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Ms. Confer from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Confer's classroom raised $463

Inspire a Love of Reading

My students need 34 engaging fiction books they can use for independent reading projects and for leisure reading.

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Ms. Confer Alcott College Preparatory West
Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Help me engage students. The students at my school love to read and are always asking when the next batch of new books will come. Unfortunately, we do not have a budget to develop our library from scratch this year. Help me bring them the books they want along with books that will challenge them.

Seventy five percent of the innner-city students I teach come from low income households.

Many of them are first generation Americans whose parents don't speak English at home. These students need engaging books to read. My goal is to provide them with as many resources as possible, so they can investigate topics and books they have heard of as well as challenge themselves to learn new things.

My Project

I have requested a variety of engaging young adult and classic fiction books. I want to provide these items to my students so they can grow as readers and as people. The titles are high interest fiction books dealing with a variety of topics that will engage students.

Help make a difference in the lives of young people.

Students at my school love to read, but often cannot use the public library system because they accrued fines they cannot afford to pay. With a variety of titles available at their school library, students will have access to books and pick up a lifelong, enriching pastime.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

240 students impacted 14 donors
Ms. Confer Alcott College Preparatory West Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

240 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Keeping You A Secret • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Luna • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Out of the Pocket Bill Konigsberg • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Dope Sick • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Go Ask Alice • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Beauty Queen Linda Glovach • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Saint Iggy • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
A Lesson Before Dying • AKJ Books $10.32 1 $10.32
Aftershock • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Slam! • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
The War of the Worlds (New York Review Book Classics Series) • AKJ Books $13.28 1 $13.28
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments Series #2) Cassandra C • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
City of Bones • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments Series #3) Cassandra C • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Soul Enchilada David Macinnis Gill • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Remember Me: Remember Me; The Return; The Last Story Christo • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Blue Bloods Box Set, Books 1 - 3 (Blue Bloods Series) Meliss • AKJ Books $18.49 1 $18.49
Dracula • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
World War Z • AKJ Books $19.24 1 $19.24
The Zombie Survival Guide • AKJ Books $10.32 1 $10.32
Overwinter • AKJ Books $10.36 1 $10.36
Shiver (HC) • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Forever • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Linger (HC) • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Autobiography Of My Dead Brother • AKJ Books $12.50 1 $12.50
Game • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Lockdown • AKJ Books $13.24 1 $13.24
Riot • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Shooter • AKJ Books $12.50 1 $12.50
Street Love • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
The First Part Last • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Fire from the Rock • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Romiette And Julio • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Perfect Chemistry • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39

Materials cost

$353.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$393.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.43

Total project goal

$462.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $462.84

8 Donors

-$462.84

Donations toward project cost

-$393.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.43

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