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Mr. Pearce from Middletown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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College Bound Students Need New Reading Opportunities!

My students need 29 new novels and books in all different genres to push them toward their goal of higher education.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Pearce's classroom raised $396

This project is fully funded

My Students

Pushing my lower level readers is a challenge that our school faces everyday. The fact of the matter is that with a little extra help, most of our students who are low level readers are college bound; they just need to work a little harder and be actively engaged.

There are some major impediments to getting the books that our students need to build their reading stamina and fluency.

Our high school's media center has not had funding for the past five years. The titles available to the students are becoming woefully out of date. My own classroom's lending library is full of vibrant reading materials that excite and engage, but there are only so many books to go around.

My Project

I would like to supplement my classroom's lending library for the benefit of my low-level readers. By having exciting new books readily available, my students will have the opportunity to increase their reading levels through the amount of time they spend reading and the types of books they are able to read.

Your help will ensure that these kids are exposed to many different kinds of literature.

It will enrich their lives and prepare them for the world of higher education. Thank you so much for considering my classroom.

Mr. Pearce Middletown High School Grades 9-12

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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.

Middletown, OH View local requests

Nearly all 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

160 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sapphique Catherine Fisher • AKJ BOOKS $9.22 1 $9.22
Ghostgirl: Lovesick Tonya Hurley • AKJ BOOKS $12.30 1 $12.30
November Blues Sharon M. Draper • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Just Another Hero Sharon M. Draper • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two Joseph Bruchac • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars Jo?l Glenn Brenner • AKJ BOOKS $11.11 1 $11.11
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Steve Almond, Almond • AKJ BOOKS $17.82 1 $17.82
Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams Michael D'Antonio • AKJ BOOKS $9.77 1 $9.77
Paranoid Park Blake Nelson • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Powers: The Definitive Hardcover Collection (Powers Series), Vol. 3 Michael Avon Oeming (Artist), Brian Michael Bendis • AKJ BOOKS $28.01 1 $28.01
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know Alexandra Horowitz • AKJ BOOKS $9.84 1 $9.84
One Day David Nicholls • AKJ BOOKS $7.23 1 $7.23
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan • AKJ BOOKS $8.63 1 $8.63
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession Allison Hoover Bartlett • AKJ BOOKS $10.06 1 $10.06
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama • AKJ BOOKS $10.43 1 $10.43
Million-Dollar Throw Mike Lupica • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, Book 1) Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith • AKJ BOOKS $11.30 1 $11.30
Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite Frank Bruni • AKJ BOOKS $10.43 1 $10.43
Batman: Hush Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $15.82 1 $15.82
The Misfits James Howe, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
Pounded Steve Rolston (Artist), Brian Wood, Steve Rolston, Steve Rolston (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $8.38 1 $8.38
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The First Codex Michael Scott • AKJ BOOKS $19.80 1 $19.80
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 Alexander Gordon Smith • AKJ BOOKS $7.68 1 $7.68
Mister B. Gone Clive Barker • AKJ BOOKS $10.81 1 $10.81
Hero Perry Moore • AKJ BOOKS $7.68 1 $7.68
Everything Changes Jonathan Tropper • AKJ BOOKS $9.77 1 $9.77
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry • AKJ BOOKS $7.51 1 $7.51
The Strain (Strain Trilogy #1) Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan • AKJ BOOKS $9.31 1 $9.31
Star Wars: Death Troopers Joe Schreiber • AKJ BOOKS $7.43 1 $7.43

Materials cost

$297.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$336.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.38

Total project goal

$395.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $395.87

6 Donors

-$181.74

Donations toward project cost

-$168.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

match offer

-$197.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$168.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.19

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