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Ms. Shirley from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seventh-Grade Scaries

Help me give my students the books they request the most frequently: scary ones!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shirley's classroom raised $439

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 Project

My seventh-grade students love to be scared! The genre of book they more frequently request is horror. For students, reading is more enjoyable when they have material that is both interesting and inside their reading level range. Markers and small labels are a quick and easy way to provide students with the Lexile scores of each book so they can take the responsibility of choosing a book that is just right for them!

One way students get excited about reading is to provide books they're interested in and let them explore!

Help provide a shelf of scary books for students to choose from!

Ms. Shirley Elmhurst United 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.

Oakland, CA 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost Hunter's Daughter • Amazon Business $18.93 1 $18.93
Spirit Hunters (Spirit Hunters, 1) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Let the Monster Out • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tales to Keep You Up at Night • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Hide and Seeker • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Whispering Pines • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Sneaks • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Neil Gaiman/Chris Riddell 3-Book Box Set: Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Witchlings • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Supernatural Society (The Supernatural Society, 1) • Amazon Business $12.63 1 $12.63
Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things): A Collection of Terrifying Tales • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
Took Graphic Novel: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas (Elizabeth Webster, 1) • Amazon Business $10.62 1 $10.62
White Rectangular Labels + Bonus Color Labels - Value Pack - White Coding Labels Produce Excellent Results with Standard Laser Printer-Template Included! 1138 Pack • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Wretched Waterpark (The Sinister Summer Series) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Ghosts • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
Small Spaces (Small Spaces Quartet) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Forgotten Girl • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Rick Riordan Presents Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (A Serwa Boateng Novel, Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Sharpie Fine Point Asst Colors • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
Coraline • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Ghoul of Windydown Vale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Escape • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$309.37

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$372.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.70

Total project goal

$438.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $438.02

1 Donor

-$87.60

Donations toward project cost

-$74.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.14

match offer

-$350.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$297.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.56

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