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Mr. Roughton from Jurupa Valley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Roughton's classroom raised $330

Are You a Gifted Child Looking for Special Opportunities?

My students need 35 paperback copies of the novel "The Mysterious Benedict Society."

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Mr. Roughton Jurupa Middle School
Jurupa Valley, CA Grades 6-8

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What if there was a book that gifted kids could read that would not just entertain and educate them but help them understand who they are? There is! I would like to get a class set (35) of the novel The Mysterious Benedict Society. I am teaching an elective class for gifted students at our middle school I'd like to read a novel as a class so we can do a serious literary analysis. I teach in a low income, high Spanish-speaking area where few of the kids have access to novels at home. Our school has a library but it is rarely updated with new books and few of our kids are even aware they can check out books. I asked our librarian if we had any class sets of books I could use for my class and was told we only had "The Giver" which our English classes already read. I want to provide my class with a reading experience that is both challenging and exciting. This book fits the bill perfectly! It is a mystery/adventure story written specifically for young gifted kids. The characters in the story all have many of the "quirks" one finds in young gifted kids. They are smarter than their peers (and in many cases their elders!), they have unique interests, they watch the news, etc. They are recruited by a mysterious organization to help discover The Truth through use of their talents. This concept of "The Truth" (that there is something more to know than just what we see) is a theme I had planned to use in the class before I ever even heard of the book. It is just so perfect! The book also has puzzles throughout the story that readers can solve along with the characters in the story. I had a ton of fun reading it myself and saw much of myself in the characters and I know my gifted kids would do the same. These kids often feel awkward due to their differences to other kids at school and seeing "themselves" as heroes in a book would be a great experience. It even uses some high level vocabulary within context (as gifted kids also tend to do!) so my kids will come away with further reinforcement in that way as well. I intend to use these books with my gifted class and then give them to our school library to be used by other classes as well (our AVID classes I think would love it too). So often schools at the secondary level overlook their gifted kids and I want to see that changed. These are the kids who will be our future leaders. I want them to start thinking!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

35 students impacted 6 donors
Mr. Roughton Jurupa Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Jurupa Valley, CA 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

35 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 35 $220.15

Materials cost

$220.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.02

Sales tax

 $15.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$270.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.27

Total project goal

$329.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $329.27

6 Donors

-$329.27

Donations toward project cost

-$270.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.27

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