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Mrs. Hendry from Spartanburg SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Is Optional...Said No Boss Ever!

Help me give my students high interest novels that relate to the CATE (Career and Technology Education) programs they are studying to improve literacy skills for future employment success.

  • $667 goal

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My Students

Located in an area that was formerly dominated by the textile industry, our school serves many students that come from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Many choose to come to our CATE (Career and Technology Education) center to experience success with hands-on skills that they do not find in the traditional classroom setting.

For some students, our specialized classes are the only reason they get up and come to school each day.

One of our students actually recently completed four different programs including welding, automotive technology, precision tools, and advanced integrated technologies. Our school provided him with skills that would have otherwise taken him years to get through on-the job training. He is just one of many success stories at our school of students who will have a better chance for a brighter future.

My Project

My goal is to instill in students a life-long love for reading and help them appreciate the many benefits it affords them not only now, but after they enter the workforce. I plan to share with them research on the positive benefits of reading including how it increases language comprehension, vocabulary, brain activity, and higher levels of empathy and emotional intelligence. These are all important skills needed to communicate effectively with others, which is key to being successful in today's workforce. Then I plan is to match students with books of interest related to their programs of study. For example, there is a series of adolescent novels by Michael Vey about a boy with electrical powers. I would pair this series up with students taking our electricity class where they could not only read for enjoyment but also examine and discuss electricity principles included in the book.

Working with students on employability skills at a CATE (Career and Technology Education) center, I see the great need to encourage independent reading skills to ensure future success in the workplace.

Using these high interest novels would be a great opportunity to instill in our students an appreciation for reading while also improving their technical knowledge. Improving their literacy skills will help ensure their future success in the workplace.

Being a center focused on technology education, no media center is available on site. Creating specialized classroom libraries will be a great resource to promote literacy skills in our students.

Mrs. Hendry
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Michael Vey Complete Collection Books 1-7: Michael Vey; Michael Vey 2; Michael Vey 3; Michael Vey 4; Michael Vey 5; Michael Vey 6; Michael Vey 7 • Amazon Business $51.01 1 $51.01
The Underwater Welder • Amazon Business $22.86 1 $22.86
The Wild Robot Hardcover Gift Set • Amazon Business $21.88 1 $21.88
Facials Can Be Fatal (A Bad Hair Day Mystery) • Amazon Business $21.70 1 $21.70
Graphic Design: A Beginners Guide To Mastering The Art Of Graphic Design • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Castle: Revised and in Full Color • Amazon Business $17.16 1 $17.16
Young Man with Camera • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Robopocalypse: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) • Amazon Business $16.17 1 $16.17
Died Blonde (The Bad Hair Day Mysteries) (Volume 6) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Murder by Manicure (The Bad Hair Day Mysteries) (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Permed to Death (The Bad Hair Day Mysteries) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius • Amazon Business $14.92 1 $14.92
Saturday Night Dirt: A MOTOR Novel (Motor Novels) • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
Robogenesis • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business: How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash • Amazon Business $13.54 1 $13.54
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris (A Novel with Recipes) • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65
Elizabeth Is Missing: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and HowIt's Transforming the American Economy • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
The Rule of Thoughts (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Slide or Die (DriftX) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Running Wide Open (Full Throttle) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Game of Lives (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Three) • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Gutenberg's Apprentice: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
Concussion • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One) • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Kill Switch • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Fever 1793 • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Cut • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Dream It! Do It!: My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms (Disney Editions Deluxe) • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
The Women Behind Rosie the Riveter: Working for the U.S. War Effort (Women and War) • Amazon Business $8.19 1 $8.19
The Beast (Counterattack) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Blow Out (Counterattack) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Biggest Engineering Failures (History's Biggest Disasters) • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
The Cupcake Queen • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Gym Candy • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Wintergirls • Amazon Business $5.87 1 $5.87
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.) • Amazon Business $5.54 1 $5.54

Materials cost

$494.26

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$34.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$566.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.97

Total project goal

$666.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$666.49

8 Donors

-$615.73

Donations toward project cost

-$550.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.36

match offer

-$19.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$16.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.76

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$0.00

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