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Ms. S. from Philadelphia, PA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Store Our Books and More

My students need bookshelves and storage containers for easy access that allow me to group the books into levels so they can find just right books to help them grow!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. S.'s classroom raised $651

This project is fully funded

My Students

Have you ever received really amazing things from a friend or family member and you didn't know where you were going to put it? Well that's how my students feel about their amazing books that were funded through another Donorschoose a few weeks.

My 30 students are inner city students who attend a public school where funding has been cut significantly.

Their parents chose a public schools because they do not have many options, which in turn does not provide the schools with a ton of support. They are good, hard working students who just want to do well and be successful and deserve the world.

My Project

A few weeks ago another project of ours was funded that allowed us to receive some leveled reading books to help develop our love for reading. They were delivered and now that they are here we have no place to store them. With our school being so large and funding being so limited there are only so many bookshelves in each classroom. These great books are now sitting on the floor because the 2 bookshelves in the classroom are full with learning materials. These materials would be used to house our amazing books and in addition it will allow me to create a library that is separated into categories for the students to be able to easily access them. Right now our library consist of random books just jammed on one shelf. My students will learn and take ownership of the new library carts all the while being responsible for maintaining and making sure our books and bookshelves are treated with the utmost respect.

Your donations will immensely help improve the lives of my students.

My students will take pride in knowing these bookshelves are going to help them find just right books and allow me to put them in categories which in turn will help them pick a book they want to read. Your donations will be helping the leaders of tomorrow. We need to instill that putting things away in the proper place is the way to go instead of throwing things on the floor. Please support my students!

Ms. S. Stephen Decatur Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Philadelphia, PA 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

30 students impacted 21donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF407 - Storage Tray Mobile Organizer • Lakeshore Learning $99.50 1 $99.50
AA750X - Book Bins - Set of 16 • Lakeshore Learning $79.00 2 $158.00
FF464 - Leveled Library Mobile Storage Cart • Lakeshore Learning $129.00 2 $258.00

Materials cost

$515.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$553.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.63

Total project goal

$650.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$650.86

17 Donors

-$570.86

Donations toward project cost

-$485.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.63

Matching donations from our partners

-$80.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$68.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.00

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$0.00

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