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Mrs. Detwiler from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Winter Reading Warm Up

Help me give my students new and popular books to bust those winter blues.

  • $379 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

My Project

It is February and it is rainy, gloomy and grey. My students are looking for something new to read in our classroom library while waiting for those clear spring skies.

Help me bust through the winter reading gloom with a bright new collection of popular books.

The Babysitter's Club graphic novels are a huge hit in my room. Many of my Babysitters' Club fans are clamoring for more! The newly re-released novels give them the opportunity to go deeper into the world of Kristy, Dawn, Mary Ann and Claudia which can support my readers with building reading fluency, deepening their comprehension and expanding their vocabulary.

My students are also excited about video games and would love to make their own games. Building out our classroom library to include a reference set of coding manuals for kids, would be a great way to encourage literacy, creative thinking and logic.

Mrs. Detwiler Elmhurst United Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Oakland, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

85 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The FunJungle Paperback Collection (Boxed Set): Belly Up; Poached; Big Game • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Coding Projects in Scratch: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Coding Your Own Animations, Games, Simulations, a (Computer Coding for Kids) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The LEGO Games Book: 50 Fun Brainteasers, Games, Challenges, and Puzzles! (Library Edition) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: 10 steps, just you and a computer • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games (Computer Coding for Kids) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games (Computer Coding for Kids) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Coding for Kids: Python: Learn to Code with 50 Awesome Games and Activities • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club #8) (8) • Amazon Business $6.12 2 $12.24
Code Your Own Games!: 20 Games to Create with Scratch • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #12) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Claudia and the New Girl: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #9) (9) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #11) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Belly Up (FunJungle) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Kristy and the Snobs: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #10) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club #12) (12) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club #3) (3) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye (The Baby-Sitters Club #13) (13) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club #5) (5) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Ghost At Dawn's House (The Baby-Sitters Club #9) (9) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club #6) (6) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Hello, Mallory (The Baby-Sitters Club #14) (14) • Amazon Business $6.57 1 $6.57
Kristy and the Snobs (the Baby-Sitters Club 11): Volume 11 (Baby-Sitters Club) • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club #2) (2) • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
Claudia and Mean Janine (the Baby-Sitters Club 7): Volume 7 (Baby-Sitters Club) • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
Mary Anne Saves the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club #4) (4) • Amazon Business $6.11 1 $6.11

Materials cost

$263.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$321.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.73

Total project goal

$378.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $378.19

1 Donor

-$67.68

Donations toward project cost

-$64.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.38

match offer

-$302.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$257.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.97

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