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Ms. S. from New York NY is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books Please!

Help me give my students their very own copy of the classic text (now on Broadway) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

  • $385 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Students from my school come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The majority of them are 2-3 grade levels behind in reading, writing, and mathematics and have struggled to catch up since middle school.

They come to my school hoping to become lawyers so that they can make a difference in the world around them.

In essence, they want to become contributing members of society, not just functioning ones. They want to learn and just need a little more support to make them better contenders in a competitive world.

My Project

We need brand new copies of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The copies we have now have torn covers, missing pages, and look so old that students hardly want to touch them. Additionally, students want the ability to annotate in the books they read. Annotating is such an important reading strategy and our school emphasizes it, especially in English classes. Lastly, as an English teacher, I would love for my students to build personal libraries at home. Having books to keep will give them the opportunity to revisit books - as well as their observations about them - and share them with their family and friends.

Ms. S.
Grades 9-12
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 30 students.

4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
To Kill a Mockingbird • AKJ Education $8.98 30 $269.40
To Kill a Mockingbird Student Pack • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher Guide NU1572 • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
To Kill a Mockingbird (Teacher Guide) • AKJ Education $5.13 1 $5.13

Materials cost

$292.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

State sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.73

Total project goal

$384.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $384.88

3 Donors

-$248.00

Donations toward project cost

-$222.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.95

match offer

-$123.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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 $0.00

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