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Mrs. Weiss from La Mesa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Weiss's classroom raised $574

Fun and Interactive Books in the Classroom, Please?

These students need 48 copies of the book "Meg", by Steve Alten.

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Mrs. Weiss Helix Charter High School
La Mesa, CA Grades 9-12

An 8.5 Academy English class needs your help to give them high-interest books. These environmentally challenged students have so many factors working against them that it's almost impossible to get them interested in reading.

Most of these students have never read an entire book in their lives because their lives don't permit it, or the book doesn't hold their attention.

Now we've found that Science Fiction is entertaining to them. They love hearing about scary situations and relating it to personal experiences. The book that we would love to engage in is called, Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. This novel will help them find that reading can be fun. The author has agreed to come visit us to read a chapter. We have an interactive website that keeps the students blogging and truly having conversations with the text. This will help students to gain background knowledge of ocean life and expose them to advanced vocabulary which will help with the crucial reading and writing skills that they will need in college.

You can help students dive into an engaging novel and expand their reading fluency, vocabulary, as well as master comprehension. This will be the first book that some of them have ever completed. It will become so much more than a novel to us; it will be a learning tool to move this class into a higher learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

48 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Weiss Helix Charter High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than half 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

48 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Meg (Meg Series #1) Steve Alten • Barnes and Noble $8.09 48 $388.32

Materials cost

$388.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.83

Sales tax

 $28.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$470.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.17

Total project goal

$573.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $573.17

4 Donors

-$286.51

Donations toward project cost

-$234.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.57

match offer

-$286.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$235.06

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.60

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