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Ms. Claiborne from Sebastopol, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make History Come Alive

My students need complete reading sets of The Lacemaker and the Princess (a great young adult novel about the French Revolution) and A Separate Peace (a moral allegory set during WWII).

  • $799 goal

This project expired on February 5, 2009.

This project expired on February 5, 2009.

Ms. Claiborne Sebastopol Independent Charter School
Sebastopol, CA Grades 6-8

A New School With Few Resources We're a charter school that serves children in grades K-8. Our students are exceptional: hard-working, creative, and playful. They all play at least one instrument, and have Spanish three times per week starting in kindergarten. Children come from as far as 20 miles away and we have long waiting lists for most classes. Because we are committed to having art, music, and foreign language in our curriculum, most of our funds go to pay teachers. We must scrounge every year to get enough supplies for our students, particularly books.

Because we are a charter school, we do not have some of the resources that regular public schools can count on, such as a library. Each year we try to add relevant books to our individual classroom libraries. I feel that historical fiction is one of the best ways to give students a sense of the period and make them interested in learning more about it. This year I found two books that I want to add to my library: The Lacemaker and the Princess, a novel about the French Revolution; and A Separate Peace, John Knowles' classic novel set during WWII.

By purchasing reading sets of these two books I know I will make my students life-long students of history. When each child has a copy, I will also be able to create curriculum around these texts, such as vocabulary lists, imaginative writing projects, and research projects that link the fictional stories with the actual history.

By helping me build our classroom library, not only will you be helping this group of eighth graders, but all our future eighth graders as well.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted
Ms. Claiborne Sebastopol Independent Charter School Grades 6-8 Sebastopol, CA View local requests

More than a third of 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

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Separate Peace John Knowles • Barnes and Noble $9.90 26 $257.40
Lacemaker and the Princess Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • Barnes and Noble $15.29 18 $275.22

Materials cost

$532.62

Vendor shipping charges

 $53.26

Sales tax

 $38.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$655.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.78

Total project goal

$798.78

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