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Ms. Seal from Gulfport MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books for a Diverse Classroom Library

Help me give my students new, diverse books to add to our classroom library!

  • $178 goal

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My Students

My students are the kindest, most determined, hardest working people I know. Many face great adversity in their homes and in their lives; yet, they come to school each day willing to learn and do their best. I love my students more than I can explain, and once they've been in my class, they're forever "my kids."

Because of my love for my students, I'm tough on them, but they rise to each and every challenge set before them.

They are tough, strong-willed, and determined and I'm so lucky to get to spend every day with them!

I primarily teach 10th graders, but I also teach our AP Literature class and some of our dual credit offerings as well. We're a Title I school, where our students are all provided breakfast and lunch each day, and where our students have very few, if any, resources to put toward supplies for school.

My students are a very diverse group. They live in varied locations, including inside the city and out in the county; they have diverse family situations, and their backgrounds are diverse. Despite their many differences, they come together to form one of the top-ranked high schools in our state!

My Project

I absolutely love reading—a good book can transport you to a completely different place and time. It can be such a fun escape! My students often don’t understand or appreciate this feeling when they arrive in my classroom, and I tell them it’s because they haven’t found the right book yet.

One of my goals in my classroom is to ensure my students have access to a variety of diverse books that they can see themselves in and can connect with—this way, everyone can find something to read that speaks to them.

Please help us add these books to our classroom library to give my students some additional options for their independent reading unit!

Ms. Seal
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
If This Gets Out: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Tell It True • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Not Here to Be Liked • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
When We Make It • Amazon Business $15.86 1 $15.86
The Passing Playbook • Amazon Business $14.64 1 $14.64
The Heart Principle • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
The Injustice • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Bang • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59

Materials cost

$111.52

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$7.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.65

Total project goal

$177.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$177.65

2 Donors

-$118.32

Donations toward project cost

-$100.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.60

match offer

-$59.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$50.29

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.87

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.17

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$0.00

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