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Mr. Taylor from Eastpointe MI is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The One Where the Kids Can See the Books

Help me give my students literature racks as a way to display library books so they are front-facing and easier to identify while ensuring that our shelved books are fronted in the stacks.

  • $692 goal

This project expired on August 4, 2021.

This project expired on August 4, 2021.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I work with all students in the district, but our elementary school libraries are in need of some basic infrastructure updates. As our district's only certified librarian after over a decade, my elementary kiddos need more access to front-facing books and displays to make browsing the library not only easier, but safer in the age of a pandemic; these changes are to support literature in which students can truly see themselves.

We are a minority-majority school district with high rates of poverty, transiency, and housing insecurity; and while our district receives Title I funding, the circumstances of this year have all but zeroed out our budget.

With students that come from such diverse backgrounds, finding the best ways to support them can be challenging; but literature and books in general are the best way to start understanding our students. Our kids love urban contemporary realistic fiction; it is what they live and experience every day. With your help, my students can come to the library even more excited to see our new showcases and displays.

My Project

The display racks itemized in this grant proposal are intended for use in front-facing book displays in our elementary school libraries. In the age of COVID, browsing a library in the traditional sense, pulling books off a shelf to read a sample, putting books back on the shelf, etc, is not exactly a safe measure.

Elementary school students don't browse books by spine labels; they look at the cover, the illustrations, and the language - all in the pursuit of finding their 'just-right' book.

With these changes, they'll be able to more satisfactorily build on their love of reading at home and in the classroom.

Elementary school students also have a tendency to push books on a shelf back against the shelving wall - this makes reading spines and selecting books difficult. The pool noodles are a more cost-effective, DIY way to keep our collection materials in a fronted presentation; there are some vendors that make materials specific to this reason, but they are... expensive.

Mr. Taylor
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
6-Tier Wire Countertop Rack for Literature, Open Shelving Accommodates a Variety of Items, Small Sign Channel - White • Amazon Business $48.51 8 $388.08
SwimWays Standard Swim Pool Noodle Set Pack of 35 - Multicolor • Amazon Business $53.77 3 $161.31

Materials cost

$549.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$587.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.70

Total project goal

$691.33

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