Thanks to a helpful donation, plenty of new reading material now lines the bookshelves inside Ashley Slusher’s fourth-grade classroom at Patrick Hamilton Elementary. These books await some young eyes to glance upon their pages.

The national Meemic Foundation, a nonprofit created by the Meemic Insurance Company, recently donated $480 to the teacher, which she used to purchase around 100 new chapter books for her classroom. Slusher plans on incorporating the new books into her curriculum for the 2016-17 school year, which begins in September.

Last month, Slusher and Patrick Hamilton Principal Heather Nash received a check for the grant money from Abbi Wegner, with Meemic’s branch in Niles.

“We’re thrilled Meemic does things like this for schools,” Nash said. “Grants like these give our students opportunities our budgets can’t normally bear. They are like the frosting on top of the cake.”

“Exceptional educators are always looking for new and creative ways to inspire their students and we want to make sure that financial concerns don’t stand in the way of those ideas,” Pamela Harlin, administrator for the Meemic Foundation said in a news release to the Daily News. “The goal of Meemic Foundation grants is to provide the resources necessary for teachers to create a dynamic learning environment for students that not only educates the children but inspires them as well.”

Slusher, who has taught at Patrick Hamilton for the past six years, will use the new chapter books —novel-esque books aimed at children 7-10 years old — in her small group activities. During the exercise, children are separated into groups of six to eight, where they take turns reading chapters of a particular book to each other, Slusher said.

Over the last few years, the teacher has mainly purchased chapter books for her classroom using her own money or relying on free books through Scholastic book orders from students, she said.

Earlier this year, though, she decided to apply for a grant through the Meemic Foundation in order to buy new material for her students.

“It was my first time applying for any grants,” Slusher said. “I decided to go for it and see if I could get it. I was very lucky.”

Among the new books Slusher purchased were entries from the popular “I Survived” series, as well copies of Kate DiCamillo’s fantasy book, “The Tale of Despereaux.”

Slusher is hoping the new material will spark the interest of her next batch of students, in particular boys, she said.

“I want to get the kids more interested in reading,” she said. “The more interested a kid is in books, the more they will read. The more they read, the more they learn.”