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Ms. Thompson from Tempe, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Expanding Our Minds Through Literature

Help me give my students the opportunity to expand their minds through books!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Thompson's classroom raised $887

This project is fully funded

My Project

I love my students' curiosity and desire to learn. They have so much to say and share! I want to encourage that independent thinking by expanding their experiences through books - both Fiction and Nonfiction. I want my students to embark on new adventures through Fiction literature. I want my students to learn from others' experiences through Nonfiction and Memoirs. Our youth has so much to share, and I want to add to their ideas through reading - not Social Media! Let's help them develop a love of adventure beyond a screen.

Ms. Thompson Corona Del Sol High School Grades 9-12 Tempe, AZ View local requests

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

100 students impacted 8donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sengled Smart - light strip - LED - 24 W - 16 million colors - 2000-6500 K • Best Buy Education $17.43 5 $87.15
A Promised Land • MahoganyBooks $45.00 1 $45.00
Vincent and Theo • AKJ Education $18.97 1 $18.97
Vincent and Theo • AKJ Education $18.97 1 $18.97
Between the World and Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Blackout • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Their Eyes Were Watching God (PB) (Modern Classics) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Clap When You Land • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Becoming • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Barracoon • MahoganyBooks $16.99 1 $16.99
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Long Way Down • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Simple Designs Basic Metal Desk Lamp with Flexible Hose Neck, White (1180912ALL) • Quill.com $14.59 1 $14.59
In Real Life • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
I Will Always Write Back How One Letter Changed Two Lives • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Patron Saints of Nothing • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Dissenter on the Bench • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Patron Saints of Nothing • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The 57 Bus • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Unbroken • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
Words on Bathroom Walls • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Elena Vanishing A Memoir • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
We Are Okay • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Joe Quinn's Poltergeist • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Darius the Great Is Not Okay • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Joy Luck Club (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Other Wes Moore • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Other Wes Moore • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
Ghost Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (PB) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Every Day • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Some Assembly Required The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
I'll Give You the Sun • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Sold • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Upside of Unrequited • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Calling My Name • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Sold • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Just Mercy • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Drowned City • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
How Dare the Sun Rise • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
A Time to Dance • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Every Falling Star • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Bronx Masquerade • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Materials cost

$660.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.12

Sales tax

 $44.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$753.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.92

Total project goal

$886.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $886.13

7 Donors

-$802.31

Donations toward project cost

-$689.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.85

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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