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Mrs. Zwirn from Central Point, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books

Help me give my students more diverse books to read and fill in our classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Zwirn's classroom raised $488

This project is fully funded

My Students

My junior-senior Criminal Justice and Psychology and Humanities classes are unique in that my students regularly experience a blend of their core subject matter with the power of creativity, inquiry, and self-expression. Our small learning community is active and engaged and in need of some help!

While our school is a small art and sciences academy (about five hundred 9th through 12th graders), we are a public school that focuses on developing well-rounded young people who are strong in both their core academic studies as well as the arts.

Approximately 71% of our students receive free or reduced-rate lunch, and many young people who graduate from our school are the first in their families to go to college. Since we reformed our old public high school and opened our doors 10 years ago, we have acquired tremendous resources. Most of our success is due to our dedicated staff who always put positive relationships with students first, followed by integrating core content with creativity and real-world problem-solving. Our students are bright, creative, and incredibly grateful for authentic experiences and materials when available.

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy and I want to ensure that there is a book for every student to identify with. Every student book that is placed in my library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind. Students will be able to choose books, which will help them continue to enjoy independent reading time. I am also slowly trying to offer students more comfortable chairs to sit in and our classroom is in With these new books and chairs, my students will be able to choose from a variety of books that will allow them to see themselves represented in literature as well as have the ability to sit somewhere comfortable to read in.

With these new books, my students will be able to choose from a variety of books that will allow them to see themselves represented in literature.

They will also be able to choose books that interest them. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students already have shown an astonishing interest in independent reading, and this project will only help enrich their experiences with the printed word.

Mrs. Zwirn Crater High School - Bus & Innov Science Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel (World Citizen Comics) • Amazon Business $19.69 1 $19.69
Displacement • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Six of Crows Boxed Set: Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom • Amazon Business $17.48 1 $17.48
Untamed • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World • Amazon Business $15.45 1 $15.45
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology, 2) • Amazon Business $13.78 1 $13.78
Dream Work • Amazon Business $12.61 1 $12.61
My Friend Dahmer • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
King of Scars (King of Scars Duology, 1) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 2) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 1) • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 3) • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Love, Hate and Other Filters • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Selection (The Selection, 1) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48

Materials cost

$230.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $149.94

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.12

Total project goal

$487.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $487.49

3 Donors

-$293.74

Donations toward project cost

-$249.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$193.75

Match offers toward project cost

-$164.69

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.06

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