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Ms. Caridi from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Books for Book Clubs!

Help me give my students new insights, new experiences, new memories, new books...

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Caridi's classroom raised $1,037

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students mirror the diversity found in New York City. They come from every background one can imagine. They are smart, funny and curious.

They have an innate sense of fairness and are surprisingly wise for their age.

I have great confidence in the future because of the past and current students I have met while teaching at my school. My students are insatiable readers (sometimes I catch them reading during class time) and with your help I can quench their thirst for reading.

My Project

By funding books (and some much needed book cases) for my Book Clubs and independent reading library, I hope continue to help my students to grow by exposing them to different points of view from every genre. Each year it is a struggle to replenish my classroom library, as books get lost, or too worn out to use. With your help, my students will have fresh choices and fresh books to use throughout this year and for year to come. We would greatly appreciate any help you can give in order to achieve this goal. As Margaret Fuller once said, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."

Ms. Caridi Intermediate School 318 Eugenio Maria Dehostos 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.

Brooklyn, 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

90 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bush Business Furniture 30H 2 Shelf Bookcase, Natural Cherry (BK3036NC) • Staples Advantage $138.99 2 $277.98
Impossible Music • Amazon Business $14.39 6 $86.34
Pet Sematary • Amazon Business $12.49 6 $74.94
The Paris Architect: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.97 6 $71.82
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 6 $65.94
Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.89 6 $59.34
Romanov • Amazon Business $9.49 6 $56.94
Salt to the Sea • Amazon Business $8.66 6 $51.96
Every Day • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.58 6 $45.48

Materials cost

$838.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$881.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$155.52

Total project goal

$1,036.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,036.78

9 Donors

-$1,001.48

Donations toward project cost

-$881.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$120.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.30

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