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

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When We Read ... We Grow!!

Help me give my students more fabulous chapter books to read and explore!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Forster's classroom raised $531

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students ooze curiosity and enthusiasm! I have the pleasure of teaching a diverse group of learners. They range from special education students to English language learners to students performing above grade level.

If you knew my students, you would love them too!

My goal as a teacher is to create a community of life long learners. I strive to recognize the individual strengths of each student and to foster their creativity so that they will grow where they have been planted.

My Project

These fabulous books will enrich our classroom library. Our library is the place students want to be! As soon as they complete their work... they grab their "just right" book to read independently! Students treasure and love our library and are enthusiastic when it's time to relax and enjoy their books. Each book was chosen with my students in mind. I have reviewed their "good fit" books and selected more books that I am sure they will love reading.

These new books are sure to inspire students to keep reading and growing!

Students can choose books that interest them. We know that the best way to increase reading ability is to read more. My students already have shown a love for independent reading, and this project will enhance their experience even more!

Mrs. Forster Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Worcester, MA View local requests

More than 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $41.90 1 $41.90
Theodore Boone 6-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Keeper of the Lost Cities Collection Books 1-5: Keeper of the Lost Cities; Exile; Everblaze; Neverseen; Lodestar • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1-4 Netflix Tie-in Box Set • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
The Magic Misfits Complete Collection • Amazon Business $25.60 1 $25.60
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (The City of Ember; The People of Sparks; The Diamond of Darkhold; The Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $20.05 1 $20.05
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Books 1-4 (Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $19.26 1 $19.26
The Never Girls Collection #1 (Disney: The Never Girls): Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $18.65 1 $18.65
Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Beatryce Prophecy • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, 2) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Someplace to Call Home • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Smartest Kid in the Universe • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
Pie in the Sky • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Furthermore • Amazon Business $8.30 1 $8.30
Best Friends (Friends, 2) • Amazon Business $8.21 1 $8.21
The Elephant's Girl • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Weird Little Robots • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Save Me a Seat (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Year of the Dog (A Pacy Lin Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Bob • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Savvy • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
The Story of Simone Biles: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Freckle Juice • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Saving Winslow • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
We're Not from Here • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
What Was the Titanic? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00

Materials cost

$414.34

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$450.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.51

Total project goal

$530.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$530.07

2 Donors

-$478.40

Donations toward project cost

-$450.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.67

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$0.00

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