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Ms. Almagor from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Then the Best Friend Hit on the Boyfriend, But He Said--

My kids need three copies of each of the novels in the Bluford High series.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Almagor's classroom raised $130

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At KIPP DC: AIM Academy, kids and adults are doing WHATEVER IT TAKES to close the achievement gap!!!!! Our students come in WAY behind grade level... but they attend school from eight until five every day, plus every other Saturday, plus most of the summer, plus two hours of homework a night, plus reading at every spare moment... and they catch up. (If you're interested in the numbers: The first class of KIPP DC alumni went from the 23rd to the 74th percentile in reading and the 34th to the 96th percentile in math between fifth and eighth grade. Around the 70th percentile is considered on track for college.) We want our kids to genuinely love books and identify as readers -- not just scan for correct test answers. Our kids read before school, during meals, between activities, and even while walking in the hallways. (The occasional collision or chocolate-milk-stained page -- totally worth it!) And my kids -- even the ones who struggle with reading -- LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bluford High series. They're very short and very easy to read. But they're about high school kids and way melodramatic, so kids feel "grown up" when they read them. They appeal to both boys and girls. The prose isn't half bad. And there are eight in the series, so a kid who successfully reads one can read a whole bunch more -- and build a whole lot more confidence -- before moving on to something more challenging. Kids love to share these books with their friends, hence the title of this proposal. I bought the first four books at the beginning of the year. They've been in constant rotation, and unfortunately, life in a seventh grader's backpack is pretty rough. They're missing covers and pages and are no longer usable. The ten or so kids who read them are clamoring for the rest of the series -- and other 65 kids want to know what all the fuss is about! Please help me give the readers what they want: Three brand-new copies of each Bluford High novel.

Ms. Almagor KIPP District of Columbia - Aim Academy Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Secrets In The Shadows (Bluford Series) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Lost And Found (Bluford Series) Anne Schraff • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Blood is Thicker (Bluford High Series #8) Paul Langan, D. M. Blackwell • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Someone To Love Me (Bluford Series) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Until We Meet Again (Bluford High Series #7) Ann Schraff • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Payback Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77
Brothers In Arms Paul Langan, Ben Alirez • Barnes and Noble $3.59 3 $10.77

Materials cost

$75.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.54

Sales tax

 $4.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$106.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.27

Total project goal

$129.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $129.27

1 Donor

-$124.71

Donations toward project cost

-$106.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.56

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