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Mrs. Blakney from Lafayette, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Graphic Novels Grow Readers

Help me give my students graphic novels to inspire their love for reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Blakney's classroom raised $174

This project is fully funded

My Students

These students bring a variety of backgrounds and experiences to our Title 1 school!

Most of these students overcome many challenges just to walk through the doors every morning, especially during this pandemic.

This school is their safe place, and we work hard to provide a warm, welcoming environment that will encourage their learning.

My Project

We spend 20 minutes of our block period completing silent sustained reading. This has been an area of growth for many of my students, and one of the things that helps them is having a book that they want to read!

These books will be added to our classroom library so that students will have the opportunity to read something interesting to them.

Graphic novels help students visualize what they are reading, which in turn helps their comprehension.

By reading these graphic novels, my students will feel accomplished for reading a longer book, and it will build their confidence as readers. It's a win-win!

Mrs. Blakney Lafayette Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Lafayette, LA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

57 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels, Books 1-10 Set (Graphix) • Amazon Business $92.10 1 $92.10
Jacky Ha-Ha: A Graphic Novel (A Jacky Ha-Ha Graphic Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $8.02 1 $8.02
Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke (A Graphic Novel) (Jacky Ha-Ha, 2) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$106.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.04

Total project goal

$173.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $173.58

2 Donors

-$57.86

Donations toward project cost

-$49.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.68

match offer

-$115.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$98.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.36

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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