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Ms. Appel from Columbus, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Knowledge Is Power

Help me give my students books to fill a vending machine to support personal reading choices!

  • $1,834 goal

This project expired on June 30, 2024.

This project expired on June 30, 2024.

My Project

Our school is a public-school serving K through 12 students.

KCHS does not have a school library, so we want to fill a book vending machine to support research, recreational, and personal growth reading.

Staff and teachers will contribute their favorites too.

KCHS's vision is to ensure that all students receive educational opportunities that prepare, inspire, and empower them to pursue and achieve their lifelong goals.

Knowledge is power, and reading is the fuel that stokes scholarship, citizenship, and understanding and compassion.

Thank you for supporting young minds!

Ms. Appel KIPP Columbus Primary 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.

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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

Never Before Funded 450 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 5 $85.45
Boundless (Scholastic Focus) • Amazon Business $15.99 5 $79.95
I Am the Night Sky: ...& Other Reflections by Muslim American Youth (Shout Mouse Press Young Adult Books) • Amazon Business $14.99 5 $74.95
Game On! (Game On, 1) • Amazon Business $13.02 5 $65.10
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) • Amazon Business $12.99 5 $64.95
The Resilient Teen: 10 Key Skills to Bounce Back from Setbacks and Turn Stress into Success (The Instant Help Solutions Series) • Amazon Business $12.96 5 $64.80
We Make It Better: The LGBTQ Community and Their Positive Contributions to Society (Gender Identity Book for Teens, Gay Rights, Transgender, for Readers of Nonbinary) • Amazon Business $12.32 5 $61.60
145th Street: Short Stories • Amazon Business $11.99 5 $59.95
Resilient Black Girl: 52 Weeks of Anti-Racist Activities for Black Joy and Resilience (Social Justice and Antiracist Book for Teens, Gift for Teenage Girl) (Badass Black Girl) • Amazon Business $11.99 5 $59.95
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People) • Amazon Business $11.29 5 $56.45
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.78 5 $53.90
The House of the Scorpion • Amazon Business $10.39 5 $51.95
99 Non-Lame Journaling Prompts for Teens: Journal with Writing Prompts for Teenage Girls and Boys, A Book for Self Discovery and Self Expression, Fun Daily Prompt Notebook • Amazon Business $8.24 5 $41.20
Ace of Spades (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 2 $34.18
All You Have To Do • Amazon Business $17.00 2 $34.00
The Poet X (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1) • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $13.86 2 $27.72
We Are All So Good at Smiling • Amazon Business $12.69 2 $25.38
Native Son (Perennial Classics) • Amazon Business $12.28 2 $24.56
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks - Adapted for Young People (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Promise Boys • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
The Darkness Outside Us • Amazon Business $9.95 2 $19.90
Gone (Gone, 1) • Amazon Business $9.59 2 $19.18
Lord of the Flies • AKJ Education $8.76 2 $17.52
The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile (Scholastic Focus) • Amazon Business $17.40 1 $17.40
Dread Nation • Amazon Business $8.59 2 $17.18
The Girl in the Headlines • Amazon Business $8.48 2 $16.96
Concrete Kids (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 2 $16.18
American Born Chinese (YA paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Fallen Angels • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Furia (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
The Long Walk • Amazon Business $7.49 2 $14.98
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $7.13 2 $14.26
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $6.79 2 $13.58
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager • Amazon Business $6.59 2 $13.18
The City Beautiful • Amazon Business $13.04 1 $13.04
You Should See Me in a Crown (paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
All American Boys (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $11.70 1 $11.70
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Stars Beneath Our Feet (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
The House on Mango Street (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Long Way Down (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $10.79 1 $10.79
Other Words for Home (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Dear Martin (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Patron Saints of Nothing • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
A Good Kind of Trouble • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$1,483.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.72

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,558.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$274.97

Total project goal

$1,833.16

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