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Ms. Gavin from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Addicted to Reading!

My students need books that they have requested when visiting the library.

  • $521 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.

My Students

I am lucky enough to work with incredibly intelligent, witty, and resilient teenagers from all over the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. My students attend six different high schools within a large high school campus in the Bronx. Unfortunately, over the past few years, student library usage had decreased.

As the new campus librarian for the 4,300+ students who share the building, my goal is to change that!

In my last school, I worked with colleagues and students to make our school library one of the most popular and welcoming spaces in the building. I'm eager to build my new-to-me campus library into a similar space, where students are excited to find out what's new, check out culturally relevant and diverse books, learn about the world around them, spend time with peers, and explore their creativity.

So far, so good!

My Project

After years of low usage, students have been flocking to the campus library. Many non-readers and reluctant readers have become frequent visitors and started picking up books that catch their eye. Students who already liked to read and Manga enthusiasts have become some of the most avid readers, visiting the library often multiple times in the day. One girl recently enthused that she was "addicted to reading!"

With this newly renewed interest in our campus library, there has been the need to ensure that the collection is updated to suit students' needs and preferences.

The schools have purchased a good number of titles but students come in with their own requests on slips of paper or smartphone lists on an almost daily basis. This project will enable the library to offer students the books they have requested on their visits.

Ms. Gavin Pelham Laboratory High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Gavin

Bronx, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kick-Ass Box Set • Amazon Business $38.30 1 $38.30
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress) • Amazon Business $11.42 2 $22.84
Sleeping Beauties: A Novel • Amazon Business $19.11 1 $19.11
3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad, Book Two) • Amazon Business $16.97 1 $16.97
3: Whiskey Words & a Shovel III • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Trust No Aunty • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 3 • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Happiness 4 • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Happiness 3 • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Dead Girls Society • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Almost a Woman: A Memoir (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) • Amazon Business $12.46 1 $12.46
Confessions: The Private School Murders • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
Happiness 2 • Amazon Business $11.71 1 $11.71
The Chaos of Longing • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
Akame ga KILL! ZERO, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
Akame ga KILL! ZERO, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
With the Band • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Akame ga KILL! ZERO, Vol. 3 • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 4 • Amazon Business $10.28 1 $10.28
First Love • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Wrapped Up in You 6 (My Boyfriend Is a Monster) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
I Date Dead People (My Boyfriend Is a Monster) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (My Boyfriend Is a Monster) • Amazon Business $9.94 1 $9.94
Now You See Her • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
A Match Made in Heaven (My Boyfriend Is a Monster) • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 18 • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
Follow Me Back • Amazon Business $7.83 1 $7.83
One-Punch Man, Vol. 12 • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
Unite Me (Shatter Me) • Amazon Business $4.34 1 $4.34

Materials cost

$406.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.07

Total project goal

$520.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $520.46

3 Donors

-$516.93

Donations toward project cost

-$442.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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