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Keeping Kids Current

My students need individual student copies of Time for Kids for current events stories to engage them in issues around the world and at home. I want to engage their interests and promote active involvement.

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My Students

Students of today need to read news with a critical eye. It is vital to enhancing democracy and defeating narrow-mindedness. Students also need an understanding of the world’s economy, politics, social structures and environment in order to make the best decisions about how to live their own lives.

My students are from a rural, southern area of Georgia.

We are a Federal Title 1 school - meaning that more than 50% of the students that we serve are classified in poverty, and over 1/3 of our students are minority. It is not unusual for a student to let me know that he or she has never been outside of the county. Many times, the only window my students have to the outside world is in my classroom. We are academically diverse with students of all levels working together and helping each other.

My Project

TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find! A powerful teaching tool, TIME For Kids builds reading and writing skills and is easily integrated across your curriculum, including social studies, science and math. TIME For Kids is committed to helping teachers meet Common Core State Standards, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies and National Science Education Standards.

From Afghanistan to Iraq, current events have taken on special importance for young Americans living in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

But, mounting pressure to meet state curriculum requirements and assessment tests means current events rarely get discussed thoroughly. Current events are something that can be used every day if a teacher has the skill and the imagination to connect the present to the past. Time for Kids is a magazine that can make that happen. Please help.

Mr. Connell Pine Grove Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

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Valdosta, GA View local requests

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

140 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Edition 5 - 6 with Around the World (Grades 5 and 6) TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom newsmagazine that motivates kids to read. Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics and themes kids love to learn about and it s the best nonfiction text you ll find! Edition 5 - 6 builds non-fiction literacy skills and helps students become informed and active citizens. In addition to receiving Edition 5 - 6, subscribers will receive TFK Around the World. • Time for Kids $4.88 140 $683.20

Materials cost

$683.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$775.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.87

Total project goal

$912.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $912.46

12 Donors

-$640.67

Donations toward project cost

-$588.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.50

match offer

-$220.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$187.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.29

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