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Mrs. Gafford from Fairbanks AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ona Judge Never Caught Novels for Students

Help me give my students a book in hand to read. Covid has really impacted our students access to books. Please help me to get books for my students.

  • $1,125 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have an energetic bunch of 7th and 8th grade students. They are world changers in the making. In examining marginalized populations in history, I am looking to supply my students with a copy of Ona Judge Never Caught. Covid has challenged us in many ways. One way is getting books into the hands of my 120 students. Our middle school is a racially diverse, Title I school and we are always looking for way to make literacy count. I have all types of learners but the majority are in need of a book in front of them to follow along or do independent reading.

My Project

Covid has been a challenge in getting students their own reading materials for my history class. I have tried to do audible but with Google Meet I often see them disengaged. I would like to provide a book for each of my students to read at home.

The book I have chosen is Ona Judge.

It is the story of the Washington's runaway slave. Too often marginalized people's stories have gone untold in history and I did a small sampling of a few kids and the book was engaging and well received.

Mrs. Gafford
Grades 6-8
  • Ryan Middle School
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • Half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 150 students.

    3 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $8.99 100 $899.00

Materials cost

$899.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$955.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$168.70

Total project goal

$1,124.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,124.66

2 Donors

-$574.83

Donations toward project cost

-$488.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.22

match offer

-$549.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$467.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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