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Ms. Glasgow from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Glasgow's classroom raised $676

Where Have All The Great Books Gone?

My students need a variety of high interest books for our library.

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Ms. Glasgow Arts & Academics Academy
Seattle, WA Grades 9-12

My Students

We all live in a mobile society, and my students are no exception! But sadly, that sometimes means they leave with library books. This year alone we have lost over $1500 in books checked out to students who have withdrawn. We have no hope of seeing those books or any payment for replacements.

I am the teacher librarian for a near inner city high school (grades 9-12) located just outside the city limits of a major city in Washington State.

The school campus consists of 3 fully autonomous small schools (ala the Gates Smaller Learning Communities model) of approximately 300-400 students each. Each school had a particular emphasis to better meet the students' future career goals. While this is a terrific opportunity for the students, it does present challenges to areas like the library that are shared services. We have a very diverse student body with very a high poverty level. Approximately 250 of the students are non-native English speakers and approximately 150 students have a wide range of special needs (enrolled in the 3 small schools). We also have a free and reduced lunch rate of over 70% as of last school year.

My Project

Sadly, our library funding has been nearly eliminated due to budget cuts. As we all know, there are so many forms of entertainment available to young people today. But we also know that getting young people hooked on reading is priceless; studies have shown strong connections between reading for pleasure and academic success. So how do we get these busy, modern teens into the library, and how to we get them to keep coming back? The books I have requested are all very popular with our students and desperately need to be replaced.

If we cannot replace popular titles in our collection, what hope do we have of getting them reading and keeping them excited about reading?

With your help, we can fill our shelves and continue to draw in a new generation of readers! My students ask every day if we have anything new for them to read, and every day I have to tell them no. Your generous donation will put a smile on their faces and a book in their hands! What could be better?

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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

999 students impacted 16 donors
Ms. Glasgow Arts & Academics Academy Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Seattle, WA 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

999 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Parttime Indian • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
After • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Beacon Hill Boys • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Before I Fall • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Begging for Change • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Between Shades of Gray • AKJ Books $6.56 2 $13.12
Black Metal, Volume 1 Chuck BB (Artist), Rick Spears • AKJ Books $10.76 1 $10.76
Bronxwood • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
City of Bones • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
City of Lost Souls • AKJ Books $16.05 1 $16.05
Cruise Control • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Daughter of Smoke and Bone • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
The Death Cure • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Divergent • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
The Drowned Cities • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Fat Kid Rules the World • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Fear • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Flight • AKJ Books $10.22 1 $10.22
Ghetto Cowboy • AKJ Books $11.67 2 $23.34
The Girl of Fire and Thorns • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Go Ask Alice • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Homeboyz Alan Lawrence Sitomer • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
I''ll Be There • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Just Another Hero • AKJ Books $5.10 2 $10.20
King of the Screwups K. L. Going • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Kite Runner • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
Lady Q • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Looking for Alaska • AKJ Books $7.29 3 $21.87
Maybe • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Pain & Wastings • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Ready Player One • AKJ Books $17.52 1 $17.52
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Rose That Grew From Concrete • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
Rules of Attraction • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Running Dream • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
The Silence of Murder • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Such A Pretty Girl • AKJ Books $10.22 1 $10.22
Thirteen Reasons Why (HC) • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Unwind (pbk) • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Up Your Score (2011-2012 Edition) Underground Guide to the SAT • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Whip It • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
A Young People''s History of the United States Howard Zinn, A • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56

Materials cost

$493.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$573.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.29

Total project goal

$675.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $675.27

13 Donors

-$589.33

Donations toward project cost

-$510.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.10

Matching donations from our partners

-$75.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.94

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