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Ms. Rangel from Brighton, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Expand Our Literary Horizons!

Help me give my students high-interest graphic novels and the newest books by their favorite authors to continue their momentous independent reading journeys!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rangel's classroom raised $906

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach in a 6-12 Horace Mann in-district charter school in a large urban district. We have about 85 students per grade level, making for a small, closely-knit school with the feel of a family. We pride ourselves on welcoming and meeting the needs of an extremely diverse student population. Our students are 90% minority, 85% free and reduced-price lunch, 30% special needs, and 15% ESL learners. Our faculty works to differentiate for our kids in the most inclusive environments possible, meaning that any one classroom will have a bright mix of all these populations.

The students you'll be particularly impacting make up our sophomore class -a bright, enthusiastic, eclectic bunch with a strong desire to challenge themselves.

I want to reward that commitment with materials befitting their level of engagement, providing them with books that will expand and challenge their world views, technology to support their ambitions, and a text-rich, literate environment that will encourage them to stretch and take the risks needed to further their education and development.

My Project

Last year, our school's ELA department launched an ambitious independent reading program that supplanted the tired, teacher-chosen texts our students weren't reading anyway with well-stocked, vibrant classroom libraries and time devoted in class to reading student-chosen books. Our efforts have been rewarded beyond our wildest dreams: kids READING, every day, happily invested in worlds and characters both like and unlike themselves, and reaping the benefits as they see vast improvements in their own writing.

My students have already read almost 200 books this year and are figuring out their reading identities and the kinds of stories they are passionate about - but we've hit a standstill: we're woefully short on the types of books and authors my students have discovered they love to read.

Our classroom library is almost entirely teacher-funded, and I can't keep up with the wealth of great new books from my students' favorite authors, from Neal Shusterman to Walter Dean Myers to amazing fantasy and science fiction by inspiring women of color. They are also in LOVE with graphic novels, which due to their gorgeous layouts and color are frequently cost-prohibitive for me to stock. It's such an exciting time in young adult literature, and I want to share this explosion of diverse authors, stories, and mediums with my budding readers. Contributing to this project will keep my students invested in their literacy, keep them excited about books, and help them continue to develop into lifelong READERS. No gift could be more far-reaching and impactful.

Ms. Rangel Boston Green Academy 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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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Collection 12 Books Set By Jeff Kinney • Amazon Business $65.99 1 $65.99
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • Amazon Business $29.63 1 $29.63
The Arc of a Scythe Trilogy: Scythe; Thunderhead; The Toll • Amazon Business $29.49 1 $29.49
The Raina Telgemeier Collection (A Box Set) • Amazon Business $29.16 1 $29.16
The Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound • Amazon Business $25.61 1 $25.61
Boxers & Saints Boxed Set • Amazon Business $23.84 1 $23.84
Blankets • Amazon Business $21.67 1 $21.67
The End Of The Fucking World • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
White Bird: A Wonder Story • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Watchmen (2019 Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 • Amazon Business $14.67 1 $14.67
Blue Is the Warmest Color • Amazon Business $14.55 1 $14.55
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
In Real Life • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Ironheart Vol. 1: Those With Courage • Amazon Business $14.35 1 $14.35
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
Light It Up • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Full Disclosure • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Wrinkle In Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
I Am Not Okay With This: (Netflix Series Tie-In Edition) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
My Friend Dahmer • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
This One Summer • Amazon Business $12.09 1 $12.09
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Nimona • Amazon Business $11.93 1 $11.93
Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Pet • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Ghost World s/c • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
V for Vendetta • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Giver (Graphic Novel) (1) (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Anya's Ghost • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Teen Titans: Raven • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy (1) • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
SLAY • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Permanent Record • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Strange Planet • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans • Amazon Business $8.71 1 $8.71
The Silence of Our Friends • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
New Kid • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Illegal • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Challenger Deep • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Best Friends (Real Friends) • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79

Materials cost

$729.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$770.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.88

Total project goal

$905.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $905.89

3 Donors

-$444.12

Donations toward project cost

-$392.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.62

match offer

-$444.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$377.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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