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

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Read and Conquer: BoB is Back in Middle School!

Help me give my students the books they need to succeed in the Battle of the Books.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kelly's classroom raised $276

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

Diverse is a word I would use to describe the CPS neighborhood school that I am so lucky to teach at. Among the approximately 1,000 students, we have at least twenty-five different cultures and/or languages represented. In addition to this, despite its size and perhaps because of its great diversity, our school has a strong sense of community. We are a family and proud of it.

The majority of our students come from low-income households and have a keen interest in learning.

This is where you can help out!

My Project

Middle school students tend to loose interest in reading, but the variety of books included on the list here are part of the CPS Battle of the Books program which attract students' attention.

With your support, you allow 7th and 8th grade students a chance to read, discuss and collaborate in teams as they prepare for online battle.

BoB participants get the opportunity to enjoy reading with fellow classmates, and in the comforts of the school library, the team gain a sense of community as they work together on a common goal with the ability to choose diverse books from the reading list.

Mrs. Kelly Newton Bateman Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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.

Chicago, IL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trace • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Prince and the Dressmaker • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
It Wasn't Me • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
Tight • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Other Words for Home • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Orange for the Sunsets • Amazon Business $11.67 1 $11.67
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Everything Else in the Universe • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
A Place to Belong • Amazon Business $8.87 1 $8.87
Sorry Not Sorry (Point Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $8.51 1 $8.51
Dragon Pearl (Rick Riordan Presents) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mascot • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18

Materials cost

$201.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$234.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.38

Total project goal

$275.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $275.84

7 Donors

-$220.84

Donations toward project cost

-$187.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.13

match offer

-$55.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$46.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

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 $0.00

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