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Ms. Gordon from Miami, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Like Big Books & I Cannot Lie! #OperationClassLibrary

Help me give my students an amazing class library to encourage independent reading!

  • $1,244 goal

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My Students

I am proud to teach 9th and 12th grade English at my high school alma mater. This has been a true full-circle moment for me as I give back to the community that has shaped the woman and educator that I have become.

The majority of my students come from low-income households but that does not diminish their capacity for greatness.

Our school is well-known for its athleticism, creativity, and academics. Although we are located in the heart of the inner city, we are truly an unstoppaBULL community, and each year our students consistently overcome the odds and rise above expectations.

My goal as an educator is to ensure that I am able to foster and develop the flame within each of them as they embark on this new journey and prepare for adulthood. My classroom is their gateway to deeper knowledge, greater understanding, and a more fulfilled life!

My Project

I had cultivated a pretty nice classroom library over the first 5 years of my teaching career. My students enjoyed checking out novels from our class library and diving into the amazing book offerings there. Unfortunately, my resignation from my last school prompted the administration to dispose of ALL of my books and bookshelf over the summer without my knowledge. I lost hundreds of books! But I will not allow the actions of a few to adversely affect my students. Covid hit, I changed schools, and two years later, I have a solution!

I am on a mission to rebuild my classroom library and help foster a love of reading in my students.

Creating a class library is step one of my mission to get my students to read independently. These books have been chosen with my students in mind. Last year, I taught 9th grade and now I have moved with my students to 10th grade. I know they will love this selection of YA and graphic novels. Students will be able to choose books from our class library that interest them. Having a choice in what they read will help them enjoy independent reading time and encourage them to read more.

Everyone knows that the best way to increase reading ability is to read more. There are so many benefits to reading such as increasing vocabulary and improving comprehension. Both of these skills are beneficial for students of all ages, but especially my high school students who are preparing to enter "the real world" shortly. It is my goal that students will not only cultivate a love for reading but grow stronger in reading. Your support of this project will help change the lives of so many students. Thank you in advance for your donation.

Ms. Gordon Miami Northwestern Senior High School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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 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
Sauder Select Collection 5-Shelf Bookcase, Oiled Oak (410367) • Quill.com $169.99 1 $169.99
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • MahoganyBooks $44.99 1 $44.99
Divergent (3 bk set) • AKJ Education $38.14 1 $38.14
Dear Justyce • AKJ Education $13.86 2 $27.72
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel • AKJ Education $13.13 2 $26.26
Boxers & Saints Boxed Set • AKJ Education $25.54 1 $25.54
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $11.50 2 $23.00
Long Way Down • MahoganyBooks $10.79 2 $21.58
Getting Away with Murder • AKJ Education $19.79 1 $19.79
Brown Girl Dreaming • MahoganyBooks $9.89 2 $19.78
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
The Hunger Games • AKJ Education $8.78 2 $17.56
He Said, She Said • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Education $7.68 2 $15.36
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
In Real Life • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Sunny (Track #3) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
Lu (Track #4) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
Patina (Track #2) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
Ghost (Track #1) (PB) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Mass Market) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
The Poet X • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
If I Ever Get Out of Here • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Odyssey • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
One of Us Is Lying • AKJ Education $12.59 1 $12.59
Gandhi • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close A Novel • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary) • AKJ Education $11.90 1 $11.90
The Hill We Climb • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Things Fall Apart: A Novel • AKJ Education $10.22 1 $10.22
Black Indians • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (PB) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Some Assembly Required The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
All American Boys • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Claudette Colvin • AKJ Education $9.09 1 $9.09
Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
When I Was the Greatest • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
X: A Novel • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Steve Jobs • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Every Day • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Surrender Tree • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Running Dream • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Sold • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Cuba 15 • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Perseus The Hunt for Medusa's Head : A Greek Myth • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
A Time to Dance • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
The Maze Runner • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Animal Farm • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Cool Salsa (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
The Book Thief • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
1984 • AKJ Education $6.85 1 $6.85
We Beat the Street • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Education $6.38 1 $6.38
Bud, Not Buddy • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
The River Between Us • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Warriors Don't Cry • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
When My Name Was Keoko • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Boys Without Names • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Mockingbird • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
A Raisin in the Sun (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.57 1 $5.57
The Hunchback of Notre Dame • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07

Materials cost

$1,002.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.11

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,057.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$186.60

Total project goal

$1,243.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,243.98

2 Donors

-$1,231.62

Donations toward project cost

-$1,057.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$174.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.36

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