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Ms. Lockhart from Garden Grove, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Library Lifeline: Rescue Teen Reading

My students need modern, interesting books for our classroom library that will promote a love of independent reading.

  • $456 goal

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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

"So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall." - Roald Dahl My technology obsessed students seem to have forgotten the love of books they once treasured as children.

I teach in a low socio-economic area with diverse demographics in an urban public school district.

Budget cuts have halted any new purchases for the school library and our librarian has returned to the classroom. Often the library is closed before school and at lunch, so students have limited access. Most of them do not have a public library card, so they must rely on what I have available in my classroom library. I know that if I had more current books in a variety of genres that students would be more inclined to check them out to read independently..for FUN (and an occasional book project)!

My Project

Your donation will help me begin to rebuild my classroom library so that students have immediate access to current, interesting, and award winning novels that may just take them away from their technology long enough for them to simply enjoy a good story and realize that reading can be an adventure. Students who read regularly are often more successful in school. Pleasure reading ignites curiosity, builds vocabulary, inspires independent thinking, promotes conversations and connects students to the world beyond the classroom. I want my students to have the opportunity to experience all of these benefits.

In a time when teens would rather watch television, YouTube, text, or be on Facebook for entertainment it is really difficult to keep them interested in reading.

By providing high interest books written by notable authors in a variety of genres in my classroom, many of my students may find that reading is fun again.

Ms. Lockhart Rancho Alamitos 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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Garden Grove, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mystery and Suspense • AKJ Books $22.50 2 $45.00
Award-Winning Authors • AKJ Books $18.00 2 $36.00
Just for Boys • AKJ Books $16.00 2 $32.00
Awards and Starred Reviews • AKJ Books $13.50 2 $27.00
Global Characters • AKJ Books $13.50 2 $27.00
Sports Stories • AKJ Books $12.60 2 $25.20
Epic Tales • AKJ Books $11.70 2 $23.40
Popular Novels • AKJ Books $11.70 2 $23.40
Fast and Fun with Divergent (5 books) (TEEN) • AKJ Books $19.00 1 $19.00
Resilience • AKJ Books $7.95 1 $7.95
Ruler Of The Realm • AKJ Books $7.58 1 $7.58
Amigas and School Scandals • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
DRAGON''S LAIR • AKJ Books $7.18 1 $7.18
Shifter, The • AKJ Books $6.80 1 $6.80
What The Birds See • AKJ Books $2.50 2 $5.00
Looking for Alaska • AKJ Books $2.50 2 $5.00
Things Hoped For • AKJ Books $1.95 2 $3.90
What Happened to Lani Garver? • AKJ Books $3.20 1 $3.20
Bitten • AKJ Books $2.50 1 $2.50
Morganville Vampires #2 • AKJ Books $2.50 1 $2.50
Elsewhere • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
Changing Tides • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
Reef of Death • AKJ Books $1.95 1 $1.95

Materials cost

$322.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$387.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.33

Total project goal

$455.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $455.53

3 Donors

-$367.20

Donations toward project cost

-$344.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.33

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 $0.00

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