Help me give my students the comic book club they deserve! The new flexible comfy stools and amazing books on display will appeal to every kind of reader and make all feel welcome.
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Located steps away from a lush community garden on our historic East Los Angeles campus, this is the first year of our new environmental science and humanitarian magnet school. We have created a place where a one of a kind indoor/outdoor rural learning space sets the stage for real-world, hands-on curriculum focused on empowering students to be lifelong critical thinkers impacting the environment and global needs. Every day is an opportunity for my students to explore their place in the world and think about how they can make it better!
It’s not easy being a founding member of a new program, but my 7th and 8th grade risk-takers jumped at the chance to be part of something they could build from the ground up.
Students have begun spearheading composting programs, garden club, and gotten their hands dirty tending the small ecosystem they are now responsible for.
Despite the high quality programming and expectations we have for our students, we are still a 100% Title 1 school, where all kids receive free or reduced priced meals. Our ethnic population is approximately 92% Hispanic or Latino, about 17% are English Language Learners (ELLs), and 16% receive Special Education services.
My Project
These materials will go a long way towards meeting my goal of making students skilled, passionate, habitual and critical readers. More importantly, they will help create an inviting, safe space for kids during lunch and breaks. Middle school can be a difficult time for students and a welcoming community to explore one’s interests alone or with other like-minded friends is essential to social and emotional health. During our meetings we have comic book lit circles where small groups of students pick one title they all read so they can talk about the shared text. We study writing and artist styles and attempt write/draw- alikes. We create our own superheroes.
Some days we just read quietly with the doors and windows open, enjoying the cross breeze that blows through the community garden outside my door.
My classroom is a bungalow set back from the main campus and twice a week I give up my lunch so any kid who needs a break from the cacophony of the lunch area has a calming space to visit. Now I just need some more places for them to sit and things to read!
Nearly all 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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My Hero Academia Volume 1-5 Collection 5 Books Set (Series 1)
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$49.69
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The Legend of Zelda Box Set
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March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
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Pokémon Adventures (7 Volume Set - Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for all ages)
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$31.37
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GG421 - Book Display Stand for 20
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$29.99
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Hilo: Out-of-This-World Boxed Set
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$27.04
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DC Super Hero Girls Box Set
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$26.94
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The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box
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$24.00
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$24.00
Teen Titans GO! Box Set Cover Image may vary
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$18.94
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The Drawing Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw
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$17.09
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$17.09
The Tea Dragon Society
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$16.19
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$16.19
New Moon: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (The Twilight Saga)
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$14.35
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$14.35
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley: 30 drawing lessons from the creator of Akiko
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$13.99
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Cells at Work! 2
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$10.86
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Fort Solitude (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #2)
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$10.53
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$10.53
They Called Us Enemy
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$10.50
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$10.50
Cells at Work! 1
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$10.50
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$10.50
Cells at Work! 3
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$10.49
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Pashmina
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$10.37
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Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story
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$10.07
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$10.07
Nightlights
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$9.35
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$9.35
Sailor Moon 4
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$9.31
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$9.31
Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel #5): A Graphix Book (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
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$8.89
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$8.89
Pelé: The King of Soccer
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$8.78
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$8.78
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel
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$8.71
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$8.71
Sailor Moon 2
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$8.65
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Brave (Berrybrook Middle School)
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$8.56
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$8.56
Be Prepared
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$8.46
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$8.46
Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life
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$8.33
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
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$8.07
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Crush (Berrybrook Middle School)
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$7.88
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How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way
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$6.53
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The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #2)
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$6.50
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Sailor Moon 3
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A Graphix Book: Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #1: The Dragonet Prophecy
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Blank Comic Book (Draw Your Own Comics): A Large Notebook and Sketchbook for Kids and Adults to Draw Comics and Journal
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Blank Comic Book: Variety of Templates, 2-9 panel layouts, draw your own Comics
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$5.99
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Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School)
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Bad Island
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$4.99
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Detention of Doom (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #3)
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Sailor Moon 1
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Materials cost
$859.02
Vendor shipping charges
$5.99
Sales tax
$78.60
3rd party payment processing fee
$12.89
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$986.50
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$174.09
Total project goal
$1,160.59
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,160.59
8 Donors
-$1,048.24
Donations toward project cost
-$901.50
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$146.74
match offer
-$100.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$85.00
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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