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Mrs. Hartsell from Knoxville TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fabulous Fiction

My students need award winning fiction titles that will appeal to their interests and build life-long reading habits.

  • $260 goal

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My Students

Our high school is made up of approximately 1,250 students. Our school is located in a fairly large city. However, the community we serve is positioned in one of the more rural areas. The majority of our students are from white, middle-class families. Around 20-30% of our students come from economically disadvantaged families and a little less than 15% of our students have disabilities. Despite the size of our school, our student body is made up of a group of mostly well-behaved, dedicated students that are more like a family than a student body. We have a high graduation rate (over 94%) and over 96% of those graduating plan to go on to some kind of post-secondary education.

Our students' achievement rates continue to increase from year to year.

However, for the past several years our school's focus has been to increase student literacy not only to improve test scores, but to prepare students for successful futures.

My Project

By providing students with quality reading selections, we can help to ensure that students will build the life-long habit of reading for pleasure. When a runner wants to increase their speed at running a mile, the best way to improve is simply to run. The same goes for reading. The best way to become a better reader is to read more. Unfortunately, the number of students who read for pleasure continues to decline as they grow older, despite its many benefits.

Every student can become a reader if they are introduced to the right books, and empowered to make their own reading selections.

The books chosen for this project are recent award-winning novels with diverse plots, characters, and authors that will offer our students myriad choices when selecting materials for reading.

Mrs. Hartsell
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Night Circus • AKJ Education $21.90 1 $21.90
Arena • AKJ Education $18.98 1 $18.98
When the Moon Was Ours • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Sun Is Also a Star • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Scythe • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Every Heart a Doorway • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
When We Collided • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Shadowshaper • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
If I Was Your Girl • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Girl Mans Up • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Asking For It • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40

Materials cost

$187.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$220.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.88

Total project goal

$259.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $259.19

2 Donors

-$259.19

Donations toward project cost

-$220.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.88

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 $0.00

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