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Mrs. Smith from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Reading

Help me give my students a class set (30) of the novels Rebound and Dear Martin.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Smith's classroom raised $582

This project is fully funded

My Students

At our school, we foster a community of students with strong character and high self-esteem who display critical thinking skills that will enable them to become life-long learners. Our staff members and parents work together to educate more than 400 children in grades preK-6th. Our school is a Title I-funded school with 100% of our students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Every student deserves to have a personal library of their own and more than half of my students don't own or have books at home.

My class consists of 30 curious, passionate, vivacious, students who love to read. Through their hard work and dedication, they have been selected to partake in an intensive reading program. This program is rigorous, fast-paced, and fosters a community of learners who model excellence, integrity, and ever-evolving skills for the 21st century. Though students have this opportunity, many of them are lacking the necessary resources to continue working at home. Having the supplies needed will boost their confidence and allow them to be the bright shining academics leaders they have proven to be.

My Project

Receiving these books will empower my students. These books will help develop critical thinking skills in my students and will allow them to bring their background knowledge, experiences, abilities, and interests to our class discussions and assignments.

Students in my class will feel seen and heard after reading books with characters that look like them and share similar life experiences.

These books will help create a rich and diverse classroom library for my sixth-grade students.

Your help in funding my project will allow me to tap into their knowledge banks and get quality reading materials in the hands of my students.

Mrs. Smith Kenneth C Hanrahan Elementary School Grades 6-8

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.

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $8.99 25 $224.75
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 25 $224.75

Materials cost

$449.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.43

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.29

Total project goal

$581.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $581.96

5 Donors

-$581.96

Donations toward project cost

-$494.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.29

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