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Mrs. Monnery from Keaau, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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That New Book Smell

Help me give my students books! As a new teacher, I have a very limited library. After 18 months of reading on a computer screen, students want to hold books in their hands again!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Monnery's classroom raised $950

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students never quit. Over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and they still come ready to learn every day. Many students live on rough, dirt roads without access to basic necessities and yet their tenacity and hunger to learn shines through. My students inspire me.

My Project

Due to my students socioeconomic background, many do not have access to appropriate books and literature at home. Students will use these books for independent reading and directly compare them to the literature we are discussing as a class. They will use these books to identify literary devices and techniques as well as use them for source material. Additionally, these books include a variety of genres from classics to graphic novels that entice the reader to use higher level critical thinking skills. By giving students agency in their choice of literature it will increase a students sense of self and belonging in my classroom.

Mrs. Monnery Kea'au High School Grades 9-12

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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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More than half 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Twisted Tale Series, 7-Book Set • Amazon Business $110.99 1 $110.99
The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale (The Hush, Hush Saga) • Amazon Business $49.84 1 $49.84
The Mortal Instruments, the Complete Collection(City of Bones/ City of Ashes/ City of Glass/ City of Fallen Angels/ City of Lost Souls/ City of Heavenly Fire) • Amazon Business $33.57 1 $33.57
Infernal Devices box set • Amazon Business $30.98 1 $30.98
The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay • Amazon Business $25.74 1 $25.74
The Complete Bronte Collection (Wordsworth Box Sets) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings • Amazon Business $24.93 1 $24.93
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $24.30 1 $24.30
Children of Blood and Bone: The Orisha Legacy (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $24.15 1 $24.15
What Comes After: A Novel • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Wordsworth Box Sets) • Amazon Business $20.85 1 $20.85
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: 20th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Animal Farm: 1984 • Amazon Business $17.11 1 $17.11
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Everything I Never Told You: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
What Big Teeth • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Nimona • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
They Wish They Were Us • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
And Still I Rise • Amazon Business $13.43 1 $13.43
All This Time • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
The Girl from the Sea • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
Looking For Alaska • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Lore • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
Only Mostly Devastated • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.20 1 $10.20
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon Business $10.12 1 $10.12
Loki: Where Mischief Lies (Marvel Universe YA, 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $9.47 1 $9.47
The Road • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $8.37 1 $8.37
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
The Awakening (Dover Thrift Editions) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$734.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$807.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.49

Total project goal

$949.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $949.96

7 Donors

-$474.97

Donations toward project cost

-$403.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.24

match offer

-$474.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$403.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.25

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