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Ms. Bernaix from Englewood CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Power of Books

My students need one stackable shelf organizer, and high-interest books including Fangirl, All American Boys, The Plain Janes, A Wrinkle in Time, Everything I Never Told You, Bone Gap, The Future of Us, Looking for Alaska, Twisted Cut, and The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

  • $479 goal

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My Students

I teach at an alternative school in a small suburb of Denver. Our school is mostly comprised of boys (they outnumber girls by about 7/3.) The school is about 50% White and 50% Hispanic. One of our school's goals for the new academic year (as well as one of my personal teaching goals) is to increase the amount of students who read for PLEASURE. It's well known that the more that students read, the better they will read, write, and speak. This project will allow me to build a classroom library full of books that students have requested and that students will enjoy reading.

My Project

I firmly believe that with time set aside for independent reading along with books that they love, students will understand how reading can enhance their lives and their futures. We need reading materials for our classroom library including one stackable shelf organizer, and high-interest books including Fangirl, All American Boys, The Plain Janes, A Wrinkle in Time, Everything I Never Told You, Bone Gap, The Future of Us, Looking for Alaska, Twisted Cut, and The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I am dedicated to not only improving my students' literacy skills, but providing them with a healthy pass time.

With so many boys, it is challenging to find titles that interest them. Last spring, I polled my students on what types of books they would be interested in reading. I even gave them time to browse the internet to read about new books. By giving them a voice and a say in the matter, they are becoming excited at the thought of a brand new library full of titles they chose.

Many of my students have challenges and obstacles outside of school, but books can be a healthy escape from their daily lives. By finding books they connect with, they will discover a tool that will help prepare them for life after high school. Reading and literacy is so important, and these books will allow my students to strengthen these skills.

Ms. Bernaix
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ClosetMaid 8987 Stackable 3-Shelf Organizer, White • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
The Complete Persepolis • Amazon Business $14.85 1 $14.85
Epileptic (Pantheon Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Carry On • Amazon Business $12.21 1 $12.21
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Conviction • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
We Were Liars • Amazon Business $11.22 1 $11.22
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
HOSL Geometry Cotton Linen Decorative Throw Pillow Cover Cushion Case Pillow About 18-Inch • Amazon Business $5.49 2 $10.98
Fangirl: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.73 1 $10.73
All American Boys • Amazon Business $10.58 1 $10.58
The Plain Janes • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
Everything I Never Told You • Amazon Business $9.52 1 $9.52
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.41 1 $9.41
Anya's Ghost • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
They're Not Like Us Volume 1: Black Holes for the Young (Theyre Not Like Us Tp) • Amazon Business $8.76 1 $8.76
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Young Reader's Choice Award - Intermediate Division) • Amazon Business $8.68 1 $8.68
Monster • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
An Abundance of Katherines • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Paper Towns • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Bone Gap • Amazon Business $7.66 1 $7.66
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $7.66 1 $7.66
Hate List • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) • Amazon Business $6.58 1 $6.58
Notes From The Midnight Driver • Amazon Business $6.47 1 $6.47
The Future of Us • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
Looking for Alaska • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Twisted • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Cut • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95

Materials cost

$349.37

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$22.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$406.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.82

Total project goal

$478.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$478.79

2 Donors

-$478.79

Donations toward project cost

-$406.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.82

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$0.00

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