This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
My students are from the Far Rockaway Beach area in NYC. Many of the Artist-Scholars I work with have learning disabilities and social emotional disabilities. Many students travel to school from low-income areas; they do not have access to a personal reading library at home. I work closely with amazing 9th-12th graders as the Special Education teacher. I work with grades 9-10 in English-Language arts, I teach remedial reading grades 9-12. I also host as 12th grade ensemble (advisory) class daily.
My Artist-Scholars love engaging in interesting literature about social issues in America, fantasy books that take them to a new place, non-fiction self help books, and stories of hope, love and overcoming adversity.
The students at my school are inquisitive, compassionate, and creative. As special education learners, books are so important to my students and are truly valued. Books are essential in increasing knowledge, Lexile Levels and becoming college ready. My class library is an essential resource for my students. Many of my students rely on our school library to check out high-quality books and dive into a new world, not available to them at home.
My Project
Please help fund my High-School ELA classroom library. My Artist-Scholars will have access to interesting, new and exciting books for leisure and classwork that will encourage and foster reading. It's proven that student's who have access to books will exceed and excel in their post-secondary college careers. My students will be using these books to complete writing assignments with various topics like text analysis, compare and contrast, narrative, persuasive, expository, argumentative essay's. My Artist-Scholars will be able to "check out" books from the classroom library for reading for pleasure as well.
Some themes of the library will focus around teen-self help, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, young adult themes, mystery, social-emotional learning, and equity & justice.
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
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Special Edition
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$19.88
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$19.88
Piecing Me Together
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$9.27
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$18.54
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
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$18.34
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$18.34
Ain't Burned All the Bright
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$16.99
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The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists (Teen and YA Cultural Heritage, African-American Biographies)
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Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
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$14.79
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Matrix: A Novel
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Orange World and Other Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
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The Book of Unknown Americans
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$13.29
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By The Book
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The Farmhouse: A Hickory Grove Novel
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$12.99
Blackout: The new blockbuster YA romance fiction novel of summer 2021
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$12.59
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$12.59
The Black Kids
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$12.49
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
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$12.42
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28 Summers
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Paperweight
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Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
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$11.99
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In Five Years: A Novel
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American Street
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$10.79
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$10.79
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
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$10.50
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$10.50
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
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$10.39
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$10.39
Fates and Furies: A Novel
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$10.33
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$10.33
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
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$10.20
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$10.20
Blackout: A Novel
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$9.99
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A Totally Awkward Love Story
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$9.99
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The Paper Girl of Paris
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American Royals
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$9.89
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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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$9.71
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
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$9.19
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The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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$8.70
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The Unteachables
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$7.99
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
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$7.95
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Girl in Pieces
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$7.91
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$7.91
Holding Up the Universe
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$7.68
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Red Queen (Red Queen, 1)
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$6.98
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We Were Liars
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$5.98
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
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Materials cost
$450.14
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.75
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$486.89
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$85.92
Total project goal
$572.81
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$572.81
3 Donors
-$549.28
Donations toward project cost
-$486.89
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