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Mr. Deaver from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Know & Grow

Help me give my students an enriching and emotional - social cultural reading experience.

  • $400 goal

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My Students

In the city of Newark, many students live below the poverty line. Some cannot even wear clean clothes to school and are targets for bullies. Some students are teased and chastised because they were showing up to school looking unkempt. Some of these students were becoming chronic absentees—missing three to five days of school per month—out of shame. We are a Title I school.

At this time in the school year, students are back under the strict in-school protocol, and they need to be compliant with the uniform policy to stay in school.

We still engage them with other models within the classroom and with multiple social media platforms such as Zoom, Webex, Google Docs, and Google Meetings.

I am able to connect with my students in spite of their virtual or chronic attendance. Many of my students are members of the senior class. I am involved with them beyond the classroom by engaging them in positive social change, community service activities, and extracurricular activities. I want them to learn the importance of serving their community.

My Project

The books, Becoming, A Promise Land and other materials will help discussions and conversations about racism and social inequality with previously ordered books: White Fragility - Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism and This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons.

Four years ago, I launched a human rights and NGO Club to help students become community activist and world changers.

We visited the United Nations and spoke with some powerful people who are trying to make the world a more humane place for all. We want to learn more about social justice and return back to the United Nations this year.

My students have also read the books "Just Mercy" and "I am Malala".

I teach African American History classes so we will have my students read about and research key social justices advocates.

We will educate students on human rights issues (especially children’s rights) in the US and around the world, so that students gain a better understanding of the struggles that people may face who are different from them. We will educate students on racism/antiracism. This can be part of an anti-bullying campaign. A special focus can be determined by each respective school based on the needs/population of that school . We will connect students with other students from different areas of the US - and the world - (through Google , Webex, or through field trips). West Side’s Human Rights and NGO Club can be a state wide model for bringing unity and understanding of racial division.

Mr. Deaver West Side High School Grades 9-12

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

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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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers • MahoganyBooks $17.09 10 $170.90
March: Book Three • MahoganyBooks $17.99 3 $53.97
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 5 $40.45
Urban Intellectuals Black History Flashcards Volume 3 • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 2 $30.00

Materials cost

$295.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.95

Total project goal

$399.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $399.67

2 Donors

-$399.67

Donations toward project cost

-$339.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.95

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