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Mr. Harshman from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Read!

Help me give my students some awesome books to give them literary joy!

  • $182 goal

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My Project

I pride myself on maintaining a rather thorough, contemporary and busy classroom library.

In my classroom library I try to stock titles that will interest the students, get them reading, encourage further reading and instill in them a lifelong love of literacy.

It's no secret that the average modern teenager loves horror (in all facets - video games, films, literature...).

Given that a new Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN is now streaming (and getting millions of views!), my students have all expressed an interest in reading the source graphic novels.

Essentially, my goal in seeking this graphic novel (and novels by Ms. Downing Hahn, which have been specifically requested from me by my students) is to get students engaged in reading. Anything that gets their nose in a book (rather than their gaze directed at a smart phone!) is a victory for literacy. Thankfully, my students go against the grain and do indeed have their noses in books most of the time, rather than pointed at a digital portal.

Let’s face it: as a whole urban public school children are overlooked, dismissed and underestimated.

I tell my students that each one of them is a potential genius; they just have to find and figure out how to access that inner genius. By stocking my classroom library with interesting, substantial and resonate volumes like SANDMAN and Mary Downing Hahn, I think I can help them access those organic interior geniuses.

Mr. Harshman Hazelwood East High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Sandman Book Three • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
SeaSense Large Air Horn 3.5 oz. • Amazon Business $17.93 1 $17.93
What We Saw: A Thriller • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
Wait Till Helen Comes Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Thirteenth Cat • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Guest: A Changeling Tale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
All the Lovely Bad Ones • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$122.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.16

Total project goal

$181.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $181.09

1 Donor

-$181.09

Donations toward project cost

-$153.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.16

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