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Ms. Hall from Capitol Heights MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Bluest Eye

My students need their own copies of "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.

  • $505 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

My Students

High school has its high's and low's, the "have's" and the "have not's" as life does I suppose. Unfortunately for my students, disappointments come more often than rewards.

However they have a resilience that keeps coming back year after year to the classroom.

Every year, the students resist less and less because of the stories they have heard of strangers who help my classroom procure books. I hope, with a little bit of luck this can continue. I can feel something special happening with their learning.

My Project

Having the students have their own copy of this book is significant. They always have to share. This time, especially with the themes in this book, why not allow them to have their own book.

Having their own novel to embrace and annotate allows them to capture their thoughts about what they are reading WHILE THEY READ.

It's an experience they can never duplicate during a second read. It's a memory they can forever return to. It's a skill that will ground them for college and more.

Having these books will unlock something special for my students to remember and tell their own families.

Ms. Hall
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Bluest Eye • AKJ Education $10.91 34 $370.94

Materials cost

$370.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$428.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.66

Total project goal

$504.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $504.42

3 Donors

-$301.33

Donations toward project cost

-$257.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.70

match offer

-$201.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$171.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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