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Mrs. Hilton from Kernersville, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Improve Literacy to Bridge the Gap!

My students need a library of novels for their reading program, Silent Sustained Reading. Books like Snitch, The Sky is Everywhere, The Cellar, Massive, Flawed, etc. which will be used with a large variety of reading levels.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hilton's classroom raised $478

This project is fully funded

My Students

Students are leaving high school barely prepared for their futures, simply because they are not building the necessary foundational reading skills. Beginning a reading program that allows student choice and is high interest, my project will improve literacy, vocabulary, and create life-long readers.

My students hate to read.

Many of them have not read a book cover-to-cover since elementary school. They struggle not only in English courses, but in most of their courses and on most of their state-required assessments simply because they are poor readers. My students do not complete homework, and they are disconnected with required readings; they prefer social media and digital engagement.

My Project

Increasing literacy is one of my county's goals, and to accomplish this goal, I am creating an in-class reading program that is student driven and allows student choice. I am creating a reading program where students will have the opportunity to select a text based on his/her interests; he/she will read each day for 15-20 minutes. My goal is for students to read at least 3 novels over the course of 14 weeks. Books like Slam!, Knights of the Hill Country, 11/22/63: A Novel, The Program, Snitch and many others will give my students interesting books to choose from. From this project, students will improve their reading skills, literacy, vocabulary, and performance on state testing (not just in English, but in all of their courses).

Ultimately, students will no longer hate reading, and they will become life-long readers.

Students will enter the work force with better skills to be successful and with better preparation for their futures. This program is not one that will only last a year; the funding for this project will be one that impacts hundreds of students for years to come. This is the beginning of a project that will be implemented at the school level in 2016.

Mrs. Hilton East Forsyth High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Kernersville, NC View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The World Made Straight: A Novel • Amazon $13.69 1 $13.69
11/22/63: A Novel • Amazon $13.20 1 $13.20
Fangirl: A Novel • Amazon $10.73 1 $10.73
This Dark Road to Mercy: A Novel • Amazon $10.34 1 $10.34
Lying Out Loud: A Companion to The DUFF • Amazon $9.89 1 $9.89
Feeling For Bones • Amazon $9.66 1 $9.66
Girl, Stolen • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
Socially Awkward: A Novel • Amazon $9.00 1 $9.00
Knights of the Hill Country • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
How to Be Popular • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Gym Candy • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
The Program • Amazon $8.87 1 $8.87
Snitch • Amazon $8.85 1 $8.85
Firefly Lane • Amazon $8.64 1 $8.64
Homeboyz • Amazon $8.53 1 $8.53
Slam! • Amazon $8.29 1 $8.29
A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel • Amazon $8.10 1 $8.10
Duma Key: A Novel • Amazon $8.08 1 $8.08
Hate List • Amazon $8.01 1 $8.01
Ball Don't Lie • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Shock Point • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Sharp Objects • Amazon $7.84 1 $7.84
Flawed • Amazon $7.82 1 $7.82
Boy21 • Amazon $7.73 1 $7.73
Rebel Belle • Amazon $7.66 1 $7.66
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon $7.59 1 $7.59
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour • Amazon $7.58 1 $7.58
Since You've Been Gone • Amazon $7.57 1 $7.57
The Hypnotist's Love Story: A Novel • Amazon $7.46 1 $7.46
The Book Thief • Amazon $7.39 1 $7.39
Massive • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) • Amazon $6.37 1 $6.37
Stolen • Amazon $6.17 1 $6.17
Outlander • Amazon $6.04 1 $6.04
The Long Walk • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
My Life Next Door • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
It's Kind of a Funny Story • Amazon $5.64 1 $5.64
The Cellar • Amazon $5.49 1 $5.49
Cut • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
The Face on the Milk Carton • Amazon $5.33 1 $5.33
The Moon and More • Amazon $5.23 1 $5.23
The Sky Is Everywhere • Amazon $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$343.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$405.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.59

Total project goal

$477.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $477.24

11 Donors

-$378.71

Donations toward project cost

-$324.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.81

Matching donations from our partners

-$95.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$80.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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