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Mr. S. 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 students need a new classroom library to help encourage development of the essential skill of reading.

  • $894 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.

The newest addition to our Hawthorne 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 San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) 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 SAISD 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.”

Mr. S. 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

30 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Discovery of DNA Camilla de La Bedoyere • Barnes and Noble $27.90 1 $27.90
Heat de Miami Mark Stewart, Manuel Kalmanovitz (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
UTAH JAZZ Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $22.74 1 $22.74
The Tennessee Titans Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
The San Diego Chargers Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
San Antonio Spurs Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $22.74 1 $22.74
Miami Heat Mark Stewart, Matt Zeysing • Barnes and Noble $22.74 1 $22.74
Way Down Deep Ruth White • Barnes and Noble $14.40 2 $28.80
The Houston Texans Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
Chicago Bulls John F. Grabowski • Barnes and Noble $26.95 1 $26.95
Chicago Bears Aaron Frisch • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Charlotte Bobcats Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
Winner's Walk Nancy Ruth Patterson, Thomas F. Yezerski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 2 $25.60
What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, & Pajamas Patricia Lauber, John Manders (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Dallas Mavericks Mark Stewart, Matt Zeysing • Barnes and Noble $22.74 1 $22.74
Toys Go Out Emily Jenkins, Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 2 $28.80
The Thing about Georgie Lisa Graff • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Catherine Thimmesh • Barnes and Noble $17.95 2 $35.90
Tall Tales Karen Day • Barnes and Noble $14.39 2 $28.78
One-Handed Catch Mary Jane Auch • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
One Potato, Two Potato Cynthia DeFelice, Andrea U'Ren (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 2 $28.80
Middle of Somewhere Janie Cheaney • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor Emily Arnold McCully • Barnes and Noble $14.40 2 $28.80
Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $10.39 2 $20.78
Just Grace (Just Grace Series) Charise Mericle Harper • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $18.39 2 $36.78
How to Steal a Dog Barbara O'Connor • Barnes and Noble $12.80 2 $25.60

Materials cost

$636.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $63.68

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$733.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$160.90

Total project goal

$893.90

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $893.90

12 Donors

-$862.35

Donations toward project cost

-$733.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.55

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