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Ms. Cushing from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books as Prizes for Reading Month!

Help me give my students books as incentives and prizes for our March school-wide reading competition!

  • $416 goal

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Ms. Cushing has another project! Donate to A Diverse YA Novel Library for a Classroom Calming Space to help her classroom.

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Help Ms. Cushing

Ms. Cushing has another project! Donate to A Diverse YA Novel Library for a Classroom Calming Space to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $442.
2X

My Students

I teach a diverse group of artistic students at a Title I visual and performing arts school in downtown Los Angeles. Students come from all over the city to our public high school to receive a top-notch education in both academics and their chosen art form (music, dance, visual arts or theater) and go on to study at some of the top academic colleges and art schools across the country.

I am always looking for ways to motivate my students with innovative and exciting learning opportunities.

My Project

We are trying to encourage more reading across our campus to support college-readiness and improve our students' ability to read and interpret informational text. With March being Reading Month across the country, what a perfect time to set up an event at our school! March Madness Bingo will be a game played campus-wide to encourage students to read and demonstrate their learning of various online articles. We will track students' progress and at the end of the month, prizes will be awarded to participants who have read a certain number of articles. We would love to be able to give participants books as prizes! I have selected a variety of young adult novels and especially picked first books in their respective series! I know if students are anything like me, once they read the first book in their series they will be running to the library to find the other books that follow it- promoting even more reading! I really appreciate all of the donations and support to encourage life-long readers on our campus. Thank you!

Ms. Cushing Cortines School - Vpa Grades 9-12

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.

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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
The Big Activity Book for Anxious People • Amazon Business $10.31 5 $51.55
Forget Nico: Falling for the Wrong Italian (Italian Teens) (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $17.89 1 $17.89
That Boy • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Influence (Influence Series) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Wrong Bachelor • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Modified: Book One in the Manipulated Series • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
It Was Always You (Ridgewater High Romance) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Rule #1: You Can't Date the Coach's Daughter (The Rules of Love) • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
Obsidian: The Dragon Kings (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
The Maze Runner (Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
The Hunger Games (Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Tell Me Three Things • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Uglies • Amazon Business $8.33 1 $8.33
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Sun Is Also a Star • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Divergent (Divergent Series) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Under the Never Sky • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Matched • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
The Selection • Amazon Business $6.88 1 $6.88
Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Shatter Me • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Delirium (Delirium Trilogy) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$291.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.29

Total project goal

$415.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.25

2 Donors

-$207.62

Donations toward project cost

-$176.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.14

match offer

-$207.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$176.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.14

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