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Ms. Spillane from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Books Back to Our Shelves

Help me give my students the joy of reading books that they choose and love!

  • $541 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

Students who attend our school are a mixture of different economic and cultural backgrounds. We are a Title I school with over 75% qualifying for free lunch. Many of our students are first-generation college-bound students, some even the very first in their family to apply, let alone attend and graduate from college. Other students in our school dedicate their lives to the armed services after participating in our JROTC program. We also have students preparing for culinary school, technology and coding, and business enterprises. We have an open and accepting student body that accepts everyone for their differences, and more so, embraces each other for those differences. This has been made more apparent as we have returned from remote learning.

This year's independent reading program has been met with great enthusiasm and eagerness from our students.

We have voracious readers, and some are reluctant readers who just haven't found the right book yet! Our students are emerging from the isolation of quarantining and remote learning; they are yearning to turn the pages of books they can hold in their hands.

My Project

These books were chosen by our students and at the top of their wishlists. Every day our students enter our class, open their books and begin reading for ten minutes straight. We continuously conference with students to hear their thoughts about their books. More importantly, we read for the sake and joy of reading. No tasks or assignments burden our student's enjoyment of their books.

So many times, we have had to ask our students to put their books away while we work on our lessons, and it makes our hearts smile.

With the right choices, structured time, and encouragement, we can ensure that our students become voracious readers.

Ms. Spillane Port Richmond High School 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.

More about Ms. Spillane

Staten Island, 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

150 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $13.19 3 $39.57
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
My Friend Dahmer • Amazon Business $11.86 2 $23.72
Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven • Amazon Business $10.73 2 $21.46
No Gods, No Monsters (The Convergence Saga, Book 1) • Amazon Business $21.37 1 $21.37
Damnation Spring • Amazon Business $19.81 1 $19.81
A Pho Love Story • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Vinland Saga 1 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1--Phantom Blood, Vol. 1 (1) • Amazon Business $17.42 1 $17.42
In the Wild Light • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The House of Rust: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Nimona • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Stranger Things: The Other Side (Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Berserk, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Squad • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Hello, Cruel Heart • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
Teen Titans: Raven • Amazon Business $12.40 1 $12.40
Evil Thing (Villains, 7) • Amazon Business $12.07 1 $12.07
Our Wayward Fate • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Soul Eater, Vol. 1 (Soul Eater, 1) • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70
Mirror, Mirror: A Twisted Tale (A Twisted Tale, 10) • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 • Amazon Business $10.81 1 $10.81
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (A Genie Lo Novel) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy (1) • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37

Materials cost

$422.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$459.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.04

Total project goal

$540.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $540.25

8 Donors

-$490.25

Donations toward project cost

-$416.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.54

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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