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Mrs. Nichols from Ennis TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Getting Cozy and Reading the Good Stuff

My students need the 2018-2019 Award-Winning Blue Bonnet book collection in order to peak their interest in reading and keep them coming back to my book shelves for more!

  • $591 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students at this school come from a very diverse city. A majority of the students are either ESL students or able to speak Spanish fluently as a second language. Each year I have taught here, our student body has fallen into a lower socioeconomic category and the school is deemed a "Title 1" school.

With that being said, we still maintain very high in state testing scores and earned 6 out 6 distinctions on the Texas Assessment Performance Report in 2016.

This was a first for our campus and the distinctions included Academic Achievement in English Language Arts/Reading, Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Science, Top 25 Percent: Student Progress, Top 25 Percent: Closing Performance Gaps and Postsecondary Readiness.

Thus proving that these kids will work their hardest for those who show them love and work to provide them with the best environment possible!

My Project

After a successful year of collecting items for a flexible seating classroom that students could snuggle into and feel like home, we are wanting to expand our flexible seating and give the students more options!

Students WILL learn if they are given the right resources that challenge them as equally as they entice them!

This years "Blue Bonnet" Book award winners are just that, challenging and enticing! The students are more motivated than ever to read them all, but we need your help. Also, due to growing class numbers, we are in need of a few more flexible seats that the students will strive to earn the privilege to sit in! I know the students will love the stability ball chairs.

Help me get keep these kids motivated and excited to come into the ELA classroom! Reading is more important than ever!

Mrs. Nichols
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaiam Kids Balance Ball Chair - Classic Children's Stability Ball Chair, Alternative School Classroom Flexible Desk Seating for Active Students with Satisfaction Guarantee, Purple/Pink • Amazon Business $55.98 4 $223.92
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Grand Canyon • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Sergeant Reckless • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Bouncy Bands for Elementary School Chairs (Black) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Food Heroes) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Keith Haring • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Refugee • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Slider • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Stef Soto, Taco Queen • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
How to Avoid Extinction • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Bicycle Spy • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Harlem Charade • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Me and Marvin Gardens • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Garvey's Choice • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Wedgie & Gizmo • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Spirit Hunters • AKJ Education $8.42 1 $8.42
Grandpa's Ha-la-loo-ya Hambone! • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Amina's Voice • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$465.33

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.64

Total project goal

$590.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$590.95

10 Donors

-$574.31

Donations toward project cost

-$502.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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