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Mr. Stefanelli from Brick, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Giving Kids The Power of Choice!

Help me give my students new Choice Reading books for Social and Emotional Learning!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Stefanelli's classroom raised $297

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students enter a reading haven every day. During the first 20 minutes of class, my students enjoy time to read. During this time, they read what interests them, they relax, they forget what's going on at home, and they forget (dare I say) their other classes and responsibilities.

My students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, devour books!

They are discouraged from looking at a study guide; they are discouraged from having a pen in their hand. Reading needs to be enjoyable. My students enjoy it because it's for them - and no one else.

My students love this time. Many read a book a week! They take pride in their reading and their ability to encourage others in the class to read what they read.

My Project

Our new semester starts in February, and I want to make my new students feel welcome in room 265 with some of the newest books available to them! So many of my students do not have regular access to new books.

Having a choice in their reading is crucial to my students' Social & Emotional well-being.

Students get 15-20 minutes of each class to sit, read, and relax. No study guides. No note-taking. Not even a pen. Seeing cell phones hidden in their laps is a thing of the past. Students crave this time that belongs to them. They need it.

Through the opportunity to read books that interest them, they feel more comfortable sharing their views, having open discussions, and simply being themselves. By reading about characters that share their struggles, students understand that they are not alone in this world, which is essential to their social and emotional growth.

Mr. Stefanelli Brick Township Memorial High School Grades 9-12 Brick, NJ View local requests

More than a third of 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

100 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
You Were Never Here • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
All Eyes on Her • Amazon Business $17.97 1 $17.97
The Sleep Experiment (1) (World's Scariest Legends) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
The Girls I've Been • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Harrow Lake • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Concrete Rose • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Punching the Air • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
We Are Not Free • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
The New Jim Crow (Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - 10th Anniversary Edition) • Amazon Business $13.23 1 $13.23
The Leaving • Amazon Business $9.83 1 $9.83
Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Harbor Me • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Five Total Strangers • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
The Game (Underlined Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
180 Seconds • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Escape Room (Underlined Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
13 Minutes: A Novel • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49

Materials cost

$218.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.50

Total project goal

$296.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.68

3 Donors

-$145.16

Donations toward project cost

-$126.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.07

match offer

-$148.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$126.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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