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Ms. C. from San Antonio, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A novel approach to reading

My middle school students are a new addition to our school, and they need novels in their library that are right for kids their age.

  • $355 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

As librarian, my kids are from pre-K through grade 8. The newest addition to our Academy are middle school kids. They are hungry for great books, and we want to encourage reading, for it serves as an important foundation for success in life! As the school was originally set up to serve kids pre-K through grade 3, we do not have the kinds of books that appeal to middle school kids.

In 2003, the School District began exploring the possibility of taking a lesson from the past and creating a thoroughly modern (no hyphen) educational experience through academies for pre-kindergarten to grade 6, 7 or 8 students. The planned approach was to provide a more caring learning environment for all – especially for the critical middle school-age youngsters. The results from the first academy garnered overwhelming support from parents and educators. Both national and our research indicated that combining elementary and middle school-level grades at the same campus provides:  A greater sense of family and community.  Increased opportunities for students and parents to get to know teachers and the school support staff well, increasing a student’s likelihood of success.  A nurturing support system that helps prepare students to make a smooth transition to high school. Since then, eight former elementaries and a middle school within the SAISD have adopted this innovative approach.

Providing great library books for our middle schoolers will help them engage in the world around them, and encourage development of the essential skill of reading.

Reading is a critical life skill, and you have before you the opportunity to provide materials that will show middle schoolers that reading is “wicked good.”

Ms. C. Hawthorne Academy Grades 6-8

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San Antonio, TX View local requests

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

200 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Upside down and Backwards Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Karina Hernandez (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Anybodies N. E. Bode, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Nobodies N. E. Bode, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Unusual Suspects (Sisters Grimm Series #2) Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Problem Child (Sisters Grimm Series #3), Vol. 3 Micheal Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism Georgia Byng • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism Georgia Byng • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Molly Moon Stops the World Georgia Byng • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Teen Idol Meg Cabot • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Midnight Diary of Zoya Blume Laura Shaine Cunningham • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Game of Silence Louise Erdrich • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Nothing to Lose Alex Flinn • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Get Rich Quick Club Dan Gutman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Leaving Protection Will Hobbs • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Skull Talks Back and Other Haunting Tales Adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas, Joyce Carol Thomas, Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator), Based On Work by Zora Neale Hurston • Barnes and Noble $15.20 1 $15.20
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Katherine Hannigan • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales Gregory Maguire, Chris L. Demarest (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Not the End of the World Geraldine McCaughrean • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Love to Mama: A Tribute to Mothers Pat Mora (Editor), Paula Barragan (Illustrator), Paula S. Barragan M. (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Shooter Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls Naomi Shihab Nye, Terre Maher (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Is This Forever, or What?: Poems & Paintings from Texas Naomi Shihab Nye, Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, Various (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey Ann Rinaldi • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Mama's Window Lynn Rubright, Duane Smith (Illustrator), Patricia C. McKissack (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Flyte (Septimus Heap Series #2) Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Magyk (Septimus Heap Series #1) Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Physik (Septimus Heap Series #3) Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$243.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.33

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$291.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.88

Total project goal

$354.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $354.88

10 Donors

-$354.88

Donations toward project cost

-$291.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.88

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