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Ms. ASHFORD from Jackson, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading From the Lions Perspective.

Help me give my students an opportunity to compete in the school district annual book fair.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. ASHFORD's classroom raised $696

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My Project

It's March and I just started reading Angie Thomas The Hate U Give. The excitement and involvement my students have express when reading this book is overwhelming. Its the fist book we've read this year that I have a class set of so they have a tangible book to hold. Up to this point in our school year students have only been able to accesses text via pdf files. Even when completing book fair projects many only had digital books. These books will help be build my classroom library.

Additionally my students have engaged in some deeper conversation about perspective.

I shared the proverb with them "If the hunter always tell the story the hunter always wins." We never here the lions side of the story. They understood immediately that for most of their educational journey they have only read book from a very white lens. Providing these books for them help develop their lens.

Ms. ASHFORD Lanier High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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Nearly all 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

200 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • MahoganyBooks $44.99 2 $89.98
Jason Reynolds & Track Series Paperback Collection • MahoganyBooks $28.79 2 $57.58
Call Us What We Carry • MahoganyBooks $22.49 2 $44.98
Blackout • MahoganyBooks $17.99 2 $35.98
Punching the Air • MahoganyBooks $17.99 2 $35.98
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • MahoganyBooks $17.09 2 $34.18
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 2 $32.38
Random Minis: Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $10.80 2 $21.60
All American Boys • MahoganyBooks $10.79 2 $21.58
Long Way Down • MahoganyBooks $10.79 2 $21.58
Brown Girl Dreaming • MahoganyBooks $9.89 2 $19.78
Odd One Out • MahoganyBooks $9.89 2 $19.78
Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $8.99 2 $17.98
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life • MahoganyBooks $8.09 2 $16.18
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • MahoganyBooks $8.09 2 $16.18
Black Brother, Black Brother (Paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38

Materials cost

$517.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$591.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.32

Total project goal

$695.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $695.47

1 Donor

-$311.13

Donations toward project cost

-$295.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.56

match offer

-$347.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$295.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.60

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