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Mr. Pearce from Middletown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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College Bound Students Need New Reading Opportunities!

My students need 34 high-interest books, including "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "The Clockwork Orange".

  • $448 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Speaking from experience, with just a little extra help, most of our students who are low level readers are, in fact, college bound; they just need to work a little harder and be actively engaged to get them there. Working with these students is often the best and most challenging part of my day.

There are are some major impediments to getting the books that these students need to build their reading stamina and fluency.

Our high school's media center has not received funding for the past five years. The titles available to the students are becoming woefully out of date. My own classroom's lending library is full of vibrant reading materials that excite and engage, but there are only so many books to go around.

My Project

I would like to supplement my classroom's lending library for the benefit of my college-bound readers. By having exciting new books readily available, my students will have the opportunity to increase their reading levels through the amount of time they spend reading and the types of books they are able to read.

Your help will ensure that these kids are exposed to many different kinds of literature.

It will enrich their lives and prepare them for the world of higher education. Thank you so much for considering my classroom.

Mr. Pearce
Grades 9-12
  • Middletown High School
  • Middletown, OH
    • 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

    This project will reach 150 students.

    19 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez • Barnes and Noble $10.04 1 $10.04
Rule of the Bone: Novel, a Russell Banks, Arturo Patten • Barnes and Noble $10.07 1 $10.07
The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle • Barnes and Noble $10.80 1 $10.80
Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $10.04 1 $10.04
The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll • Barnes and Noble $10.08 1 $10.08
Geek Love Katherine Dunn • Barnes and Noble $10.80 1 $10.80
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Barbara Ehrenreich • Barnes and Noble $10.08 1 $10.08
Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp C. D. Payne • Barnes and Noble $12.92 1 $12.92
Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp C. D. Payne • Barnes and Noble $10.08 1 $10.08
Young And Revolting C. D. Payne • Barnes and Noble $11.48 1 $11.48
Revoltingly Young C. D. Payne • Barnes and Noble $11.48 1 $11.48
American Gods Neil Gaiman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
High Fidelity Nick Hornby • Barnes and Noble $10.08 1 $10.08
Hoop Dreams: A True Story of Hardship and Triumph Ben Joravsky, Harper Collins Harperperennial, Charles Barkley (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Walt Disney Bob Thomas • Barnes and Noble $11.48 1 $11.48
Cut Patricia McCormick • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Halo Boxed Set Eric Nylund, William C. Dietz • Barnes and Noble $17.25 1 $17.25
Push Sapphire, Ramona Lofton • Barnes and Noble $9.36 1 $9.36
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Maximum Ride: MAX James Patterson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The New Dead Christopher Golden • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Danse Macabre Stephen King • Barnes and Noble $12.24 1 $12.24
Peter and Max Bill Willingham, Steve Leialoha (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.55 1 $16.55
Green Lantern: Agent Orange HC Geoff Johns, Philip Tan • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns Geoff Johns, Mike McKone (Illustrator), Shane Davis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Dear John Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Last Song Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
New Super Mario Bros (Wii): Prima Official Game Guide Prima Games • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Michael Lewis • Barnes and Noble $10.04 1 $10.04
Darkness on the Edge of Town Brian Keene • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Rising Brian Keene • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Conqueror Worms Brian Keene • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Urban Gothic Brian Keene • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$352.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$366.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.53

Total project goal

$447.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $447.40

17 Donors

-$402.84

Donations toward project cost

-$366.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.56

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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