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Mrs. Magrath-Smith and Ms. Ashley from Springfield, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Hero's Journey - Culturally Responsive Lit Circles!

Help me give my students the gift of books that feature characters who look like them in worlds filled with adventure and magic!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Magrath-Smith and Ms. Ashley's classroom raised $1,245

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Our 6th graders are energetic, curious kids whose favorite parts of the week are Independent Reading and Wellness Wednesdays! Last year when we did our winter Literature Circles, we were fully virtual and had such a hard time getting books to our students, and SO many amazing books have come out this past year that feature main characters that allow my students to see themselves! 90% of our students are African American or Hispanic. They deserve access to books where they can see themselves, and not just in books centered in trauma. We want to center these winter Literature Circles in YA books that demonstrate "The Hero's Journey" - books that will pull them right into adventure and magic and personal journeys into the unknown!

My Project

Students will pick from five possible titles and then be grouped into small Lit Circle groups over 4 weeks where they will read and discuss their selected books. Then students will participate in class-wide activities to share their books with each other, looking for commonalities across all of their heroes' journeys. Finally, they will create their own "Hero's Journey" story in the form of a storyboard!

This is our students' first year back into in-person learning since 4th grade!

The transition has not been easy for many of them, though they have done it admirably! To me, they are all heroes.

Mrs. Magrath-Smith and Ms. Ashley Springfield Renaissance School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows (1) • Amazon Business $8.99 25 $224.75
The Stonekeeper: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #1) (1) • Amazon Business $8.99 25 $224.75
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (A Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1) (A Sal and Gabi Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 25 $199.75
The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1) • Amazon Business $7.99 25 $199.75
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1) (Tristan Strong, 1) • Amazon Business $6.54 25 $163.50

Materials cost

$1,012.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,057.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$186.65

Total project goal

$1,244.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,244.34

2 Donors

-$614.00

Donations toward project cost

-$550.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.90

match offer

-$597.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$507.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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