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

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Dropping Phones and Picking Up Books!

My students need accessible but interesting books, like the Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson, to help them drop their phones and pick up a book!

  • $538 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

English is more than just reading Shakespeare and writing essays. Just ask any student about the songs they wrote advocating for one aspect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or about the menus they created to open a discussion about foods from their home countries. English for these students is a pathway to connection and to exploring a new community of people from all over the world.

My students are all recently arrived newcomers.

They have been in the United States for less than four years. They come from a wide variety of countries such as Yemen, Haiti, Tibet and Senegal. In my classroom, there are over 15 languages spoken including Urdu, Arabic and Haitian Creole. We see this diversity as an incredible opportunity, but one that needs different types of support to be successful. This success is supported through the project-based approach of my school and classroom.

My Project

In the fight for our students' attention, we often lose the battle to cellphone and computer screens. In my classroom, we are trying to even up the playing field by filling our shelves with high interest books that just might entice a kid to put down their phone in order to pick up a book. Students will use these books to engage in daily reading, book clubs, and to borrow for reading at home.

High school ESL students pose a special challenge when it comes to finding accessible and interesting books, but it isn't impossible!

The books of this project include fantasy, romance, horror, realistic fiction, biography, and science fiction but all are at reading levels that are inviting to my developing English readers so that they might discover reading is more than just something that they do when they are at school.

Ms. Amanda Brooklyn International 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.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

100 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Urban Underground (10 bk set) • AKJ Education $74.45 1 $74.45
Pretty Little Liars (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $30.65 1 $30.65
Maximum Ride (4 bk set) • AKJ Education $25.43 1 $25.43
Shredderman (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $20.17 1 $20.17
The Closer: Young Readers Edition • AKJ Education $13.87 1 $13.87
The Heart of Betrayal • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Kiss of Deception • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Border Town #2: Quince Clash • AKJ Education $4.37 2 $8.74
This Lullaby • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Just Listen • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Death Sentence Escape from Furnace 3 • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Solitary Escape from Furnace 2 • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Lockdown Escape from Furnace 1 • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Anna Dressed in Blood • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Geography of You and Me • AKJ Education $7.30 1 $7.30
The Truth About Forever • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Forged by Fire • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Guy in Real Life • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Tears of a Tiger • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Tia; Diva • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Sherise: Stalked • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Sherise: Blind Trust • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
The Bank of Badness • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Robinson's Hood • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Chopped! • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
The Misfits • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Tears Of A Tiger • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Double-Cross • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
One Date Too Many • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Pay Back • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Aztec Ring Mystery • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Thaw • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Stolen Treasure • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
The Hero of Crow's Crossing • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Island II: Survival • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Island III: Escape • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Island I: Shipwreck • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Case of the Missing Museum Archives • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Cheaters • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
The Bowling Lane Without Any Strikes • AKJ Education $4.45 1 $4.45
The Basket Counts • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Soccer Duel There are two sides to every story... • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Girls Like Me (Bluford High Series #21) • AKJ Education $2.92 1 $2.92

Materials cost

$420.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$456.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.56

Total project goal

$537.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $537.07

9 Donors

-$537.07

Donations toward project cost

-$456.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.56

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