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Mrs. Smith from Sparks, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Good Book a Day Keeps the Failing Students Away

Help me give my students an engaging, relevant classroom library full of important books that teach resilience, tolerance, and kindness.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Smith's classroom raised $916

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are mostly incoming freshmen (13-15 years old). Do you remember the stress and excitement of starting high school? I tackle teaching these hormone-filled youngsters English each day (The drama! The angst! The feeling of connecting to Romeo and Juliet!). My classes are filled with a range of both reading and socio-economic levels, which means I am always looking for ways to differentiate my lessons, reach a wider audience, and keep my curriculum relevant and interesting.

Many of my students are resistant readers and my main focus is to push them to discover the joy and importance of reading in our world today.

As we come out of the haze of distant learning, I am looking to update my classroom library with books filled with resilient protagonists tackling issues with mental health, racism, and bullying.

My Project

As my students are coming from almost a year and a half of distance learning and we learn to adjust to the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, I am looking to refresh my curriculum. We need to instill hope, resilience, and kindness into the new generation of students.

As an English teacher, I have become very aware of the lack of diversity among the authors we teach and am looking to rectify this issue by securing books from more people of color about more relevant issues.

Students learn through reading so I want to expand my library to include more engaging books that can keep kids turning pages instead of the ever-present screen-time trap.

My last goal of updating my classroom library is getting more books that address mental health. Too many students are struggling in silence and can often find hope when reading about characters similar to themselves.

Mrs. Smith Edward C Reed High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Concrete Rose • Amazon Business $13.98 4 $55.92
The Poet X • Amazon Business $9.50 4 $38.00
I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent) • Amazon Business $8.99 4 $35.96
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 4 $35.96
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 4 $35.96
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $8.39 4 $33.56
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.78 4 $27.12
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Stranger Things: The Other Side (Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
Impulse • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Rose That Grew From Concrete • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Crank (The Crank Trilogy) • Amazon Business $12.55 1 $12.55
The Poet X • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Blood of My Blood (I Hunt Killers, 3) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Sun Is Also a Star • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
People Kill People • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Game: The Sequel to "I Hunt Killers" (I Hunt Killers, 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Patron Saints of Nothing • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Pillow Thoughts • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Thunderhead (2) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We Were Here • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ball Don't Lie • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Looking for Alaska • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
Scythe (1) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $6.02 1 $6.02
We Were Liars • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
All American Boys • Amazon Business $5.07 1 $5.07

Materials cost

$681.62

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.99

Sales tax

 $53.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$778.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.35

Total project goal

$915.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $915.69

1 Donor

-$915.69

Donations toward project cost

-$778.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$137.35

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