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Mrs. Bates from Summerville, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Series for Student Success

My students need engaging and relevant novel series to help them stretch their brain and increase their reading level. These novels sets will help students find a series that they love and stick with it!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bates's classroom raised $401

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My students are kind, creative and full of energy!

They like to move, they love to read and love lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as "typical". I'm not able to control their home lives, however, I can help control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

I am requesting 3 sets of popular book set series to add to my classroom library. My students enjoy checking these titles out from the library, but unfortunately they are almost always checked out.

My hope is that students will latch onto these popular series to develop a love of reading!

I have requested the series, Judy Moody, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Dork Diaries. All of these series are in the range of reading levels for my class. These series will be added into my classroom library so students can read them as they please without worry of them being checked out at the library. My students love reading these books, because they can relate to the characters and they are eager to find the next book in the series!

Mrs. Bates Alston - Bailey Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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 three‑quarters 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dork Diaries (13 Books) • AKJ Education $135.33 1 $135.33
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (11 Books) • AKJ Education $114.82 1 $114.82
Judy Moody (8 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $35.86 1 $35.86

Materials cost

$286.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$340.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.08

Total project goal

$400.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $400.54

1 Donor

-$400.54

Donations toward project cost

-$340.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.08

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 $0.00

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