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Mrs. Eck from Vincennes, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Place for Poetry

My students need a place for poetry in their ever-changing world.

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My Students

Middle school can be a tough transition into the teenage years. My 6th grade students try to balance school, home, friendships, parents, relationships, and extra-curricular activities, while keeping their emotions in check.

One day my students are trying to outrun their childhood, and the next day they are thankful being a teenager is not within their grasp.

For my students, no day is typical, and each day is different. But literacy is the one thing that can help hold it all together.

My Project

My classroom library is missing something! It doesn't have a place for poetry. Middle school years are full of emotions, and 6th graders seek stability in their ever-changing world. Poetry can be the answer.

Poetry promotes literacy, builds empathy, allows for personal expression, and opens minds to different perspectives.

"The power of poetry is that you can take these emotionally heavy moments in our lives, and you can distill them into these palatable, these digestible words and lines and phrases that allow us to be able to deal and cope with the world." ~ Kwame Alexander, author of The Crossover and Booked

Adding these books of poetry to our classroom library will expose my students to a range of poems dealing with growing up, war, love, relationships, nature, perseverance, and many other topics which will enrich their lives. Your donation will help poetry find a place in my students' lives.

Mrs. Eck George R Clark Middle School Grades 6-8

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Vincennes, IN View local requests

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

100 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
More Than Friends Poems from Him and Her • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
Poetry Speaks Who I Am • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Time You Let Me In 25 Poets under 25 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
How I Discovered Poetry • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Maze Me Poems for Girls • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
This is Just to Say Poems of Apology and Forgiveness • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
A Poetry Handbook • AKJ Education $10.22 1 $10.22
Walking on the Boundaries of Change Poems of Transition • AKJ Education $8.96 1 $8.96
Poems About Choices • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Poets of World War I • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Jumped In • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Picture Yourself Writing Poetry Using Photos to Inspire Writing • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
Partly Cloudy Poems Of Love and Longing • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$151.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$183.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.37

Total project goal

$215.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $215.81

1 Donor

-$107.90

Donations toward project cost

-$91.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.18

match offer

-$107.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$91.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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