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Ms. Larrimore from Covington, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Competitive Readers Crave Books!

My students need 20 books, from "Wintergirls" to "Muchacho".

  • $303 goal

This project expired on August 13, 2010.

This project expired on August 13, 2010.

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Ms. Larrimore Newton High School
Covington, GA Grades 9-12

My Students

Ever heard of competitive reading?! Yes, there is such a thing and it's called the Reading Bowl. Budget cuts have all but eliminated funding for the library and our Reading Bowl team needs copies of next season's books to begin preparing for competitions early next school year.

Reading Bowl team members have two things in common--they love to read and they have a competitive streak!

My students attend a high poverty high school and most could never afford to buy copies of these books on their own. Although all 10 of this year's team members were girls, these ladies represent many ethnicities, cultures, religions, and countries of the world. Some are stellar students while others struggle, but the Reading Bowl team has become a steady source of friendship, academic support and ever-expanding world views.

My Project

Each year Georgia students at every grade level compete in the Reading Bowl. High school teams read a set of 20 novels that are selected based on their interest and relevancy to teens, the quality of their writing, and their ability to expand students' world views. Teams then pit their knowledge of these books against that of other teams; it's like a trivia competition based on these books! Through this competition, team members become careful, attentive, and analytical readers. As part of our practices, we discuss each novel as a book club and through this practice we learn more about the books and each other. Team members also create most of the practice questions that we use when conducting mock competitions. This task hones their skills at determining main ideas, following plots, and analyzing characters. These skills aid them in all subject areas. Teammates often tutor each other in problem subjects and their friendships extend beyond the team.

In addition to the academic benefits of learning to be an analytical reader, this team brings together students who probably wouldn't meet otherwise.

These kids have different religions, cultures, socioeconomic levels, home environments, and academic achievement levels, but their love of reading brings them together and gives them an opportunity to meet people outside of their normal circles. Team members learn about the world not only through the books they read on the team but from each other.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 10 students impacted
Ms. Larrimore Newton High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Covington, GA 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

Never Before Funded 10 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
After Amy Efaw • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95
Bonechiller Graham McNamee • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Brutal Michael Harmon • Barnes and Noble $14.52 1 $14.52
Burn Suzanne Phillips • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Carter Finally Gets It Brent Crawford • Barnes and Noble $11.51 1 $11.51
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks E. Lockhart • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Dream Factory Brad Barkley, Heather Hepler • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Flygirl Sherri L. Smith • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Hold Still Nina LaCour • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95
If I Stay Gayle Forman • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
Jerk California Jonathan Friesen • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
King of the Screwups K. L. Going • Barnes and Noble $12.24 1 $12.24
Muchacho LouAnne Johnson • Barnes and Noble $11.51 1 $11.51
North of Beautiful Justina Chen Headley • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Orange Houses Paul Griffin • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
Shiver Maggie Stiefvater • Barnes and Noble $10.52 1 $10.52
Skinned (Gripping Trilogy Series #1) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Wintergirls Laurie Halse Anderson • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir Cylin Busby, John Busby • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$210.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$263.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.32

Total project goal

$302.45

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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