My students need 40+ gripping novels that relate to the circumstances and realities that they are faced with.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Griff's classroom raised $603
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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 readers, who cannot find a reflection of themselves in the texts that they have been given in other classes. With independent reading, many of them lose themselves in the books. I want them to be able to find themselves and answers to some of the problems they may be facing.
I teach a diverse population of 9th graders in the Bronx, NY.
They come from many different walks of life and all have diverse interests. I want to build a library that mirrors the diversity of my classroom and that lets students know that everyone of their stories can be found in a text somewhere. They just need to know where to start looking.
My Project
I am requesting 50 books that discuss issues pertinent to teenage/adolescent situations. Some texts are with the hope that a child can find guidance facing a situation they are going through. Others are with the hope that a child can escape from the harshness of their own reality in an entertaining horror story or literary classic.
My students continue to tell me how they cannot relate to any books that they are forced to read.
I want to prove to them that every story and experience has already been discussed and many can learn to overcome the hardships of life by expression or learning from someone else and what they express. Thank you for allowing me to obtain this goal.
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
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