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Ms. Copeland-Samaripa from Austin, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Building Bolder Readers

My students need books that encourage them to become life-long readers such as current popular books, as well as books that appeal to deaf adolescents.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Copeland-Samaripa's classroom raised $816

This project is fully funded

My Students

An important part of reading is making personal connections with a text. Many of my students are exposed to stories that have little interest to them, or include characters that do not share the deaf world my students inhabit.

We are a school for the deaf where students come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Our student body is much like any other high school (racially, economically, academically, etc.). The only difference is, my students all have some degree of hearing loss. Many of our students are struggling readers. Based on a recent survey in which 65% of our students responded, nearly 70% of respondents admitted they spend less than an hour a week reading for enjoyment. 40% stated that if they were given more book options that appealed to them, they would read more often. We have begun establishing a sustained silent reading program and building a library specifically geared toward providing students with books that appeal to them. We received many donations of books (a majority of which have been published in the 90s or earlier). Now we want to expand our library to include more current books.

My Project

The books we are requesting will just scratch the surface of what our SSR library needs, but it contains a list of many books with deaf characters or themes that would be familiar to our students. It also contains some of the latest popular books that our students have been begging to get their hands on. We also selected books that would appeal to our most resistant struggling readers. These books also give teachers access to books that could tie in to current instructional themes.

Our students deserve a chance to fall in love with a good book.

They deserve to have access to books that include characters they can relate to. I want to walk down the halls seeing students recommending books to each other and sharing a passion for reading. One of the best educational tools you can provide for a child is the establishment of life-long reading habits.

Ms. Copeland-Samaripa Texas School for the Deaf Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

198 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon $50.26 1 $50.26
Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set (Books 1-20) • Amazon $47.40 1 $47.40
Divergent Series Complete Box Set • Amazon $33.58 1 $33.58
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon $26.03 1 $26.03
The The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set: Paperback Classic Collection • Amazon $23.38 1 $23.38
Maximum Ride Box Set (Maximum Ride, School's Out Forever, Saving the World) • Amazon $22.69 1 $22.69
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner) • Amazon $21.39 1 $21.39
Strong Deaf • Amazon $9.95 2 $19.90
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin • Amazon $8.99 2 $17.98
Invisible • Amazon $17.52 1 $17.52
Freak City • Amazon $17.06 1 $17.06
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon $13.80 1 $13.80
iBoy • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Kindness for Weakness • Amazon $12.88 1 $12.88
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1-3 (Fullmetal Alchemist 3-in-1) • Amazon $12.78 1 $12.78
Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3 • Amazon $12.33 1 $12.33
Silence in the Wild: A Summer in Maine • Amazon $11.69 1 $11.69
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 • Amazon $11.53 1 $11.53
Fangirl: A Novel • Amazon $11.39 1 $11.39
The 5th Wave • Amazon $11.30 1 $11.30
Eleanor & Park • Amazon $11.20 1 $11.20
Frostbite: A Graphic Novel (Vampire Academy) • Amazon $10.82 1 $10.82
Vampire Academy: A Graphic Novel • Amazon $10.81 1 $10.81
Waiting for a Sign • Amazon $9.95 1 $9.95
The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel (Books of Ember) • Amazon $9.63 1 $9.63
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone) • Amazon $9.51 1 $9.51
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, Book 2) (The Lunar Chronicles) • Amazon $9.48 1 $9.48
March: Book One • Amazon $9.40 1 $9.40
Freaks Like Us • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
The Final Four • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
Boy21 • Amazon $9.00 1 $9.00
Drama • Amazon $8.98 1 $8.98
Psyren, Vol. 1 • Amazon $8.73 1 $8.73
A Certain October • Amazon $8.57 1 $8.57
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles • Amazon $8.47 1 $8.47
Heaven • Amazon $8.42 1 $8.42
Smile • Amazon $8.38 1 $8.38
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon $8.33 1 $8.33
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes • Amazon $8.18 1 $8.18
Legend • Amazon $8.14 1 $8.14
Feathers • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Sweet, Hereafter (The Heaven Trilogy) • Amazon $7.54 1 $7.54
Tyrell • Amazon $7.35 1 $7.35
Silent Starsong • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Driver's Ed • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
If I Stay • Amazon $6.01 1 $6.01
Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Paper Towns • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
A Corner Of The Universe • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71

Materials cost

$653.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$693.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$122.31

Total project goal

$815.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $815.40

13 Donors

-$784.16

Donations toward project cost

-$693.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.24

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