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Ms. Abelson from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Cultivate Our Love for Reading

My students need new books to start out the school year!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Abelson's classroom raised $540

This project is fully funded

My Students

How can students succeed without the appropriate resources? There isn't enough technology in our classroom! As a teacher in a Title I school in downtown Manhattan, we have a large population of special education, low income and English Language Learners students in our class. We want them to learn how, through multiple means, they can become great readers, writers, and mathematicians!

Most of my students are eligible for free lunch due to their socioeconomic status.

Many of our students have ADHD, learning disabilities, and speech impairments. We want to prepare these students for the future and give them the same opportunities that other New York City children can afford.

My Project

My students want new books for the new school year. Who doesn't love the feel of a new book in your hand? My students need books that are exciting and engaging.

My students need new books for the new school year!

Let's start second grade off right with engaging new books!

My students love to read and I do not want them to lose interest with the same old boring books. They are progressing as readers and learners.

Let them grow their brain, as we say in our class, by reading brand new, interesting books.

Ms. Abelson PS 130 Hernando De Soto Grades PreK-2

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.

New York, NY View local requests

More than half 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

25 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 2 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $78.34 2 $156.68
Guided Reading Collection: Kindergarten BestSellers (18 books) • AKJ Education $94.11 1 $94.11
Guided Reading Collection: Level E Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $89.14 1 $89.14
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $82.45 1 $82.45

Materials cost

$422.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$458.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.95

Total project goal

$539.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$539.67

7 Donors

-$402.90

Donations toward project cost

-$343.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.69

match offer

-$135.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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$0.00

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