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Ms. Comegys from Dover, DE is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading and Leading the Way!

Help me give my students Help me put books in my students' hands to help them feel represented.

  • $750 goal

This project expired on August 7, 2025.

This project expired on August 7, 2025.

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My Project

I'd like to give my students more of a variety of reading books. I'd like to have a variety of complexity levels, topics, and characters.

The goal of my project is to expose students to different characters from different backgrounds, as well as give them more opportunities to learn about more people from their backgrounds.

My students come from low-income backgrounds, all receiving free breakfast and free lunch. My students have great talents and abilities. I'd like to show my students that regardless of their background, they can accomplish great things in life.

Ms. Comegys Academy of Dover Charter School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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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

80 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Book Set: Lee & Low Antiracism Collection (grades 3-5 elementary books from underrepresented authors) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $130.00 1 $130.00
5 Book Set: Mental Health #3 (A Kids Book About: Change, Anxiety, Belonging, Suicide, Trauma - social emotional learning awareness & compassion) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
3 Book Set: 2024 Award Winners - The First State of Being, Mid-Air, Wild Dreamers (3 hardcover fiction stories from underrepresented authors) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
4 Elementary Favorites - Book Set #1 (ages 8-12): Black Boy Joy, Good Kind of Trouble, Stamped For Kids, Hidden Figures Young Readers' x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
I Am Every Good Thing (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 2 $38.00
Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles: The Complete Series: Books 1-6 (Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles) • Amazon Business $33.86 1 $33.86
3 Book Set: The Crossover Series (ages 8-12, boxed): The Crossover, Booked, Rebound (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $32.00 1 $32.00
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Boxed Book Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $30.00 1 $30.00
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 2 $28.00
The Story of Selena Quintanilla (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 2 $28.00
The Story of Lin-Manuel Miranda (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
Classic Chapter Book Collection (Pokémon) (Pokémon Chapter Books) • Amazon Business $21.98 1 $21.98
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You (hardcover, ages 8-12) - featured Black History books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Duel (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Trophy Chapter Book - Donavan's Word Jar - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$597.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$636.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.40

Total project goal

$749.31

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