our partners

-$102.34

Match offers toward project cost

-$86.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.35

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 $0.00

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