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

Ms. Boyd's Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Boyd 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 Ms. Boyd's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Boyd 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 Ms. Boyd can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5028161 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Hello! I am a cross-categorical (special education) teacher at a small, rural high school in the midwest. I am hoping to raise money to fill my classroom bookshelf with a variety of literature to appeal to my struggling and reluctant readers. This past year, several of my students who had never read a complete novel before found titles that appealed to them on my single stocked shelf. I purchased these books with money out of my own pocket, and with a $100 grant for books from Scholastic. Students ended up recommending those books to other reluctant readers, and soon I had a waiting list of other students who wanted to check out those same novels. This list turned into a "Book Wall," which was a wall filled with the pictures of the covers of books my students read and loved, and therefore wanted to recommend to others. Many students put forward their favorite titles from the bookshelf and wrote mini-summaries to try to promote their books to other students. Students visited the book wall for recommendations and subsequently borrowed books from my library. Seeing the spark for reading ignite in my students, most of whom are terrified of or despise reading, fills me with joy. I would love to be able to continue to grow my classroom library this year so that I can keep the spark of their interest alive. I will be teaching reading interventions to my EBD students and a variety of other special education students this upcoming school year. I would love to be able to fill my classroom library with books that students will want to read--literature that is authentic and aligns with their interests and needs. Any help in stocking my bookshelf would be so appreciated by my students and me.

About my class

Hello! I am a cross-categorical (special education) teacher at a small, rural high school in the midwest. I am hoping to raise money to fill my classroom bookshelf with a variety of literature to appeal to my struggling and reluctant readers. This past year, several of my students who had never read a complete novel before found titles that appealed to them on my single stocked shelf. I purchased these books with money out of my own pocket, and with a $100 grant for books from Scholastic. Students ended up recommending those books to other reluctant readers, and soon I had a waiting list of other students who wanted to check out those same novels. This list turned into a "Book Wall," which was a wall filled with the pictures of the covers of books my students read and loved, and therefore wanted to recommend to others. Many students put forward their favorite titles from the bookshelf and wrote mini-summaries to try to promote their books to other students. Students visited the book wall for recommendations and subsequently borrowed books from my library. Seeing the spark for reading ignite in my students, most of whom are terrified of or despise reading, fills me with joy. I would love to be able to continue to grow my classroom library this year so that I can keep the spark of their interest alive. I will be teaching reading interventions to my EBD students and a variety of other special education students this upcoming school year. I would love to be able to fill my classroom library with books that students will want to read--literature that is authentic and aligns with their interests and needs. Any help in stocking my bookshelf would be so appreciated by my students and me.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":5028161,"teacherId":5028161,"teacherName":"Ms. Boyd","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5028161_orig.jpg?crop=404,404,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721364273744","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21415351,"followAbout":"Ms. Boyd's projects","teacherVerify":-675662510,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Boyd","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5028161","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=5028161","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":7,"numSupporters":30},"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.