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Mr. H.'s classroom raised $914

Learning about the Harlem Renaissance through Literature

My students need 40 copies of "Harlem Summer" by Walter Dean Myers.

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Mr. H.
Grades 6-8

As a seventh grade English teacher at a high need middle school in Southern California, our African American students are in need of culturally relevant books that will serve as a springboard for our students to become lifelong lovers of literature. My educational philosophy supports the great African American abolitionist and reformer Fredrick Douglass who once said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

In the community surrounding our school, the county library closed in August of 2008. In order for students to access the next local library, they must travel through several gang invested neighborhoods.

In the novel "Harlem Summer" by Walter Dean Meyers, the main character Mark Pervis is a 16 year old African American male who spends his summer struggling between doing what is right and succumbing to the traps of the street. This theme mirrors the lives of my students on a daily basis. Obtaining a classroom set of this novel will benefit my students in that they will be engaged in reading a culturally relevant book they can relate to.

Your help will ensure that my students have the opportunity to escape the ills of their community through literature. This donation will help build strong children by instilling a cultural connection to the rich history of our forefathers. An enriched spirit cannot be broken.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

110 students impacted 8 donors
Mr. H. Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

110 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harlem Summer Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $15.29 40 $611.60

Materials cost

$611.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $61.16

Sales tax

 $44.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$749.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$164.41

Total project goal

$913.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $913.41

6 Donors

-$823.82

Donations toward project cost

-$749.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$89.59

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