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Mrs. Lester from Stone Mountain, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Reluctant and Struggling Readers!

Help me give my students high interest, current reading materials to keep them engaged!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lester's classroom raised $590

This project is fully funded

My Students

Some of my reluctant students have discovered graphic novels/comics books particularly the super hero graphic novels (Superman, Batman, Thor. etc.). Graphic novels/comics books have captured their imaginations. This could be the year that inspires and motivates their love for reading.

My school has 650 students of many diverse and unique backgrounds.

We are a Title I school with well over 95% of our students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Many of my students are reluctant readers and do not currently read at their grade level. I hope having more selections in our library materials will encourage my students to succeed in their reading efforts and seek to be lifelong readers.

My Project

The donations to this project will help to improve my students' reading scores.

Graphic novels develop and reinforce reading skills like inferencing, demonstrate punctuation and grammar rules, and explain figurative language.

Readers can also quickly develop literacy skills such as general reading comprehension, inference, and building new vocabulary, as they leap into the narrative without struggling with the format of a traditional novel.

Readers will also be able to choose books that interest them. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these graphic novels will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading.

Mrs. Lester Eldridge Miller Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Stone Mountain, GA 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

650 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dragonbreath (11 Books) • AKJ Education $118.41 1 $118.41
Sports Illustrated Kids (18 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $96.84 1 $96.84
Geronimo Stilton (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $59.79 1 $59.79
Dog Man (7 Books) • AKJ Education $57.23 1 $57.23
Warriors (9 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $52.31 1 $52.31
Graphic Universe (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $44.85 1 $44.85

Materials cost

$429.43

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$29.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.50

Total project goal

$590.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$590.00

3 Donors

-$590.00

Donations toward project cost

-$501.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.50

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$0.00

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