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Mrs. Glaros from Baltimore, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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They Keep Stealing My Books!

My students need to have multiple copies of a variety of books that they will love to read available to them.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Glaros's classroom raised $553

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

I am a Reading Intervention Teacher at a Title-I, Public Pre-K-6 school, in a neighborhood that is especially blighted and impoverished. I work with children who are reading at least 1.5 levels below grade level in grades 3-6.

My students struggle with basic reading tasks. These kids hate to read. They have failed at it for YEARS and getting them to merely pick up a book is a challenge. I need copies of the books about topics that interest and engage my mostly male classes.

I am lacking books for independent student reading. The books I had that my boys loved have grown legs and walked off with my students. I am happy that they are reading, but I have run out of titles that interest them. They love scary stories, all things sports, anything outrageously silly and graphic novels. They hook each other on books better than I ever could, which is why I need multiple copies, so that when inspiration strikes I can get that book (or one that is similar) in their hands immediately.

I teach about 40 students who came to school having seen thousands of books less than the average middle class child. They started their academic career significantly behind the eight ball. We're playing catch up now. If I do not reach these children, convince them that the hard work of reading is a worthwhile endeavor, they will drop out of school in a few short years when they get the chance. In a neighborhood ruled by drug dealers and gangs, what are they left with? That's where these books come into play-- they WANT to read these books. They salivate over them when a peer is reading them. They beg me to buy more. They moan when I tell them to put them away. Help me to put the books they love into their hands and show them what they are working toward.

Mrs. Glaros Holabird Academy 229 Grades 3-5

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Word Study and Phonics - Grade 6 • School Specialty Inc. $10.49 1 $10.49
Word Study and Phonics - Grade 5 • School Specialty Inc. $10.49 1 $10.49
Word Study and Phonics - Grade 4 • School Specialty Inc. $10.49 1 $10.49
Scary Stories: Boxed Set Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.17 2 $32.34
Captain Underpants Books 1-4 Boxset Dav Pilkey • Barnes and Noble $17.96 2 $35.92
Bone: Out from Boneville (Bone Series #1), Vol. 1 Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Bone: The Great Cow Race (Bone Series #2), Vol. 2 Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Bone: Eyes Of The Storm (Bone Series #3) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
My Best Friend is Invisible (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
The Second Captain Underpants Collection Dav Pilkey • Barnes and Noble $17.96 2 $35.92
Calling All Creeps (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Terror Trips (Goosebumps Graphix Series #2) R. L. Stine, Jamie Tolagson (Illustrator), Amy Kim Ganter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
Scary Summer: (Goosebumps Graphix Series #3) R. L. Stine, Ted Naifeh, Kyle Baker • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
Creepy Creatures (Goosebumps Graphix Series #1) R. L. Stine, Sheila Keenan (Editor), Scott Morse (Illustrator), Greg Ruth (Illustrator), Adapted by Scott Morse • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Box Set Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black • Barnes and Noble $34.99 2 $69.98
Star Wars: Star Pilot DK Publishing Inc, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $3.59 2 $7.18
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 Haden Blackman, Randy Stradley (Editor), Haden Blackman (Editor), Matt Fillbach (Illustrator), Shawn Fillbach (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 2 $12.50
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3 Ryan Kaufman, Thomas Andrews, Tim Mucci, Haden Blackman (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 2 $12.50
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Series, Volume 2) Designed by Joshua Elliott, Haden Blackman, Matt Fillbach, Welles Hartley, Dave Marshall (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 2 $12.50

Materials cost

$370.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.08

Sales tax

 $18.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$453.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.44

Total project goal

$552.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.44

5 Donors

-$492.35

Donations toward project cost

-$453.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$60.09

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