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Mrs. Bisbee from Ashtabula, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Project: New Start

Help me give my students up-to-date books so I can make my library the very best it can be!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bisbee's classroom raised $588

This project is fully funded

My Students

The best part of coming into work every day, is seeing all the kids and their smiling faces. My students are so very resilient. The pandemic has been hard on so many of us, but my kids have shown up and worked hard every single day. They are excited to be at school and I want them to be just as excited to come into my library!

My students can find joy in the simple things that some people can take for granted.

They are eager to please, willing to lend a hand, and thoughtful. They are unique and let their lights shine!

My Project

This project will help me give my library a face-lift!

My students need new books that are interesting, catchy and that can help me spark a love of reading in this amazing generation!

A lot of the books in our library have been there since the opening of our school in the 1960's, and it's time we brought some new diverse books in to brighten things up! Having this project funded will provide us with new authors, new genres and some amazing new items for my kids, who deserve the world!

I want them to see that reading doesn't have to be boring. You can go new places, make friends, solve mysteries and learn awesome new things all from the pages of a book. Books can change your life, if you'll let them!

Mrs. Bisbee Ridgeview Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Ashtabula, OH 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

412 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boxcar Children Bookshelf (The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Books 1-12) • Amazon Business $43.84 1 $43.84
The Little House (9 Volumes Set) • Amazon Business $39.83 1 $39.83
Choose Your Own Adventure 6-Book Boxed Set #1 (The Abominable Snowman, Journey Under The Sea, Space And Beyond, The Lost Jewels of Nabooti, Mystery of the Maya, House of Danger) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Pax 2-Book Box Set: Pax and Pax, Journey Home • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: What We Know & What We Don't • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
You Choose: Survival Boxed Set • Amazon Business $19.82 1 $19.82
My Favorite Berenstain Bears Stories: Learning to Read Box Set (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $17.86 1 $17.86
The Adventures of Lily Huckleberry in Japan (with Japan patch) • Amazon Business $17.70 1 $17.70
Legend of the Star Runner: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure Book for Boys and Girls (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries for Kids 8-12) • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
The Adventures of Lily Huckleberry in Scandinavia (with Scandinavia patch) • Amazon Business $16.64 1 $16.64
The Adventures of Lily Huckleberry in Mexico (with Mexico patch) • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
History!: The Past as You've Never Seen it Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias) • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
FORTNITE (Official): The Ultimate Locker: The Visual Encyclopedia (Official Fortnite Books) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Through Rosalie Colored Glasses: A Children’s Chapter Book About Kindness, Friendship and Bravery for 8, 9, 10 & 11-Year-Old Girls • Amazon Business $13.63 1 $13.63
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Interesting Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of the Most Interesting, Unbelievable, and Craziest Stories on Earth! • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
Property of the Rebel Librarian • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
I Have a Bad Feeling About This • Amazon Business $10.05 1 $10.05
The Forbidden Library • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
When You Trap a Tiger: (Winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Into the Dark: a scary mystery book for kids aged 9-15 • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Chocolate Touch • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, 1) • Amazon Business $7.60 1 $7.60
Scritch Scratch: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $7.37 1 $7.37
The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
The Wonky Donkey • Amazon Business $5.28 1 $5.28
How to Catch a Mermaid • Amazon Business $5.10 1 $5.10
Otter: What Pet Is Best? (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real (Reading Railroad Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Mac and Cheese (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Get the Giggles (Scholastic Reader, Level 1): A First Joke Book • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Ice Cream Soup (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$462.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$499.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.14

Total project goal

$587.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$587.58

5 Donors

-$580.75

Donations toward project cost

-$499.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.83

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$0.00

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