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Ms. Griffith from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Subscription to Success

The cost of a Year Subscription to Scholastic News (5th Grade) for 30 students is $185, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $198 goal

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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.

"Is Chicago it's own state?" "What is Japan the capital of?" I work in Englewood, on Chicago's South Side. My fifth graders are some of the most brilliant young leaders the world will ever meet...that is, with some toning up in the geography department. I am their Social Studies teacher and their link to current and historical events. They didn't believe me when I told them that Sean "Puffy" Combs was once busted for using sweatshop labor and very few knew that Africans were kidnapped to be slaves in places other than the U.S. Though curious, opinionated, and eager to learn, my high energy students have had little to no exposure to the news in an accessible form. Scholastic Publishing offers a "newspaper" called Scholastic News. The six page, color publication covers current events, historical events, and geography with articles, games, and debates. For a year's subscription, students will get 24 issues, written at grade level. A class subscription to Scholastic News would be a fun, unintimidating way to make current world politics available to my fifth graders. In addition, we will embrace the art of sharing by letting my other two fifth grade Social Studies classes read the issues as well. All in all, 90+ students would benefit in both non-fiction comprehension and global and political awareness from a class subscription to Scholastic News. Consider this your donation to a future generation of leaders. I guarantee them to be a worthy investment.

Ms. Griffith
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Shipping and Handling 8% fee • Scholastic Magazines $9.48 1 $9.48
Scholastic News (5th Grade) Year Subscription • Scholastic Magazines $3.95 30 $118.50

Materials cost

$127.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$161.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.55

Total project goal

$197.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $197.50

1 Donor

-$162.00

Donations toward project cost

-$162.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.56

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 $0.00

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