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

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A Student-Selected Class Library of Diverse and Fun Books!

Help me give my students a classroom library full of fun, diverse, and student-selected books to read during independent reading time. They are really into graphic novels right now, so we added a bunch!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. McSween's classroom raised $703

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

We are a neighborhood high school in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. Albany Park is an extremely diverse and multicultural community, with residents from all over the world. Many of my students are bilingual or multilingual and speak a language other than English at home.

My Project

Student choice is so important and letting them have some say in our project is very meaningful. We have independent reading time every three days in class and watching them get engrossed in their books has been incredible.

My students helped create this list of engaging, diverse, and fun books to add to our classroom library!

We lost our school librarian five years ago due to budget cuts and many students have never visited their local Chicago Public Library branch. This makes having a diverse, up-to-date, and high-interest class library even more important.

Ms. McSween Roosevelt High School Grades 9-12

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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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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

110 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Collection 12 Books Set By Jeff Kinney • Amazon Business $67.99 1 $67.99
Hellsing Deluxe Volume 1 • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Attack on Titan Season 1 Part 2 Manga Box Set • Amazon Business $39.56 1 $39.56
Stephen King Three Classic Novels Box Set: Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining • Amazon Business $33.74 1 $33.74
Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition • Amazon Business $27.04 1 $27.04
I Had That Same Dream Again: The Complete Manga Collection • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
A Snake Falls to Earth • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Displacement • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Dark Matter of Mona Starr • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Once There Were Wolves • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 2 (VIZBIG Edition) • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Dragon Hoops • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Elatsoe • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Heartstopper Volume One • Amazon Business $16.02 1 $16.02
Hunting by Stars (A Marrow Thieves Novel) (The Marrow Thieves) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Princess in Black: Three Monster-Battling Adventures: Books 4-6 • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
The Princess in Black: Three Smashing Adventures: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Apple: (Skin to the Core) • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Dancing at the Pity Party • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Flamer • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
Wynd Book One: Flight of the Prince • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Squad • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Marrow Thieves • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
Black Widow by Kelly Thompson Vol. 1: The Ties That Bind • Amazon Business $12.30 1 $12.30
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Chicka Chicka Book, A) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Firekeeper's Daughter • Amazon Business $10.23 1 $10.23
FAIRY TAIL 1 • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34

Materials cost

$558.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$596.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.31

Total project goal

$702.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $702.05

12 Donors

-$594.55

Donations toward project cost

-$505.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.16

match offer

-$107.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$91.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.12

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