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Mrs. Collier from McAlester, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Freshman Classroom Library

Help me give my students a classroom library to help support lapses in reading and enrichment that have occurred during the pandemic. This will aid students who are absent but don't have sufficient access to books and materials.

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My Students

I have taught 9th grade English for over two and a half decades. Never before have I experienced students losing as much educational ground as I have since March of 2020. Students experiencing long-term and frequent absences are falling far behind. While they do have Chromebook, they may not be able to connect to their school with great regularity. I am constantly seeking out methods for keeping absent students engaged with their classmates and with their required schoolwork.

Students need every additional tool available to them in order to make up for their educational time lost and opportunities missed.

I hope that my project will be funded in order to make this a reality for my ninth graders. Many are eager to learn and gain new skills while others struggle to remain engaged and involved with the learning process. I seek to receive funding to bring all my students greater reading and media opportunities during the struggles with COVID that our world is still experiencing.

My Project

The books will help students who have fallen behind during the pandemic and require additional reading materials to bolster their independent reading skills. Many students are quarantined for several weeks but may not have sufficient access to books or internet. A classroom library will give students access to a wider rage of books geared toward their interest level and lexile. Books may also be sent home for students who are unable to leave their homes for an extended period.

Access to a wide variety of books will be available to all students in my classroom.

Students in the classroom should always have an interesting, new read readily available. Students at home can request a particular title which could be sent home during long absences. Student progress should not be limited by a lack of books available to them. My hope is that these titles will be widely read by students in the classroom and at home.

My appeal to Donors Choose is that independent reading is seen as valuable and essential. I sincerely hope that the selection committee will see the value of my proposal and provide funding for the selected bookcases and books to fill them.

Mrs. Collier McAlester 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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McAlester, OK 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Furinno Pasir 4-Tier Bookcase / Bookshelf / Storage Shelves, Espresso • Amazon Business $37.78 2 $75.56
The Mortal Instruments, the Complete Collection(City of Bones/ City of Ashes/ City of Glass/ City of Fallen Angels/ City of Lost Souls/ City of Heavenly Fire) • Amazon Business $32.57 1 $32.57
The Inheritance Cycle Series 4 Book Set Collection Eragon, Eldest, Brisngr • Amazon Business $31.26 1 $31.26
The Ender Quartet Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind (The Ender Saga) • Amazon Business $29.96 1 $29.96
The Keeper Chronicles: The Complete Trilogy • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate • Amazon Business $28.69 1 $28.69
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) • Amazon Business $28.16 1 $28.16
The Giver Quartet Boxed Set • Amazon Business $27.05 1 $27.05
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $24.30 1 $24.30
The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Boxed Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time) • Amazon Business $21.90 1 $21.90
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (The City of Ember; The People of Sparks; The Diamond of Darkhold; The Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $21.31 1 $21.31
The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising • Amazon Business $19.78 1 $19.78
The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set [4-Book Paperback Boxed Set] (A Darkest Minds Novel) • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
A Twisted Tale Collection: A Boxed Set • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Starship Troopers • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
The Year I Stopped Trying • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Paper Palace: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Martian • Amazon Business $14.81 1 $14.81
Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
DEAR EVAN HANSEN • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
Mindfulness for Teens in 10 Minutes a Day: Exercises to Feel Calm, Stay Focused & Be Your Best Self • Amazon Business $12.16 1 $12.16
They Wish They Were Us • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
The Sun Is Also a Star • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83
The Upside of Falling • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Five Feet Apart • Amazon Business $10.57 1 $10.57
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Where the Crawdads Sing • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, 1) • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
Everything, Everything • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Uglies • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Fahrenheit 451 • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $8.12 1 $8.12
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $8.07 1 $8.07
Paper Towns • Amazon Business $8.04 1 $8.04
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $7.28 1 $7.28
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Book Thief • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Looking for Alaska • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $5.91 1 $5.91

Materials cost

$741.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $60.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$843.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.80

Total project goal

$991.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $991.98

1 Donor

-$991.98

Donations toward project cost

-$843.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.80

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