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Mr. Doyle from Brooklyn NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading About Real Life

My students need 25 copies of the novel We Are Okay to read in their English class.

  • $362 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are predominantly African American and Latino. Virtually all of the students at my school qualify for free lunch. Many students enter our school multiple grade levels behind in literacy and math. However, my students are tremendously intelligent, and they are passionate about the arts.

Because my school has a music and art theme, many of my students are singers, dancers, or musicians.

Each of my students has a unique voice, and they are incredibly brave about taking positive risks for the sake of personal expression.

My Project

For many of my students, the books in their high school's library are disconnected from the issues of their lives. This is particularly true in regards to LGBTQ issues. Unfortunately, this dearth of reading material about these experiences does not help students.

I believe that We Are OKay by Nina Lacour will be a valuable addition to my classroom library.

As the author has stated in interviews, it is essential that young adults encounter postive representations of themselves in the media they experience. We Are Okay will fulfill this function and help to build a culture of affirmation and understanding in my classroom.

Mr. Doyle
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
We Are Okay • Amazon Business $10.94 25 $273.50

Materials cost

$273.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$307.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.28

Total project goal

$361.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$361.88

2 Donors

-$361.88

Donations toward project cost

-$307.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.28

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$0.00

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