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Mrs. Acconzo Liantonio from Keansburg, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Independent Reading

Help me give my students significant and meaningful options for relatable texts to read throughout the year that connect to their diverse lives.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Acconzo Liantonio's classroom raised $165

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come to my class eager to learn despite facing adversities and overcoming challenges in their lives. My students live in a small bayside community that was severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy several years ago. My students are still dealing with the physical and emotional effects from this devastation. I teach in a low-income school district, which is also a Title I and focus school for the New Jersey Department of Education. Many of my students are being raised in single-family homes and 70% of students receive free lunch.

With the right mentors and resources, my students have the power to change the world.

My students are inspirational, resilient, and eager. I believe all students deserve a chance to learn and be given the same opportunities as their more privileged peers.

My Project

Reading is essential to our lives, but motivating adolescences to read can be challenging. Entering the 8th grade, the majority of my students are not reading on grade level. It is essential that I provide a variety of adolescent literature to accompany, support, enrich, and extend topics across all content areas, as well as include all genres and varying readability levels. Our students want to read about issues that they can relate to in their lives. They need significant and meaningful options for relatable texts to read throughout the year. It is important to provide my students with literature and nonfiction texts that can encourage them to be powerful individuals.

Mrs. Acconzo Liantonio Joseph R Bolger Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Keansburg, NJ View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

50 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SHOUT • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Five Feet Apart • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Two Can Keep a Secret • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
New Kid • Amazon Business $9.20 1 $9.20
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Towers Falling • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Lost • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
No Such Person • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
House Arrest (Young Adult Fiction, Books for Teens) • Amazon Business $3.40 1 $3.40

Materials cost

$108.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$139.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.68

Total project goal

$164.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $164.53

1 Donor

-$143.00

Donations toward project cost

-$121.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.45

match offer

-$21.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$18.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.23

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 $0.00

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