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Ms. Poland from Oliver Springs, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read-Aloud Books From a Few of Our Favorite Series!

Help me give my students read-aloud books from our favorite series - Pop Classics, Alexander, and Pigeon!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Poland's classroom raised $367

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have fallen in love with my students' perseverance and bright spirits! Despite the daily challenges my students face, they come to school with smiles on their faces ready to tackle whatever is thrown at them. My students work very hard and they are super excited to learn.

I teach at a Title I funded school where one hundred percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch.

Many students in my school receive food kits for the weekends and are placed in the Angel Tree program each year at Christmas. Despite living in a perpetual cycle of poverty, their spirits remain unbreakable.

It's no secret that children from difficult backgrounds are underdogs from the very beginning. That is why they need a champion, someone who believes in them enough to give them a chance at success. This project will open the door to uncharted territory for my students and allow them to reach a level of success they never knew existed.

My Project

We have recently started a 200 Book Challenge, which challenges our classroom to read 200 books together this year. My students are loving the different titles and variety of books that we have to choose from! The books we've read so far are books from my personal collection as well as about 4 dozen that we've acquired through generous donors on Donors Choose!

After asking for input from my students, they have selected their favorite books and would like to get the entire series to read for our 200 Book Challenge!

These series include: Pop Classics books by Kim Smith, Alexander books by Judith Viorst, and Pigeon books by Mo Willems. This project will add over 20 more books for us to read and help us reach our goal of 200 books for the year!

Ms. Poland Petros - Joyner Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

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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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday • Amazon Business $18.29 1 $18.29
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $17.85 1 $17.85
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon Business $17.19 1 $17.19
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move • Amazon Business $16.54 1 $16.54
Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Doctor Who: The Runaway TARDIS (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Karate Kid: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
School of Rock: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
The X-Files: Earth Children Are Weird: A Picture Book (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Except Antarctica • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
Back to the Future: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $10.94 1 $10.94
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? (Pigeon series) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Elf: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
I Can't Find My Whatchamacallit (Functioning Executive) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (Pigeon, 9) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00

Materials cost

$277.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.99

Total project goal

$366.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $366.61

2 Donors

-$366.61

Donations toward project cost

-$311.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.99

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