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Ms. Culbreth from Spartanburg, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Is the Reward!

Help me give my students books, bookmarks, and writing pens to reinforce reading and writing skills when students earn rewards for their great P.B.I.S. behavior!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Culbreth's classroom raised $752

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are avid readers, falling in love with the stories they find in our literacy closet. They are beginning to enjoy reading for a wide variety of experiences it can provide them. It is our job as a school community to foster that love of books for them.

Although we serve a high poverty population of families who do without lots of extras, our students deserve the supports to help them get the most out of life.

Our students deserve the best reading materials to choose from, which will support and encourage their love of books during this critical stage in their educational lives. As a Title I school, most of our students come from underprivileged homes. Well-stocked bookcases at school, a well-used literacy closet, and books students line up to check out are all tools we can use to level the playing field for our students.

My Project

Students here participate in Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, P.B.I.S. This means we teach and reinforce positive behaviors often to encourage the kinds of behaviors we wish students to display. Students can earn rewards several times a year.

When our students get rewards for great behavior, we also want those rewards to reinforce reading and writing skills!

Our students love books. They love writing with fancy gel pens. They love collecting the entire series of books by a favorite author. They are well on their way to becoming lifelong readers! Please help them do so.

Ms. Culbreth Jesse S Bobo Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

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.

Spartanburg, SC View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Glitter Gel Pens, 100 Color Glitter Pen Set for Making Cards, 30% More Ink Neon Glitter Gel Marker for Adult Coloring Books, Journaling Crafting Doodling Drawing • Amazon Business $18.98 5 $94.90
Elephant & Piggie Series Entire Complete 25 Books Set Collection Bundle by Mo Willems • Amazon Business $75.86 1 $75.86
Dog Man Series 7 Books Collection Set By Dav Pilkey (Dog Man, Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, Dog Man and Cat Kid, Lord of the Fleas, Brawl of the Wild [Hardcover], For Whom the Ball Rolls [Hardcove • Amazon Business $73.95 1 $73.95
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $58.99 1 $58.99
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $47.26 1 $47.26
Optical Bookmarks Laminated Book Markers Creative Colored Bookmarks Reading Bookmarks for School Office Teacher Student Classroom Stationery Supply (80) • Amazon Business $10.99 4 $43.96
Black Lagoon 12 Book Set ( Black Lagoon vols 1 through 12 ) • Amazon Business $40.95 1 $40.95
I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $36.74 1 $36.74
Raymond Geddes Smell-O-Rama Mini Scented 60/Dsp Gel Ink Rollerball Pen (70322) • Amazon Business $18.25 2 $36.50
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $24.48 1 $24.48
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 4-Book Box Set: Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $16.26 1 $16.26
Pete the Cat 12-Book Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $11.14 1 $11.14

Materials cost

$560.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$638.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.76

Total project goal

$751.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$751.71

4 Donors

-$394.53

Donations toward project cost

-$340.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.93

match offer

-$351.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$298.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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