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Mrs. Bannon from Beech Grove, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Is Fundamental

My students need 2 copies each of 11 books and 4 copies of another to encourage them to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bannon's classroom raised $390

This project is fully funded

My Students

Open a great book and you can open a whole new world to our students. Please help our students to keep on reading because reading is fundamental to their success.

Our students attend a middle school in a high poverty area in the Midwest.

They don't have all of the resources that most students have but they are bright, creative kids who just need a chance to achieve their potential. Providing them with a media center full of good books is a key to their success.

My Project

Middle school students have so many challenges facing them today. If we can catch their attention with good books they can be encouraged to read and improve their literacy skills. The key is providing them with good books that they actually want to read. I am requesting multiple copies of books from authors such as Cornelia Funke, Kenneth Oppel and Gary Paulsen and the most recent books in the Dear America Series. You can make a difference in the lives of our middle school students by donating to this project. Help our students to keep on reading by providing great books for our media center. The students will benefit by having the books available to read so they meet their reading goals.

Our school truly believes that reading is fundamental to the successful 21st century student.

Literacy is a high priority and these resources will help our students meet their reading goals in their classrooms.

Mrs. Bannon Beech Grove Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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

400 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reckless (Reckless Series #1) Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Funke (Illustrator), Oliver Latsch (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $13.67 4 $54.68
Half Brother Kenneth Oppel • AKJ BOOKS $12.30 2 $24.60
Starclimber Kenneth Oppel • AKJ BOOKS $14.61 2 $29.22
Airborn Kenneth Oppel • AKJ BOOKS $14.61 2 $29.22
Skybreaker Kenneth Oppel • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 2 $11.94
Payback Time Carl Deuker • AKJ BOOKS $10.94 2 $21.88
Ashes Kathryn Lasky • AKJ BOOKS $13.79 2 $27.58
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (Dear America Series) Kirby Larson • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 2 $17.76
A Journey to the New World: The Story of Remember Patience Whipple, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620 (Dear America Series) Kathryn Lasky • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 2 $17.76
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, HMS Titanic, 1912 (Dear America Series) Ellen Emerson White • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 2 $17.76
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Story of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America Series) Kristiana Gregory • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 2 $17.76
Woods Runner Gary Paulsen • AKJ BOOKS $10.93 2 $21.86

Materials cost

$292.02

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$331.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.48

Total project goal

$389.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$389.88

1 Donor

-$97.00

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$292.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$248.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.93

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$0.00

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