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Mrs. Karlin from Brighton, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Karlin's classroom raised $489

I Can't, Miss...I Forgot My Book

My students need 8 copies each of 5 novels, including Of Mice and Men and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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Mrs. Karlin EDCO Youth Alternative High School
Brighton, MA Grades 9-12

My Students

My students are all second-chance kids. They arrived at this program because they stopped attending an old school, got pregnant, became involved with drugs or gangs, or encountered violence at school and needed to get out.

Most of them are over-age for their grades and wouldn't be able to graduate without switching into an alternative program like this one.

We are not a dumping ground for "bad kids"; we are a challenging program with high admissions standards and high expectations of all our students. We keep the classrooms small (a maximum of 15 students, typically 10-12) and provide each student with as much personalized attention as they need to succeed.

My Project

Unfortunately, it is often problematic to assign at-home reading for my students. Many of them leave the books at home, sometimes losing them entirely, and we simply don't have enough copies of each novel to allow students to take them home regularly. I know, however, that independent reading is fundamental to a student's learning, and I refuse to allow our program's financial limitations to determine my curriculum.

That is why I'm requesting 8 copies of novels such as Of Mice and Men and Things Fall Apart.

This is where, I hope, you come in. Without your donation, we will not be able to send books home with students. Your donation, no matter how small, will go towards helping my students improve their critical reading skills, in addition to giving them a positive experience with novels (something they have not had very often in their other schools). I hope that this helps them in their quest to continue on to college.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 8 donors
Mrs. Karlin EDCO Youth Alternative High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brighton, MA 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

50 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Things Fall Apart • AKJ Books $8.58 8 $68.64
Of Mice and Men • AKJ Books $7.02 8 $56.16
Fences : A Play • AKJ Books $9.36 8 $74.88
Native Son (Abridged) • AKJ Books $10.13 8 $81.04
Their Eyes Were Watching God • AKJ Books $11.69 8 $93.52

Materials cost

$374.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$414.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.21

Total project goal

$488.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.06

5 Donors

-$488.06

Donations toward project cost

-$414.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.21

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