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Mrs. Dillard from Sparks, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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High Interest Books for a Wide Variety of Readers

Help me give my students a variety of exciting new books to build their enjoyment of independent reading and grow important literacy skills!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dillard's classroom raised $525

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our high school is home to some of the most driven, appreciative, and inspiring students around. Approximately 2200+ students attend high school, established in 1976. Our kids come from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. At our school, you'll see that we have a terrific program supporting spectrum folks and those with other special needs and abilities, an ELL program, robust AP and honors classes, and dedicated athletes. We're the most diverse (and best!) school in the district. It's an honor to be the librarian, attempting to bring books and technology that will further inspire and support these kids. Come check out one of our stellar musicals and cheer on our teams--you won't regret it!

My Project

This selection of books provides a number of titles our students can use for independent and supported reading programs, including freshman classes, Read 180, ELL students, Renaissance Place and more. We're building our well-used graphic novel collection with high interest and sophisticated new offerings, and growing our "transitional reads" in support of emerging readers at the school, as well as adding to our traditional fiction section. Thanks so much for taking a look at our project and considering investing in the literacy of teen readers. We'll make sure to protect and provide ready access to these great resources for our 2200+ readers!

Mrs. Dillard Edward C Reed High School 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.

Sparks, NV View local requests

More than 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

999 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box • Amazon Business $28.13 1 $28.13
Witchlight • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
The Phantom Twin • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Last Pick: Born to Run • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures • Amazon Business $15.68 1 $15.68
Dragon Hoops • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Whisper • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
The Beast Player • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Legend of the Star Runner: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries for Kids 8-12) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Every Other Weekend • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Goodbye: A Story of Suicide (Zuiker Teen Topics) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
We Walked the Sky • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
In the Key of Nira Ghani • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
The Perfect Candidate • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Every Stolen Breath (Blink) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Silence Between Us (Blink) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Lie to Me (Point Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Gang Tackle (Orca Sports) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The First to Know (Harlequin Teen) • Amazon Business $8.71 1 $8.71
Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Real Friends • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive! • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Bookish Boyfriends • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
If I Fix You (Harlequin Teen) • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Little Critter: Bedtime Storybook Boxed Set: 5 Favorite Critter Tales! • Amazon Business $6.73 1 $6.73
The Sasquatch Escape (The Imaginary Veterinary (1)) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$376.82

Vendor shipping charges

$3.99

Sales tax

$29.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.71

Total project goal

$524.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$524.75

3 Donors

-$247.47

Donations toward project cost

-$223.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.45

match offer

-$262.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$223.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.91

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$0.00

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