My students need books that are appropriate for middle school-aged children so that we can expand our district's summer book mobile project to provide them with appropriate literature.
$1,055 goal
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P. Middle School is home to nearly 500 students in grades 6-8 who are “beating the odds” when it comes to academic success! Our school district student body is rich in its diversity as it reflects the makeup of the surrounding communities.
From an early age, our students are exposed to a variety of ethnic backgrounds languages and cultures different than their own.
Our student body is about 48.2 percent Latino, 46.6 percent Caucasian and 2.0 percent Black. 77 percent of our students are categorized by the state as economically disadvantaged, 23.8 percent have limited English proficiency(*2015-16 statistics).
My Project
Over the past few years, the district has driven a bookmobile around our district once per week in the summer, delivering books and popsicles to elementary students. In the area of reading, the best way to ensure that students are not losing the skills that they learned all year at school is to give them continuous opportunities to practice. Students borrow a few books each week and exchange them the following week. Stops tend to be at local parks and within densely populated neighborhoods. We will have seven stops on Thursday afternoons and into the early evening for eight weeks, from mid-June through mid-August.
This grant would allow us to expand the program to include middle schools students, in grades six through eight.
This year we have also partnered with Feeding America, so, instead of popsicles, we will be providing kids with hearty snacks/sack lunches. We are a high poverty district, so being able to provide hungry kids with food and something to read is important to helping ensure that our students enjoy a safe, productive summer.
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
Harry Potter Hard Cover Boxed Set: Books #1-7
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$104.46
1
$104.46
The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13)
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$101.77
1
$101.77
Artemis Fowl Complete Series Set Books 1-7 : Artemis Fowl / the Arctic Incident / the Eternity's Code / the Opal Deception / the Lost Colony / the Time Paradox / the Atlantis Complex
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$80.97
1
$80.97
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (Books 1-10)
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$66.95
1
$66.95
The Lunar Chronicles Boxed Set: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Winter
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$56.02
1
$56.02
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set
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$44.93
1
$44.93
Amulet Box Set: Books 1-7
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$44.62
1
$44.62
Divergent / Insurgent / Allegiant / Four (4 Volumes
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$38.79
1
$38.79
The Maze Runner Series Boxed Set
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$35.19
1
$35.19
The Legend Trilogy
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$31.59
1
$31.59
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set
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$21.89
1
$21.89
The Giver Quartet boxed set
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$20.63
1
$20.63
Mighty Jack
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$14.15
1
$14.15
Esperanza Rising
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$14.13
1
$14.13
We Stand on Guard Deluxe Edition
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$13.59
1
$13.59
Fast Break
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$12.69
1
$12.69
The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12)
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$11.80
1
$11.80
Artemis Fowl The Last Guardian
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$11.52
1
$11.52
The Sun Is Also a Star (Yoon, Nicola)
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$11.39
1
$11.39
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)
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$11.17
1
$11.17
Number the Stars 25th Anniversary
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$11.03
1
$11.03
Sunrise Over Fallujah
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$10.91
1
$10.91
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
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$10.86
1
$10.86
Point Guard (Home Team)
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$10.33
1
$10.33
The Lie Tree
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$10.05
1
$10.05
The Only Game (Home Team)
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$9.86
1
$9.86
Monster (Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
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$9.80
1
$9.80
Flowers for Algernon
• Amazon Business
$9.24
1
$9.24
Becoming Naomi Leon (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 11: Double Down
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$7.92
1
$7.92
The Extra Yard (Home Team)
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$7.61
1
$7.61
Materials cost
$853.85
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$12.81
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$896.66
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$158.23
Total project goal
$1,054.89
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,054.89
33 Donors
-$1,051.19
Donations toward project cost
-$896.66
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