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

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Juicy Reading Seminar Books!

My students need an alluring, intriguing and engaging classroom library filled with readable books like "Code Orange" and "Summer of Secrets" in their areas of interest and at their level.

  • $481 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

Our students have multiple chances to engage in various reading opportunities ranging from in-depth Socratic Seminars, to small group, targeted reading instruction periods and independent reading sessions. They are eager to read but there is one small problem. We have no books! Please help!

Our school is a brand new middle school, housed in a hundred-year-old building on the 5th floor in East New York.

Despite the walk up, kids are excited to be there and excited to improve their reading and writing skills. Although we are a STEAM school, our Wi-Fi cannot support the amount of devices we have therefore making it extremely difficult for our students to read digital books. Lacking the funds (because we are a brand new school) to buy sufficient classroom libraries, we are scrambling to locate books to keep both our struggling readers and avid readers working towards our community wide goal of reading 10,000 books this year. With your support not only will 200 middle schoolers benefit from having actual books to read, you will continue to cultivate their eagerness to explore topics that are relevant to them. You will also help us combat the fact that our school is located in a Book Desert. All of the books selected were selected by our students directly in Reading Seminar.

My Project

Students will read these books independently, in Socratic Seminars and in their small group targeted reading instruction periods. Every child has committed themselves to moving up 2 reading levels this year and reading 50 books. I promise you that these books will be devoured by our kiddos. After reading each book students will recommend their favorites to their classmates through book talks, by writing reviews and sharing them and by reading favorite passages aloud at our annual Book Bash (inspired by Brooklyn's Book Festival). They will write, analyze and shape their viewpoint of the world in which they live by reading through these different novels.

Your donation will greatly impact not just our students, but our community.

We are located in a book desert meaning there are no public libraries nearby or book stores. Most students find it very challenging to get a hold of books to read, let alone books they are interested in. Lacking a school library, it is important that we figure out a way to get classroom libraries in place so our students can maximize all the opportunities they have to read throughout the day and at home!

Mrs. Grate Highland Park Community School Grades 6-8

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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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

200 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inconvenient Truth, An: The Crisis of Global Warming • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet Je • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Generation Green • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Daniel X 1 • AKJ Books $9.49 1 $9.49
Rainforest Bird Rescue • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Kasumi 2 • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
Tsubasa, No. 5 • AKJ Books $7.99 1 $7.99
Xxxholic 10 • AKJ Books $7.99 1 $7.99
Tsubasa, No. 6 • AKJ Books $7.99 1 $7.99
Xxxholic 5 • AKJ Books $7.99 1 $7.99
Kekkaishi 3 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
I Am the Cheese • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Kekkaishi 1 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Kekkaishi 4 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Picture This Norah McClintock • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
In the Woods Robin Stevenson • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Swiped Michele Martin Bossley • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Renewable Energy • AKJ Books $6.93 1 $6.93
Reducing Pollution • AKJ Books $6.93 1 $6.93
Managing Water • AKJ Books $6.93 1 $6.93
I Know What You Did Last Summer Lois Duncan • AKJ Books $6.57 1 $6.57
House on the Gulf Margaret Peterson Haddix • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Messenger Lois Lowry • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Wolf Rider • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Are You in the House Alone? • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Other Side of Dark • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
1800 Code Name • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Man Who Was Poe • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Behind the Curtain • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Code Orange • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Man Who Was Poe • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Golden Goblet • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Stolen Children • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
A Matter of Trust - Bluford High 2 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Weekend Was Murder! • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Lost and Found - Bluford High 1 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Payback - Bluford High 6 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Someone to Love Me - Bluford High 4 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Summer of Secrets - Bluford High 10 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
A Matter of Trust - Bluford High 2 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Secrets in the Shadows - Bluford High 3 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Someone to Love Me - Bluford High 4 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Payback - Bluford High 6 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Summer of Secrets - Bluford High 10 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Lost and Found - Bluford High 1 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Secrets in the Shadows - Bluford High 3 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Deadly Game Of Magic • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Someone to Love Me - Bluford Series #4 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Someone to Love Me - Bluford Series #4 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
A Matter of Trust - Bluford Series #2 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
The Bully - Bluford Series #5 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Schooled - Bluford Series #15 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Brothers in Arms - Bluford Series #9 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Schooled - Bluford Series #15 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
A Matter of Trust - Bluford Series #2 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
The Bully - Bluford Series #5 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Brothers in Arms - Bluford Series #9 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.65 1 $3.65
Blood is Thicker - Bluford Series #8 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $2.03 1 $2.03
Blood is Thicker - Bluford Series #8 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $2.03 1 $2.03
How to Ditch Your Fairy • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00

Materials cost

$373.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$408.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.12

Total project goal

$480.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $480.80

7 Donors

-$287.80

Donations toward project cost

-$244.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.17

Matching donations from our partners

-$193.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$164.05

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.95

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