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Mr. Zysk from Olivehurst, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Zysk's classroom raised $716

Into the Wild

My students need 40 copies of Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild".

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Mr. Zysk Lindhurst High School
Olivehurst, CA Grades 9-12

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.

We are a very diverse rural high school which has been historically set far back by violent losses in the past and is now reviving and healing in powerful ways.

I teach four sophomore English course, one of which is intentionally all-boys. I'm performing a study to see how their grades, test scores and attendance will compare with my three other co-ed classes. Also, I wish to see what happens if the ELA curriculum and activities are geared towards the interests and strengths generally embodied by young men.

Rather than the district-adopted non-fiction units in our anthology, I prefer to teach novels, particularly newer ones. My young men have been very engaged so far in my English class by the choices of our readings, writings, and community-building activities, all of which are centered on a conscious rite of passage. To read rite of passage account gone-wrong of a contemporary young man rebelling against his suburban trap would not only satisfy my required non-fiction genre unit mandated by the district, but capture my young men who are often hard-sells.

Fredrick Douglass said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." This world needs emotionally- intelligent young men who know clearly know and accept themselves. Your support of a class set of "Into the Wild" will continue a vision fusing English Language Arts with a greater emotional intelligence needed in the young men of this generation to become whole and confident human beings.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

35 students impacted 10 donors
Mr. Zysk Lindhurst High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Olivehurst, 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

35 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Into the Wild • AKJ Books $12.16 40 $486.40

Materials cost

$486.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.64

Sales tax

 $35.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$586.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.77

Total project goal

$715.37

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $715.37

7 Donors

-$498.00

Donations toward project cost

-$408.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.64

match offer

-$217.37

Match offer toward project cost

-$178.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.13

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