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Ms. Forrest from Waianae, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Need to Read!

My students need a classroom set of Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds, a recent National Book Award Finalist, as well as a handful of the author’s other novels, to read and enjoy!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Forrest's classroom raised $397

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a wonderfully talented, diverse group of young people. Most of my students come from difficult circumstances and are not strangers to the problem of poverty. Although they are often confronted with a daily struggle for survival, they come to school with hungry minds, resilience, and a willingness to learn.

Our school may be located in a disadvantaged neighborhood in Hawaii, but my students are focused on improving themselves and their community, through their education.

They know that they have the power to achieve great things with knowledge, understanding, and perseverance.

My Project

My students need a classroom set of Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds, a recent National Book Award Finalist, as well as a handful of the author’s other novels, to read and enjoy! My students would love to read "Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds cover to cover. I teach a reading interventions course, and my students are the ones with the greatest challenges in basic literacy skills. We'd previously looked at excerpts from the novel as a class, but my students are hungry for more and told me they want to read the whole book! This is a chance for me to empower their literacy.

Aside from meeting the achievement of reading a whole novel cover to cover, this book will also encourage them to write and think creatively.

We want to hold class discussions together, and I'd like my students to write their own stories that encourage other students struggling in school to read and enjoy literature. Our library is outdated and underutilized, and we need these books in order to empower them as readers.

Ms. Forrest Nanakuli High & Intermediate School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $11.33 22 $249.26
Ghost (Track) • Amazon Business $10.43 2 $20.86
Patina (Track) • Amazon Business $9.98 2 $19.96

Materials cost

$290.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$337.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.50

Total project goal

$396.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $396.69

2 Donors

-$198.34

Donations toward project cost

-$168.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$198.35

Match offers toward project cost

-$168.60

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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