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Ms. Yankus from Cumberland, RI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Their Way to College

My students need books to read, read, read, to start their path to college!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Yankus's classroom raised $284

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My scholars (they work too hard to just be called students) are entering kindergarten this year curious about the world around them, and eager to learn to read to begin discovering the world on their own. We need a diverse kindergarten library to encourage reading their way to college!

The scholars at our public charter school begin their path to college on the first day of kindergarten by attending school 190 days a year from 7:40 a.m.

until 4:00 p.m. They are readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and historians. Most importantly, they are on the path to college despite many coming from impoverished backgrounds. Our school opened its doors with a kindergarten class in August 2009. Thus, my scholars, the College Class of 2029, are the fourth group of kindergarten scholars to enter our still growing school, which services children from four diverse communities in Rhode Island.

My Project

My scholars are on their way to becoming avid readers, with reading tastes as diverse as they are. A classroom library that includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biographies, and books about science will provide a multitude of opportunities for my scholars to enrich their academics and satisfy their curiosities. As previously stated, our school opened its doors in August 2009- we do not yet have official classroom libraries for each grade. This classroom library will also serve as the lending library for my scholars as we do not yet have a school library either. Scholars will be able to borrow books nightly to continue to foster their love of reading at home as well.

Children who become lifelong readers are inspired by early exposure to a variety of good literature.

Help me inspire my scholars by providing them with the beginning of our classroom library!

Ms. Yankus Blackstone Valley Preparatory Elementary School 1 Grades PreK-2

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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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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
K-1 Exemplar Stories (8bk set) • AKJ Books $36.39 1 $36.39
K-1 Exemplar Informational Texts • AKJ Books $28.43 1 $28.43
K-1 Exemplar Read Aloud Informational Texts • AKJ Books $39.30 1 $39.30
K-1 Exemplar Read Aloud Stories • AKJ Books $60.17 1 $60.17
K-1 Exemplar Read Aloud Poetry • AKJ Books $24.77 1 $24.77
Toys Go Out • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
365 Penguins, Vol. 1 Jean-Luc Fromental, Joelle Jolivet (Ill • AKJ Books $13.83 1 $13.83

Materials cost

$207.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$241.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.55

Total project goal

$283.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $283.66

3 Donors

-$283.66

Donations toward project cost

-$241.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.55

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