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

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Mr. Osborn's classroom raised $252

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My students need 21 books and scripts to use as material for interpretive speeches.

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Mr. Osborn Helix Charter High School
La Mesa, CA Grades 9-12

My Students

Been there, done that. Our Speech and Debate team specializes in interpretive events - taking a piece of literature or a script, and putting their own spin on it. Lately, it seems like whenever our speakers reach for a new script, all they find is one that's been done over and over again.

Our team is made up of 9th - 12th grade students at a comprehensive charter high school.

Many of the students are from low- to middle-income families and most are on track to attend college following graduation. They are a talented, hard-working group, and our team has had great success through the years as a result.

My Project

Our speakers are always looking for something new and different to set themselves apart from the crowd. In high school speech, the interpretive events require students to explore different pieces of literature, analyze the text, understand the characters and their motivations, cut a story down to 10 minutes, and put a voice to it. Speakers usually compete with the same piece all school year, with the goal of honing their performance to near-perfection. Starting out with good material is imperative - even the best speaker can be limited by a mediocre script. Our team has had the same books in our script library for years. Having new, fresh material from which to choose will provide motivation for the speakers to read, read, read while in search of that perfect story to tell.

Speech and Debate is one of the most highly-rated activities when it comes to college admissions.

Being on the Speech and Debate Team provides our students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking and communication skills that is arguably unmatched by any other activity offered. Your help will allow our team members to make the most of this extremely important opportunity.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Osborn 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

60 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Moon is Blue: Acting Edition (Comedy in Three Acts) F. Hugh Herbert • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Dream Girl: Acting Edition (Comedy in two acts) Elmer Rice • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Push Sapphire, Ramona Lofton • Barnes and Noble $8.89 1 $8.89
The Hurt Locker: the Shooting Script Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $13.64 1 $13.64
Milk: The Shooting Script Dustin Lance Black, Gus Van Sant (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Funny People: The Shooting Script Judd Apatow, Jason Schwartzman • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Buried Child Sam Shepard • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Something I'll Tell You Tuesday and The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year: Two One Act Plays John Guare • Barnes and Noble $4.70 1 $4.70
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress Alan Ball • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Wit Margaret Edson • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
The Loser Thomas Bernhard, Jack Dawson (Translator), Mark M. Anderson (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $11.37 1 $11.37
Mister Roberts (Acting Edition) Thomas Heggen • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Uncommon Women And Others Wendy Wasserstein • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
The Voice of the Turtle: Comedy in Three Acts John Van Druten • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Bert V. Royal • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Wonder of the World David Lindsay-Abaire • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
Fuddy Meers David Lindsay-Abaire • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
This Is Our Youth Kenneth Lonergan • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41
A Devil Inside David Lindsay-Abaire • Barnes and Noble $5.55 1 $5.55
Rabbit Hole David Lindsay-Abaire • Barnes and Noble $6.41 1 $6.41

Materials cost

$166.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$218.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.72

Total project goal

$251.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $251.69

1 Donor

-$251.69

Donations toward project cost

-$218.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.72

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