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Mr. Deaver from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Writing Across the Curriculum

Help me give my students a true understanding of the other side of an American just and equal criminal justice system.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Deaver's classroom raised $584

This project is fully funded

My Students

In the city of Newark, many westward students live below the poverty line. Some can not even wear clean clothes to school and are targets for bullies. Some students are teased and chastised because they were showing up to school in unkempt manners. Some of these students were becoming chronic absentees—missing three to five days of school per month—out of shame. We are a Title I school.

At this time in the school year, students are quarantined under the stay home order in this coronavirus and can not go to school until the pandemic is over.

We have began to engage them outside of the classroom with multiple social media platforms such as Zoom, Webx, Screen Castify, Google Docs and Google Meetings. l am able to connect with them in spite of their physical attendance. Many students are improving with their technological skills and teachers are still involving students in positive social change, community service activities and even in virtual field trips. We also want them to do meaningful reading.

My Project

This book, Just Mercy will help discussions and conversations about racism and social inequality with previously ordered books: White Fragility - Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism and This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons.

Two years , I launched a human rights and NGO Club to help students become community activist and world changers.

We visited the United Nations and spoke with some powerful people who are trying to make the world a more humane place for all. We want to learn more about social justice and return back to the United Nations this year.

My students have read the books "Just Mercy" and "I am Malala".

Before we return to the United Nations, I will have my students read about and research key social justices advocates such as Bryan Stevenson and Malala.

We will educate students on human rights issues (especially children’s rights) in the US and around the world, so that students gain a better understanding of the struggles that people may face who are different from them. We will educate students on racism/antiracism. This can be part of an anti-bullying campaign. A special focus can be determined by each respective school based on the needs/population of that school (For example, Newton High School may need to focus on doing a better job connecting with students from Spanish speaking countries). We will connect students with other students from different areas of the US - and the world - (through Google , Webex, or through field trips). West Side’s Human Rights and NGO Club can be a state wide model for bringing unity and understanding of racial division.

Mr. Deaver West Side High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (PB) • MahoganyBooks $15.30 30 $459.00

Materials cost

$459.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$495.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.51

Total project goal

$583.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $583.39

1 Donor

-$291.69

Donations toward project cost

-$247.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.75

match offer

-$291.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$247.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.75

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 $0.00

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