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Mrs. Cobb from Kansas City, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help us Polish our Stars!

My students need books that help them understand themselves and how to handle difficult situations. Children face many tough situations, I want to help them cope.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Cobb's classroom raised $486

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember what it was like to struggle with how you felt about yourself, or what it was like to face a difficult personal challenge. Children face many tough situations, and it is hard for them to ask for help, or to understand others also face similar struggles. These resources can help!

Our students are in an area that is increasingly being impacted by the economy.

Most are very hardworking families, working multiple jobs so that they can stand on their own. Each year we have more and more students who have families struggling to make it, and often have to move in with relatives after job loss. We have students that have military parents, some who have recently lost parents in service. This past veteran's day, some of the many students put together a play they designed to honor veterans. The students at our school really want to make good choices and we have a staff that is working to help guide students. Many of the staff spend hundreds of their own dollars yearly to provide materials for students and motivational rewards. They continually go above and beyond to help their students. I really love and respect my staff and students. I want to be able to help them succeed. I would really appreciate your help.

My Project

As a school counselor I try to help my student as they struggle with many different issues. It is hard for students to understand themselves and to know what to do. Resources that allow students to see that others have similar struggles or books that offer suggestions on how to deal with these difficult times can really help. Students need help as they work through normal growing up issues, as well as the tough issues that they face. Issues such as grief, bullying, honesty, and good decision making are just a few of the topics that students struggle with. These resources will be available to all students in the school based on the age appropriateness of each resource. Classrooms can use those that are appropriate for class discussions, as well as supplementing our school character program. Some of the resources can also be used for small group or individual discussions when needed. Often just learning that others face similar feelings and struggles helps empower the child.

Children need help dealing with feelings and issues.

Even if they talk to an adult about an issue, they are often better able to work through issues when they can read about others that face the challenges or books that give suggestions on how to handle situations. Our classrooms also need access to books that deal with these topics. If a child is dealing with unresolved grief or feels overwhelmed, they can not learn as well as they could without these issues. We appreciate any help! Thank you.

Mrs. Cobb Nashua Elementary School Grades 3-5 Kansas City, MO View local requests 361 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hank Zipzer #15 A Tale of Two Tails • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Dexter the Tough • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Fourth Grade Rats • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Frankly, Frannie • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Horrible Harry Goes Cuckoo Suzy Kline, Amy Wummer (Illustrat • AKJ Books $11.09 1 $11.09
Jake Drake, Class Clown • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Junie B Frist Grader Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P. S. So Does May.) • AKJ Books $8.84 1 $8.84
Character Building Day by Day • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Kids Against Hunger • AKJ Books $16.76 1 $16.76
Spectacular Stone Soup • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
The Empty Room • AKJ Books $16.76 1 $16.76
Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out of Control! • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster under Her Bed • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Julian''s Glorious Summer • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) Alison McGhee • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
I Can Do It? • AKJ Books $20.22 1 $20.22
Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom Suzy Kline, Frank Remkie • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
AlvinHo: Allergic to Girls • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Just Grace Walks the Dog • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Judy Moody, Declares Independence • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Do I Have To? • AKJ Books $20.22 1 $20.22
Big Whopper Patricia Reilly Giff, Alasdair Bright (Illustrat • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Cheater Pants • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Honestly, Mallory • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
Horrible Harry and the Mud Gremlins • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow (Zack Files Series #28) D • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Arthur and the Popularity Test (Arthur Chapter Books Series • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illu • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Cliques, Phonies, and Other Baloney Trevor Romain, Trevor Ro • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
What Do You Stand For? For Kids • AKJ Books $11.09 1 $11.09
Touching Spirit Bear (MM) • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
It''s Our World, Too! • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Max Quigley, Technically Not a Bully • AKJ Books $9.58 1 $9.58
Dude, That''s Rude! • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Super Burp! (George Brown, Class Clown Series #1) Nancy Krul • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Trouble Magnet (George Brown, Class Clown Series #2) Nancy K • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Dis • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
School of Fear • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
The Last Invisible Boy Evan Kuhlman, J. P. Coovert (Illustra • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
No Time to Cry • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
No Dogs Allowed • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Everything for a Dog • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Cheat Sheet (How I Survived Middle School Series #5) Nancy K • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (Allie Finkle''s Rules f • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Homework Machine, The • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Stick up for Yourself!: Every Kid''s Guide to Personal Power • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
31 Ways to Change the World We Are What We Do • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06

Materials cost

$376.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$412.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.77

Total project goal

$485.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $485.12

2 Donors

-$143.00

Donations toward project cost

-$136.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.45

Matching donations from our partners

-$324.47

Match offers toward project cost

-$275.80

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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