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Mrs. W.'s classroom raised $961

A 'Novel' Experience

My students need 15 copies each of "Holes", "Crash", and "Maniac Magee", as well as one copy of 44 other books related to Social Studies and social/emotional growth.

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Mrs. W.
Grades 6-8

I work at a special education school, servicing emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and other special education classified students. The 175 students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds; over 95% of the student body is eligible for free lunch and over 90% receive public assistance. The school’s ethnicity is as follows: 60% Hispanic, 30% African American, 8% Caucasian, and 2% Asian. These factors come together and place our children at a huge disadvantage, but we are committed to providing these students with a rigorous academic and therapeutic program.

I am beginning a Humanities-based program for our middle school. The majority of these children do not read for pleasure, and many are not reading on grade level. In the hopes of getting them to think about college at an earlier age, the program will be designed to teach them that they can not only learn to read, but enjoy it and be good at it. A large portion of the books that I have requested are history based. A few (four) chapter novels have also been requested. Three of the chapter novels deal with social/emotional growth, which I am hoping will hook the kids, as most of them have moderate to severe emotional issues.

The majority of the resources that I need are books. Our school district is a 'special act' school district, and we are very low on funds. Should I be granted this project, it will give me enough books to have in the classroom for the kids to be able to have a choice in what they want to read. It will benefit them by providing a large range of topics and a large range of ability level. Most of the books in our school library have been donated to us, and a good 90% are at a reading/interest level that are beyond the capabilities of my students.

Your project will make a huge impact on the lives of my students. You will be assisting me in implementing a curriculum that is usually only seen in the wealthier school districts. So many of our students don't come from homes where anyone reads for pleasure, and the very notion that someone CAN read for pleasure is foreign to them. Many of our kids are able, intellectually, to go to college, yet many of them don't/can't go because they either can't read, or can't read productively. I am trying to change this, and will your help, I will.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

45 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. W. Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

45 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $6.29 15 $94.35
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 15 $94.35
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution Jean Fritz, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? Jean Fritz, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator), Tomie de Paola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves Dennis Brindell Fradin, Dennis Brindell Fradin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $18.90 1 $18.90
Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s Michael L. Cooper • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
The Elementary Common Sense of Thomas Paine: An Interactive Adaptation for All Ages Mark Wilensky, Totie Richardson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Draw, Write, Now, Book 3: Native Americans, North America, Pilgrims, Vol. 3 Marie Hablitzel • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration Betsy Maestro, Susannah Ryan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Great Depression Elaine Landau • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Crash Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $5.85 15 $87.75
The New York Colony Martin Hintz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance Doreen Rappaport, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Wall Street Journal Book for Children Karen Blumenthal • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
You Wouldn't Want to Live in a Wild West Town! Peter Hicks, David Antram (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States David Catrow, David Catrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Textbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution Steve Sheinkin, Tim Robinson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House Series #27) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Picture Book of Frederick Douglass David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself! Kris Bordessa • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
The Complete Book of U.S. History School Specialty Publishing, Manufactured by American Education Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Christin Ditchfield • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine Eileen Lucas, Mark Anthony (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Pioneer! Jacqueline Morley, David Antram (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Ann Petry • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Julius Lester, Rod Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities Janis Herbert • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America Anne Kamma, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? Jean Fritz, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Margot Tomes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull Joseph Bruchac, Rocco Baviera (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
If You Lived 100 Years Ago McGovern, Anna DiVito (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon Ellen Levine, Elroy Freem (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Trail of Tears Bruchac • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
We the Kids: A Preamble to The Constitution of The United States David Catrow, David Catrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
We the People: The Story of Our Constitution Lynne Cheney, Greg Harlin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History Jennifer Armstrong, Roger Roth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $27.96 1 $27.96
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges, Margo Lundell (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
George Washington's Socks Woodruff • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Scrambled States of America Laurie Keller, Laurie Keller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House Series #27) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Series #22) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$698.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $69.84

Sales tax

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3rd party payment processing fee

$10.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$788.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$172.98

Total project goal

$960.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $960.98

1 Donor

-$960.98

Donations toward project cost

-$788.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$172.98

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