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Mr. Pearce from Middletown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Pearce's classroom raised $368

College Bound Students Need New Reading Opportunities!

My students need 24 new book titles to create a lending library for our classroom with titles from "Vampire Academy" to "The Undead".

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Mr. Pearce Middletown High School
Middletown, OH Grades 9-12

Pushing my lower level readers is a challenge that our school faces everyday. The fact of the matter is that with a little extra help, most of our students who are low level readers are college bound; they just need to work a little harder and be actively engaged to get them there. There are are some major impediments to getting the books that our students need to build their reading stamina and fluency. Our high school's media center has not had funding for the past five years. The titles available to the students are becoming woefully out of date. My own classroom's lending library is full of vibrant reading materials that excite and engage, but there are only so many books to go around. I would like to supplement my classroom's lending library for the benefit of my low-level readers. By having exciting new books readily available, my students will have the opportunity to increase their reading levels through the amount of time they spend reading and the types of books they are able to read. Your help will ensure that these kids are exposed to many different kinds of literature. It will enrich their lives and prepare them for the world of higher education. Thank you so much for considering my classroom.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

130 students impacted 6 donors
Mr. Pearce Middletown High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Middletown, OH 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

130 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini • Barnes and Noble $12.00 1 $12.00
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson • Barnes and Noble $8.00 1 $8.00
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir Frank McCourt • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Let the Right One in John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ebba Segerberg (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
Lost and Found (Bluford High Series #1) Anne Schraff • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Payback (Bluford High Series #6) Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Secrets in the Shadows (Bluford High Series #3) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Brothers in Arms (Bluford High Series #9) Paul Langan, Ben Alirez • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
A Matter of Trust (Bluford High Series #2) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Blood is Thicker (Bluford High Series #8) Paul Langan, D. M. Blackwell • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Summer of Secrets (Bluford High Series #10) Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Someone to Love Me (Bluford High Series #4) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Book Thief Markus Zusak • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
Busted (Smart Novels: Vocabulary) SparkNotes Editors, SparkNotes Staff • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son Michael Chabon • Barnes and Noble $20.79 1 $20.79
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History John Ortved • Barnes and Noble $21.60 1 $21.60
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes Nevin Martell • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
Carrie Stephen King • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Ender Quartet Box Set: Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead/Xenocide/Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card • Barnes and Noble $24.76 1 $24.76
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
The Undead D. L. Snell (Editor), Elijah Hall (Editor), Brian Keene (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
V for Vendetta Alan Moore, David Lloyd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Savage Dragon Archives, Volume 1 Erik Larsen, Erik Larsen (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Vampire Academy Box Set Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $17.54 1 $17.54

Materials cost

$262.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.23

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$301.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.17

Total project goal

$367.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $367.60

5 Donors

-$183.82

Donations toward project cost

-$150.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.09

match offer

-$183.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$150.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.08

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