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

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Read, Baby, Read!

My students need books to maximize their learning in our novel-study curriculum.

  • $1,801 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

This year, 180 fifth and sixth grade students will join a new KIPP campus dedicated to empowering students with the character and academic skills necessary to persist through college, pursue their passions with confidence, and lead for a more just Chicago. Our students come from the Austin neighborhood on the west side of Chicago. Our student population is 100% African-American, 97% free/reduced lunch, and 15% students with special needs. They are curious, energetic, and invested middle school students thirsty to learn and discover new opportunities!

My Project

This year, I am helping to found a new middle school on the west side of Chicago for the KIPP network with a team of the most talented educators in Chicago. Our students will participate in a rigorous novel-study curriculum. This curriculum has been developed and improved over the last several years and has led to top student growth results in the KIPP network nationally.

In order to maximize their learning even more, my team hopes for each student to receive their own book for each of the four novel studies they will participate in this year.

Having their own copies of Joey Pigza, Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero, Charlie and and Chocolate Factory, and The Skin I'm In will create a new kind of investment and pride in their text, allow them to develop note-taking and annotation skills necessary in high school and college, and to complete assignments outside of the classroom.

Your donation will help our new school provide students the materials most fundamental to learning. Thank you for your donation!

Ms. Valerio
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key • AKJ Books $5.83 90 $524.70
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • AKJ Books $5.69 90 $512.10
The Skin I'm In • Amazon Business $5.52 80 $441.60

Materials cost

$1,478.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,530.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$270.10

Total project goal

$1,800.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,800.68

28 Donors

-$1,498.74

Donations toward project cost

-$1,280.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$218.06

match offer

-$294.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$249.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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