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Mrs. Brandi from Middletown, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students Who Read Succeed!

Help me give my students books that will inspire them to become lifelong readers!

  • $851 goal

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My Project

There is no greater indicator of academic achievement than the ability to read! My goal as an educator is to develop and foster a love of reading in my students.

This is only possible with books that interest and inspire them!

My seventh-grade students are amazing! We have been on a journey of independent reading this year! In promoting, reading and student agency, students choose their novels. We read in class and a few nights a week for homework. The growth they have shown at the mid-point of the year is truly remarkable! I am hoping to continue to inspire my students to want to read more, by expanding my in-class library. The books I have chosen to improve my library not only appeal to struggling readers but also represent the diversity seen in my classroom. These books will inspire and help students to develop empathy and acceptance of others.

Learning loss from the pandemic is real and it must be addressed. In my classroom, we are working to recover that lost time through reading. Students who read are students who succeed!

Mrs. Brandi Beman Middle School Grades 6-8

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Middletown, CT View local requests

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

100 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 5 $95.00
They Called Us Enemy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 5 $95.00
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 5 $85.45
They Both Die at the End (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 5 $60.00
Patron Saints of Nothing • Amazon Business $11.99 5 $59.95
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 5 $55.00
Dear Martin (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 5 $44.95
Rick Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.59 5 $42.95
Concrete Kids (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 5 $40.45
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 5 $40.45
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 2 $34.18

Materials cost

$653.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.55

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$722.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.54

Total project goal

$850.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $850.27

1 Donor

-$850.27

Donations toward project cost

-$722.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$127.54

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