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Mx. Sheppard-Matsuo from Philadelphia PA is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Hate U Give Movie Field Trip

Help me give my students an amazing experience with "The Hate U Give"!

  • $733 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

My students are a wide mix of black and brown youth from all across Philadelphia. As high school freshman in a CTE school, they have jumped into the school year with both feet, balancing school work with long commutes, after school activities and preparing themselves to choose which career track they will be entering the following year.

All 150 of my students have chosen my high school because they want good things for themselves and they are willing to work for it.

At our high school, students are expected to graduate from a career-focus track with 32.5 credits; well above the required 23.5 standard in Philly. It hasn't taken long for me to see their drive and energy, which I can only strive to match.

My Project

Thanks to Donors Choose, my 150 freshman students will start their first novel study with "The Hate U Give"! I am excited to bring this work to students who will be able to relate, challenge and reflect deeply, some reading a full novel for the first time. Now there is the opportunity to bring 55 of my students to see the star-filled movie of "The Hate U Give", starring Amandla Stenberg, Issa Rae, Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, and Common.

Being able to see such a talented cast beautifully portray this important story will do so much to legitimize and raise up the stories of my students.

I hope for this to be only the first of many such trips, bringing important works that my students can use for their own reflection to the classroom.

Mx. Sheppard-Matsuo
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity AMC Broadstreet 7 $383.69
Transportation Charter $200.00

Trip cost

$583.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$622.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.84

Total project goal

$732.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $732.29

2 Donors

-$732.29

Donations toward project cost

-$622.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.84

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 $0.00

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