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Mr. Collatos from Conroe, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Story Time for High Schoolers: Support Our Speech Program

My students need multiple books to read through, and become familiar with, in order to have a successful year of competition.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Collatos's classroom raised $403

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My Students

My students are a diverse group that is driven, dedicated, and above all else hard-working. Each day I am amazed by their yearning for knowledge. These students understand that in order to succeed in debate, there is a high level of demand of their time, dedication, and effort both during school and after hours.

Our school is a Title 1 campus, meaning more than half the students receive free or reduced lunch.

The poverty rate is high in the surrounding area, but our students are a strong group of outstanding kids who do not allow any circumstance to hold them back. During the 2017-2018 school year, our campus and students were directly impacted by multiple events; one of which was Hurricane Harvey. Despite this terrible storm, my students were able to pull together, overcome adversity, and have one of the most successful debate seasons in recent years!

Over the past two years, our team has more than doubled in size and is still continuing to grow. In an effort to meet the needs of a growing team, I am seeking assistance for the Speech & Debate team.

My Project

Hurricane Harvey was a devastating storm with real world impacts, however, we did not allow that storm to stand in our way of achieving our goals. Our school is the center of the community for our area, both the school and community greatly impacted by Harvey. Through support and joint efforts both have done a phenomenal job overcoming unexpected adversity this year and is still making strives in recovery. It is my job as a teacher and coach to ensure that students are set up for success through my guidance and equipped with all materials to better set them up for success.

Each book gives my students extra time to read, prep, and practice which puts them one step closer to achieving their goals of success.

Speech is a wonderful performance based event that allows students to shine without the pressure of performing in front of a full auditorium. Speech competition that requires students to read, interpret the authors works, adapt to academic situations, develop social skills, as well as developed a skill set that will allow them to be successful in their educational and professional careers.

This project will allow our growing program to expand to new events giving students more opportunities to compete, excel, and provide more scholarship opportunities. Having multiple books this yearly in the year gives students the best opportunity to find the right work of literature for each of them to become familiar with and excel at competitions throughout the year.

Mr. Collatos Caney Creek High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of 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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Calypso • Amazon Business $18.30 1 $18.30
The Art of Failing: Notes from the Underdog • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
What Learning Leaves: New Edition • Amazon Business $13.73 1 $13.73
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Last Time As We Are • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Slamma Lamma Ding Dong: An Anthology by Nebraska's Slam Poets • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Earth Hates Me: True Confessions from a Teenage Girl • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Naked • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
When You Are Engulfed in Flames • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Saving Montgomery Sole • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Cuba 15 (Readers Circle) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Holidays on Ice • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Me Talk Pretty One Day • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Flygirl • Amazon Business $8.47 1 $8.47
Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $8.20 1 $8.20
The First Part Last • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Skin I'm In • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Darius & Twig • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
How It Went Down • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Be More Chill • Amazon Business $6.72 1 $6.72
The Battle of Jericho (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library) • Amazon Business $5.19 1 $5.19
Monster • Amazon Business $3.38 1 $3.38

Materials cost

$307.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$341.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.32

Total project goal

$402.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $402.12

3 Donors

-$201.06

Donations toward project cost

-$170.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.16

match offer

-$201.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.16

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 $0.00

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