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Ms. Paradise from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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More Manga Miss!

My students need a variety of Manga titles that are high-interest and teen-oriented to engage my students in reading and literacy.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Paradise's classroom raised $215

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are as diverse as New York City, in race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and ability. Our school demographics are 62% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White, with 85% of students receiving free or reduced lunches. My students come to school every day from all five boroughs with various needs, persevering against all the challenges life has thrown at them.

I have students who come to school with so little - students coming to school without breakfast, and without backpacks.

Some cannot live at home with their parents, and some do not even have a place to call home. Our students deal with many challenges, including mental health issues, domestic violence, and pregnancies. Often, it is a staff member who is there for a student no matter the situation, whether it is showing up to a basketball game, bringing flowers to a performance, or providing a collared shirt before an interview.

My Project

When I ask students to read chapter books, it sometimes feels like I am asking them to reach the moon. But with Manga, it is usually the student asking me if they can borrow a book. Getting students engaged in reading is difficult for many reasons, but one of the easiest to combat is that of interest. Many students only see books when they are assigned for English class, and those are not always high interest, or students see them as boring or completely unrelated to their lives.

We need high-interest, teen Manga that reflect my students' diverse interests and experiences to combat reader apathy.

Manga has become a gateway to making life-long readers out of non-reading students. I have had students who have refused to read even a sentence during class come up to me and ask if they were allowed to borrow Manga books they saw on the classroom shelves. I have had students go from never reading to swapping books for the next installment in a series every time class met. So to keep up with reader demand and interest, we need more manga titles to fill our shelves and encourage that reading spirit!

Ms. Paradise Leadership & Public Service 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.

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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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kuroko's Basketball (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 2: Includes Vols. 3 & 4 • Amazon Business $16.69 1 $16.69
Kuroko's Basketball (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes vols. 1 & 2 • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
Horimiya, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Black Butler, Vol. 3 • Amazon Business $9.42 1 $9.42
Black Butler, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.21 1 $9.21
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Haikyu!!, Vol. 4 • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Haikyu!!, Vol. 3 • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Black Butler, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 5 • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
Attack on Titan 5 • Amazon Business $8.25 1 $8.25
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 8 • Amazon Business $8.11 1 $8.11
Attack on Titan 6 • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 6 • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 7 • Amazon Business $7.05 1 $7.05

Materials cost

$150.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.16

Total project goal

$214.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $214.42

2 Donors

-$214.42

Donations toward project cost

-$182.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.16

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 $0.00

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