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Ms. O'Connor from Stone Mountain, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Winning in the Media Center - with award winning literature!

Help me give my students and teachers award winning titles (Caldecott, Newbery, and Coretta Scott King), as well as helping me give the language teacher and counseling department support by funding the Spanish magazine and the kindness pack.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. O'Connor's classroom raised $426

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are bright and love to read. They look forward to coming to the school library to select books, use technology, work on a maker space activity, or just have a peaceful place to be. I have students who, as soon as they finish their classwork, make a beeline to the library. I love the fact that they see the media center/library in such a positive light.

We are a Title I school, with 94% eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch.

Our population is 94% African American, 4% Hispanic, and 2% other. The vast majority of my students come from economically challenging circumstances; the school library is frequently their only reliable source of reading materials or one of the few calm places in their life. With this in mind, I want to provide the best library experience possible, which includes creating interesting and ever-changing maker spaces, book clubs, and other activities.

My Project

When teaching an information lesson about award winning books and subsequently displaying posters listing winning titles, I discovered that this media center does not have a wide variety of these titles. Students and teachers have requested these books, and I would like to have a supply on hand for them to use.

As a specific justification for the Kindness pack and the Caldecott pack, no one is too old for picture books.

Picture books can be used from elementary to adult to illuminate themes (death, love, freedom, etc.), illustrate writer's craft (setting, characters, etc.) teach literary devices (foreshadowing, onomatopoeia, etc.), and so on. I also have requests for picture books from my middle school students, who want to check out books to read to younger siblings, which is a great fluency builder for themselves.

We have a fledgling Spanish program, and anything I can get in the media center that our students can read will be very appreciated. Thus, I put the Spanish magazine on my wish list.

Ms. O'Connor Stephenson Middle School Grades 6-8

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

Equity Focus

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
¿Qué Tal?, Spanish, Grades 6-12, Level 1 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $7.99 10 $79.90
Caldecott Classroom Library Builder: Grades PreK-5 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 1 $75.00
Newbery Classroom Library Builder: Grades 3+ (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 1 $70.00
Kindness Pack: Grades K-2 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $30.00 1 $30.00
Coretta Scott King Classroom Library Builder: Grades K-6 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $25.00 1 $25.00

Materials cost

$279.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.99

Sales tax

 $19.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$361.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.78

Total project goal

$425.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $425.18

2 Donors

-$129.13

Donations toward project cost

-$126.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$276.79

Match offers toward project cost

-$235.27

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.26

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 $0.00

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