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Ms. O'Connor from Stone Mountain, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Circle of Friends...ProjectLit Book Club

Help me give my students culturally relevant, diverse books about people who frequently don't have a voice in literature for their ProjectLit lunchtime book club.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. O'Connor's classroom raised $537

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are bright and love to read. They look forward to coming to the school library to select books, use technology, work on a maker space activity, or just have a peaceful place to be. I have students who, as soon as they finish their classwork, make a beeline to the library.

We are a Title I school, with 100% eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch.

Our population is 94% African American, 4% Hispanic, and 2% other. The vast majority of my students come from economically challenging circumstances; the school library is frequently their only reliable source of reading materials or one of the few calm places in their life. With this in mind, I want to provide the best library experience possible, which includes creating a culturally relevant book club.

My Project

Our ProjectLit book club is for 7th and 8th graders during lunchtime, where we will meet bi-monthly to discuss thought-provoking literature and issues that matter to these diverse group of students. Our students are excited about being in a book club created especially for them, and I will need enough books for them to read. ​

I have chosen titles that reflect diverse voices, as well as reflecting diverse formats, such as an autobiography, graphic novel, etc.

Diverse reading levels are also reflected in these titles. There is something here for everyone who wants to participate. This is an inclusive book club.

Ms. O'Connor Stephenson Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Stone Mountain, GA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Internment • Amazon Business $9.46 12 $113.52
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood • Amazon Business $8.99 12 $107.88
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 12 $65.76
El Deafo • Amazon Business $5.23 12 $62.76
Monster • Amazon Business $3.60 12 $43.20

Materials cost

$393.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$456.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.50

Total project goal

$536.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $536.65

4 Donors

-$536.65

Donations toward project cost

-$456.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.50

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 $0.00

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