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Mrs. Payette from Somerville, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Starting the Year Off Right With an Updated Classroom Library!

Help me give my students a new and improved classroom library! Help me start the year off with some amazing books and some new library decor!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Payette's classroom raised $607

This project is fully funded

My Project

I would love to start the new school year off right with an updated classroom library. My request is full of some amazing books that I would love to share with my students! It also has some poster frames and curtains to help create a cozy and welcoming environment in our classroom library.

Our school has had many disruptions over the past few years and I am looking forward to settling in to our home away from home by creating a warm, welcoming and full library.

You generous donations will help put some diverse, interesting and engaging books in the hands of students for years to come!

Mrs. Payette Winter Hill Community Innovation 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

50 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MCS Original Poster Frame 24x36 Black Lightweight Vertical & Horizontal Wall Hanging Large Picture Frame for Posters, Art Prints & Gallery Wall (6-Pack) • Amazon Business $54.23 1 $54.23
CatStronauts Series Set of 5 Books • Amazon Business $48.99 1 $48.99
Eerie Elementary Series Set of 1 - 10 Humor Combined with Adventure for Reluctant Reader Appeal • Amazon Business $31.90 1 $31.90
Wings of Fire #1-#4: A Graphic Novel Box Set (Wings of Fire Graphic Novels #1-#4) (Wings of Fire Graphix) • Amazon Business $27.88 1 $27.88
Dream Chasers: An Empowering Book About Making a Better World (Young Change Makers) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
How to Draw a Secret: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Like a Curse (Like a Charm) • Amazon Business $12.42 1 $12.42
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Speechless: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
History Comics: The Roanoke Colony: America's First Mystery • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12
HOMEIDEAS Blackout French Privacy Door Curtains for Door Window,Curtains for Glass, Thermal Insulated Tie Up Shade Window Covering for Bedroom, Black, W26 X L40 Inch, 1 Panel • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
HOMEIDEAS Blackout French Privacy Door Curtains for Door Window,Curtains for Glass, Thermal Insulated Tie Up Shade Window Covering for Bedroom, Black, W26 X L40 Inch, 1 Panel • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity • Amazon Business $10.62 1 $10.62
History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes • Amazon Business $10.13 1 $10.13
Like a Charm • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Across So Many Seas • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
The Bletchley Riddle • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Show Us Who You Are • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Curse of Eelgrass Bog • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space • Amazon Business $8.71 1 $8.71
Sara and the Search for Normal • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Letters from Cuba • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief The Graphic Novel (paperback) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $8.30 1 $8.30
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice • Amazon Business $8.30 1 $8.30
Medusa (The Myth of Monsters, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Posted • Amazon Business $7.08 1 $7.08
Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine • Amazon Business $7.05 1 $7.05
A Home for Goddesses and Dogs • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39

Materials cost

$478.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$515.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.94

Total project goal

$606.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $606.28

8 Donors

-$395.33

Donations toward project cost

-$343.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.77

match offer

-$202.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$171.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.86

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