You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Perkins' Classroom Edit display name

  • Syringa Middle School
  • Caldwell, ID
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Perkins a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Perkins' classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Perkins a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Perkins can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2035015 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Next year our students will get to participate in our year long Battle of the Books (B.O.B). For the third year in a row, our 6th through 8th grade students will choose a winner from our 16 literary contenders in two separate divisions. Our open division will include 10 titles in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, graphic novels, sci-fi/fantasy, and realistic fiction. In addition to our open division, for the first time we are adding a second division with more mature, young adult titles in our 8th grade only G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) bracket. Titles for B.O.B. have been chosen based on their literary merit, their grade level appropriateness, and their general popularity. Our main goal is to get our students reading outside of school and beyond the reading they are required to do for assignments. According to commonsensemedia.org, reading for pleasure "builds vocabulary and improves reading comprehension, writing, spelling, grammar, and knowledge of the world. It also boosts test scores." We want to offer our students page-turners that will introduce them to new authors and genres and keep them reading on their own into high school and beyond. Students will have an opportunity to read the novels they are most interested in before voting begins. We will use a variety of ways to introduce the titles, including book talks and book trailers. Students will first pick the winners based on a simple tournament bracket. Each week, the books with the least amount of votes will be eliminated until we have a champion.

About my class

Next year our students will get to participate in our year long Battle of the Books (B.O.B). For the third year in a row, our 6th through 8th grade students will choose a winner from our 16 literary contenders in two separate divisions. Our open division will include 10 titles in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, graphic novels, sci-fi/fantasy, and realistic fiction. In addition to our open division, for the first time we are adding a second division with more mature, young adult titles in our 8th grade only G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) bracket. Titles for B.O.B. have been chosen based on their literary merit, their grade level appropriateness, and their general popularity. Our main goal is to get our students reading outside of school and beyond the reading they are required to do for assignments. According to commonsensemedia.org, reading for pleasure "builds vocabulary and improves reading comprehension, writing, spelling, grammar, and knowledge of the world. It also boosts test scores." We want to offer our students page-turners that will introduce them to new authors and genres and keep them reading on their own into high school and beyond. Students will have an opportunity to read the novels they are most interested in before voting begins. We will use a variety of ways to introduce the titles, including book talks and book trailers. Students will first pick the winners based on a simple tournament bracket. Each week, the books with the least amount of votes will be eliminated until we have a champion.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":2035015,"teacherId":2035015,"teacherName":"Mrs. Perkins","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2035015_orig.jpg?crop=272,272,x23,y6&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583178861204","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20480734,"followAbout":"Mrs. Perkins' projects","teacherVerify":1279576816,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Perkins","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2035015","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=2035015","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":3,"numSupporters":22},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.