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Ms. Edmonds from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fascinating and Empowering Nonfiction Books

My students need 30 copies of the book "Life in Prison", with 1 copy each of 2 additional nonfiction titles.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Edmonds's classroom raised $273

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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 sixth grade students have a tendency to fight over the books I recommend. While their enthusiasm is fantastic, it is hard having limited books that appeal. I teach in a high-need area that has suffered this year in terms of supplies.

I am teaching more students than ever before, and yet I have fewer books. I want to make the nonfiction unit of study exciting and interesting to these young students. Many students are behind grade level in reading and I want this to be the year they catch up.

I need a class set of the book "Life in Prison" by Stanley "Tookie" Williams and a couple other good nonfiction books. "Life in Prison" is an easy to read and fascinating book that asks young adults to consider the choices they are making and encourages them to make positive ones that will not land them in jail. The two copies of the book I now have are dogeared and falling apart due to the book's popularity.

By supporting this project, you will ensure that my students find reading nonfiction engaging. The conversations that arise from reading this book could affect the course of their lives, and help them to make smart choices in life. It will also make them better readers! Please help.

Ms. Edmonds Hostos-Lincoln Academy - Middle Grades 6-8

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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
A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison R. Dwayne Betts • Barnes and Noble $18.40 1 $18.40
Life in Prison Stanley Williams, Chronicle Books, With Barbara Cottman Becnel, With Barbara Cottman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 30 $161.70
Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty Joy Masoff, Terry Sirrell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96

Materials cost

$192.06

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.21

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$223.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.98

Total project goal

$272.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.13

3 Donors

-$120.57

Donations toward project cost

-$111.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

match offer

-$136.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.49

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 $0.00

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