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Ms. King from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reach for a Book and Reach for the Sky!

Help me give my students some amazing new book titles to build our classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. King's classroom raised $569

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My wonderful second grade inclusion classroom is filled with book lovers of varying levels. When given the chance to explore books, they light up and beg for more time. We would like to enhance our library with some additional titles, many of which represent the students who are in the classroom.

“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life.

Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”

― Ruth Bader Ginsburg

These additions to our library will enrich the experiences of our students and in turn help them to become better readers and writers.

Ms. King Portage Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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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

30 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Heavy-Duty Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback picture book) - A Latino Book of Concepts series • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00
The Magical Yet (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Year We Learned to Fly (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
I Believe I Can (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Eyes That Speak to the Stars (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Change Sings (hardcover) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - featured Black History picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Stacey's Extraordinary Words (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
Solobo Toys: All The Ways Sterling Communicates (neurodiversity board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The Together Tree (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Where Are You From? (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) - picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Plant the Tiny Seed - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Scotch Book Tape - 1-1/2" x 15 Yards • Blick Art Materials $6.87 2 $13.74
The Ultimate Origami Book • Blick Art Materials $13.28 1 $13.28
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Kids' Book of Diversity: Empathy, Kindness and Respect for Differences (The Kids' Books of Social Emotional Learning) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Black Inventors: 15 Inventions that Changed the World (paperback) - featured Black History books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Fill a Bucket Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.95 1 $10.95
Just Now I Feel Angry: A Kids Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Book about Anger and Frustration Feelings Awareness, Self-Management, Mindfulness and ... (Feeling Big Emotions Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39

Materials cost

$432.32

Vendor shipping charges

$14.45

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$483.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.28

Total project goal

$568.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$568.53

5 Donors

-$284.26

Donations toward project cost

-$241.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.64

match offer

-$284.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$241.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.64

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