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Ms. Griffin from Payson, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shiny New Books to Build Shiny Young People

Help me give my students new books that are not tattered or decades old so they can become better self-directed readers and learners.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Griffin's classroom raised $1,053

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students range across a wide spectrum of skills and motivation levels. On the high end, my AP Literature students are college-bound, highly motivated juniors and seniors with a passion for reading difficult literature and discussing complicated ideas. On the opposite end, my credit recovery class includes up to 40 seniors who are at high risk of dropping out of high school. These students have already failed at least two terms of English, and without this class, most would not graduate. I also co-teach four English 10 classes, and these students are a mix of regular and special education.

The common thread among all of my students?

They all need books they find both appealing and challenging. Our school library does a fine job stocking current young-adult books, but the selections of graphic novels, classics, and current non-fiction are sorely lacking. Many of my students, from AP Lit to credit recovery, want to read more challenging books, but they are turned off at my shelves of used, tattered novels I've gathered over the years.

My Project

My current classroom library is more than a decade old, cobbled together from yard sales and a used-book drive. Nearly every book has been read multiple times, and things are looking pretty shabby. My students need and want books that are new and obviously purchased just for them. My library shelves used to be a happening place, with books constantly moving in and out, but the appeal is gone.

If you're thinking physical books aren't needed anymore because we live in the Information Age, let me tell you that my students read better, longer, and more deeply with a book they can touch and feel.

By high school, too many students have lost a love of reading, and I have found the best way to rekindle that flame is with a new book with a cover that piques their interest--even better if it's on a topic I already know they like.

Two of the anchor standards for reading in the ELA Utah State Core are for students to read literature and literary non-fiction on grade level independently and proficiently. Having a robust, inviting, and engaging library of books in my classroom, at arm's reach, is the best way to help my students gain proficiency. Choosing, reading, and discussing a book is a perfect example of self-directed, independent learning. There is nothing so wonderful as the moment at the end of the year when a student tells me they read five truly challenging books in two months, or the student who confides this is the first book they've read by themselves, ever.

Ms. Griffin Payson High School Grades 9-12 Payson, UT View local requests 200 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seeing is Believing: Graphic Books for Teens (14 books) • AKJ Education $193.66 1 $193.66
Harry Potter (7 bk set) • AKJ Education $65.04 1 $65.04
The Earthsea Cycle (6 bk set) • AKJ Education $46.25 1 $46.25
The Inheritance Cycle (4 bk set) • AKJ Education $41.87 1 $41.87
The Ender Quintet (5 bk set) • AKJ Education $41.11 1 $41.11
Maximum Ride (4 bk set) • AKJ Education $32.15 1 $32.15
Written in Bone • AKJ Education $16.78 1 $16.78
Boots on the Ground • AKJ Education $16.78 1 $16.78
Free Lunch • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Flora and Ulysses • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Vincent and Theo • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Great and Only Barnum • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
I'll Give You the Sun • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The 57 Bus • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Unwanted • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Lord of the Flies • AKJ Education $6.58 2 $13.16
The Odyssey • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Almost Astronauts • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Glass Castle • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary) • AKJ Education $11.90 1 $11.90
Kindred • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
Brave New World • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Persepolis • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Education $10.49 1 $10.49
Things Fall Apart: A Novel • AKJ Education $10.22 1 $10.22
Candide • AKJ Education $9.49 1 $9.49
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Claudette Colvin • AKJ Education $9.09 1 $9.09
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel • AKJ Education $8.80 1 $8.80
Delirium • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Wintergirls • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Dark Game • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
1984 • AKJ Education $6.85 1 $6.85
Down and Out • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Hit Just Right • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Before the Snap • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
The Handoff • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
A Second Shot • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Speak • AKJ Education $6.14 1 $6.14
Wiyaxayxt/ Wiyaakaa'awn / As Days Go by • AKJ Education $5.99 1 $5.99
Bless Me, Ultima • AKJ Education $5.84 1 $5.84
Buried Onions • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Odd Jobs • AKJ Education $5.68 1 $5.68
Tao Te Ching • AKJ Education $4.77 1 $4.77
Dracula • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Sharp Teeth: A Novel • AKJ Education $3.99 1 $3.99
Virolution • AKJ Education $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$845.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$894.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.87

Total project goal

$1,052.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,052.49

2 Donors

-$1,052.49

Donations toward project cost

-$894.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$157.87

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