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Ms. Herick from Medford, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Chosen by Deserving Students

My students need challenging books that will also engage their interests. The majority of the books on this list were asked for directly by my students! Our current library for is only about 60 books!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Herick's classroom raised $611

This project is fully funded

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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

I am a first-year teacher at a school that is implementing its first year of 6th-7th grade. Next year we will be adding 8th. I teach Language Arts and our school does not have a library! 100% of the students at my school receive free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 41% of the students at my school are English Language Learners, 36% are Hispanic, and 39% are at a severe economic disadvantage.

Without a library, there is a deficit of books, which reflects directly on our students' reading scores.

The building for our middle school students was expected August of 2017, but it is now February of 2018 and the due date continues to be pushed back. Currently, we have a small annex building in the middle of a construction zone. In the last year, numerous teachers for this age group have left and there have been many changes in administration. The students have expressed feelings of being unwanted or "unteachable".

My students have faced adverse experience after adverse experience, yet they continue to work hard! They deserve books and other classroom materials to ignite their love for learning! I need your help changing the course of these students' educational journeys.

My Project

I am still on a mission to get my students the books that they deserve. Since our school does not have a library we have access to very few books. I have promised my students I will change that! Many of my students have been at this school since it started and each year they have to read from a small selection of books or buy books on their own. They have read and reread the few books we have. The books that are purchased through this project will be used for literary analysis, personal reading books, book reports, and other classroom projects. Since the first set of books I have even found a website to help me catalog books. Therefore I can allow my students to check books out and safely take them home.

My students have personally requested the books on this list and are eagerly awaiting to read them!

The first book drive I set up brought in about 50 books. The students have been quickly devouring the books and expressing great gratitude! I have heard students say, "This is the best book I've ever read," "I HAVE to read that next," and "I can't believe people were willing to do something so kind for us." Some of the most anticipated books are The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Speak, Once, The Maze Runner Series, and Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. Please help me keep the momentum of learning to love reading going!

Ms. Herick Kids Unlimited Academy Grades 6-8

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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 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
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set • Amazon Business $35.43 1 $35.43
The Trouble Begins: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-3 (The Bad Beginning; The Reptile Room; The Wide Window) • Amazon Business $26.59 1 $26.59
Promise of Shadows • Amazon Business $14.73 1 $14.73
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
It: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
A Light in the Attic Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
The Secret Life of Bees • Amazon Business $12.15 1 $12.15
Resonance (Dissonance) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Falling Up • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
The Girl Who Drank the Moon • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $10.42 1 $10.42
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking • Amazon Business $9.68 1 $9.68
My Sister's Keeper: A Novel (Wsp Readers Club) • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
Life of Pi • Amazon Business $9.57 1 $9.57
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production • Amazon Business $9.41 1 $9.41
No Such Person • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
The Great Gatsby • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Ready Player One: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
The Hobbit • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans • Amazon Business $9.12 1 $9.12
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie • Amazon Business $9.08 1 $9.08
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference • Amazon Business $9.01 1 $9.01
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them • Amazon Business $8.91 1 $8.91
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Whatever Happened to Janie? • Amazon Business $8.73 1 $8.73
The River (A Hatchet Adventure) • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
A Walk to Remember • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
Flowers for Algernon • Amazon Business $8.07 1 $8.07
Pride and Prejudice • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Million-Dollar Throw • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
The Pact: A Love Story • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel (The Descendants) • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
The Jungle Book (Illustrated by John L. Kipling, William H. Drake, and Paul Frenzeny) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Once (Once Series) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Uglies • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The Guardian • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Go Ask Alice • Amazon Business $6.25 1 $6.25
1984 (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $6.18 1 $6.18
Speak • Amazon Business $6.18 1 $6.18
The War of the Worlds • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
The Vanishing Season • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
The Wednesday Wars • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Call of the Wild (Global Classics) • Amazon Business $4.03 1 $4.03
Pie • Amazon Business $3.30 1 $3.30

Materials cost

$481.31

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.51

Total project goal

$610.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $610.04

5 Donors

-$583.56

Donations toward project cost

-$518.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.03

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.48

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