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Ms. D'Ambruoso from Springfield MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Science Books for School Library

My students need new science books, like the Inventors and Innovators Series and Computing and Connecting in the 21st Century Series, for our library. Our science books average nearly 20 years old! A good science collection should be no older than five years

  • $704 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

I loved science as a student. I would love to impart that same passion in my students, but it is so hard to do with books older than they are.

Our kids are 81% free lunch, plus nearly 4% reduced lunch.

Our building is over 100 years old, but the library is a little newer. The school and public libraries are often the only chance they have to find books, let alone interesting ones. We are struggling to increase our MCAS scores. The kids have so much drive and a deep willingness to learn, but so little resources and support beyond school doors. They flock to the city library after school to get a few more hours of library time in before they need to go home. Students with that much dedication deserve the very best that teachers and librarians can provide.

My Project

New science books are the start of an upward climb for my students. We've been working hard and the school library needs to be able to support the hard work that the students do. Our students struggle to graduate, given the climate that they come from. We are 85% low-income, and nearly 90% "high-needs." By making the library collection better and newer, we can show the students that we believe in them and that they are worthy of success.

This is my first year as a school librarian and the collection has been neglected under a string of short-term librarians.

I want to make this collection something the students, teachers, and parents can be proud of. I want the students to succeed and go on to fantastic jobs and colleges. Without a good collection, where can they turn for homework, research, and just fun reading?

Ms. D'Ambruoso
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Biochemistry, Cells, and Life Series - Print (hardcover) • Encyclopedia Britannica $136.00 1 $136.00
Inventors and Innovators Series - Print (hardcover) • Encyclopedia Britannica $119.80 1 $119.80
Computing and Connecting in the 21st Century Series - Print (hardcover) • Encyclopedia Britannica $119.80 1 $119.80
Dynamic Earth Series - Print (hardcover) • Encyclopedia Britannica $91.80 1 $91.80
21st Century Science Series - Print (hardcover) • Encyclopedia Britannica $91.80 1 $91.80

Materials cost

$559.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$597.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.46

Total project goal

$703.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$703.05

1 Donor

-$351.53

Donations toward project cost

-$298.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.73

match offer

-$351.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$298.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.73

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$0.00

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