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Mr. Baer from Van Nuys, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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John Green, Walt Whitman, and a World of Wonder

My students need 40 copies of Leaves of The Grass by Walt Whitman and Paper Towns by John Green.

  • $641 goal

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My Students

It's rare that students are able to bridge the beauty of Walt Whitman with a modern day classic by John Green.

My school is perhaps the most diverse school you will ever find.

Although a small school, there are over thirty nationalities represented. They also range widely in economic status. Yet they are extremely tolerant and have learned to accept and care for one another.

My Project

By joining these two books, students will be able to analyze the American dream from a perspective they haven't explored before. It will enable my class to think of this country not just from a capitalist perspective, but a land of wonder, beauty and redemption. My students need a class set of Leaves on the Grass and Paper Towns.

This is an opportunity for students to imagine and envision a world through two unique works and understand the beauty of the wondrous world around them through the views of two authors who have written seminal works for their times.

Mr. Baer Daniel Pearl Magnet 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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Van Nuys, CA 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

40 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Paper Towns • AKJ Books $7.29 40 $291.60
Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856 • AKJ Books $4.34 40 $173.60

Materials cost

$465.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $42.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$544.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.13

Total project goal

$640.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $640.88

5 Donors

-$633.82

Donations toward project cost

-$544.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

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