You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. DeSimone from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. DeSimone is requesting
Fully Funded

Ms. DeSimone's classroom raised $468

What Good Is a Classroom Without Great Books?

My students need 1-5 copies each of 20+ book titles, including "Twilight" and "Breaking Dawn".

Classroom photo
Ms. DeSimone profile photo
Ms. DeSimone Staten Island School - Civic Leadership
Staten Island, NY Grades 6-8

My Students

Hardworking middle school students in a high need community are in dire need of independent reading books. Without books, some of my students will never leave their neighborhood. New books will open doors for them that are usually closed.

I teach sixth grade in a new NYC public school, and due to budget cuts, we have been supplied with very limited libraries for our classrooms.

We do not have nearly enough books to provide a book for each child on his or her reading level. In fact, the sixty avid readers in my classroom do not even have enough books to get through January! NYS reading standards state that each student must read 25 books each year. Please help my motivated students reach that goal by providing new engaging books that can satisfy their desire to learn. Each book was chosen to expose the students to new diverse people and interesting places. I anticipate great book conversations developing from the complex plot lines and characters.

My Project

I have chosen books with characters and story lines that will engage my students. I hope these books will take my students into the lives of characters they can relate to, admire, and remember forever. I chose classics such as Of Mice and Men as well as new popular titles such as the Twilight saga.

Through your generosity, sixty NYC public school students will read, learn, experience new people and places, and grow.

You will help these young boys and girls learn to love reading and this is a gift that will last throughout their lifetimes! Thank you!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. DeSimone Staten Island School - Civic Leadership Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

60 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. DeSimone is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Eclipse Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Pretty Little Liars Box Set Sara Shepard • Barnes and Noble $16.66 1 $16.66
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.55 5 $27.75
Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Eclipse Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Pretty Little Liars Box Set Sara Shepard • Barnes and Noble $16.66 1 $16.66
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.55 5 $27.75
Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck • Barnes and Noble $7.69 5 $38.45
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
New Moon Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club #20) Billie Letts • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $6.83 5 $34.15
Stories for a Teen's Heart, Book 3, Vol. 3 Alice Gray (Compiler), Judy Gordon, Nancy Jo Sullivan, Judy Gordon (Compiler), Nancy Jo Sullivan (Compiler) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
I Am the Messenger Markus Zusak • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Showcase Presents: Teen Titans Volume 1 Bob Haney, Nick Cardy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
The New Teen Titans: The Terror of Trigon Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Tanghal Perez, Romeo Tanghal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
That Was Then, This Is Now S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $8.54 5 $42.70
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) SparkNotes Editors, William Shakespeare, Matt Wiegle (Illustrator), Adapted by Matt Wiegle • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck • Barnes and Noble $7.69 5 $38.45
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
New Moon Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club #20) Billie Letts • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $6.83 5 $34.15
Stories for a Teen's Heart, Book 3, Vol. 3 Alice Gray (Compiler), Judy Gordon, Nancy Jo Sullivan, Judy Gordon (Compiler), Nancy Jo Sullivan (Compiler) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
I Am the Messenger Markus Zusak • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Showcase Presents: Teen Titans Volume 1 Bob Haney, Nick Cardy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
The New Teen Titans: The Terror of Trigon Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Tanghal Perez, Romeo Tanghal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) SparkNotes Editors, William Shakespeare, Matt Wiegle (Illustrator), Adapted by Matt Wiegle • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
That Was Then, This Is Now S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $8.54 5 $42.70

Materials cost

$365.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$406.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.72

Total project goal

$467.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $467.11

3 Donors

-$98.01

Donations toward project cost

-$85.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.74

match offer

-$369.10

Match offer toward project cost

-$321.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.98

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. DeSimone and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/what-good-is-a-classroom-without-great-b/412372/","mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":60,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. DeSimone","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-465133311","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Staten Island","teachersOnPage":[16824],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":412372,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":97400,"schoolName":"Staten Island School - Civic Leadership","authorIds":{"16824":{"owner":"Ms. DeSimone","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[412372],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp16824_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1468420486970","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":36480,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NzUwMQ==","NjY3ODEz","MjM4MDgy","NzU4OTg3"],"teacherId":16824,"schoolCounty":"Richmond (Staten Island)","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}