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Mrs. Johnston from Northridge, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy for Life!

My students need high-interest low readability books and differentiated materials to provide quality instruction and to help build their skills at just the right level for integration into the general education classroom.

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My Students

Our School opened on September 9, 2004 with 600 ninth and tenth grade students. Our school currently serves approximately 1070 students in grades 9 through 12. We are a small high school community allowing for a more personal environment. Our mission is to inspire, support, and expect our students to achieve their fullest potential as learners and productive citizens. Students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are placed in the least restrictive environment. In most cases, special education students are integrated with regular education students in clusters, and resource teachers/general education teachers co-plan/team-teach these students. Para-professionals support our implementation of the collaborative model. We have experienced good success with this model and the achievement of all of our students. Our school motto is "Inspire and Achieve", echoing our school mission to inspire, support, and expect ALL of our students to achieve their fullest potential as learners and productive citizens.

My Project

My students have moderate to severe disabilities and are fully included in general education classes along side their age/grade appropriate peers. This means that they are working on similar material that has been modified to their individual level of comprehension. Using the principles of Universal Design, access for each of my students is considered and incorporated so that each individual has the opportunity to explore literature and increase their reading and comprehension capabilities. I believe, the classroom is for learning and interacting, not simply sitting and listening, no matter what ones differences may be. To this end, my students need engaging, challenging and motivating material.

I believe learning happens at all levels, in individual ways, and that the more engaging materials a student has to access the curriculum, the more likely their success in learning.

By making a generous donation to my project for literacy books and materials, my students will have greater ability to understand and participate in the general education classroom alongside their typical peers. With incredible photos, eye-catching graphics and super-absorbing subjects, the high-interest text books will captivate students—and make nonfiction and fiction text a breeze to comprehend!

Mrs. Johnston Northridge Academy 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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Northridge, 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

12 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
High Interest, Low Readability - Nonfiction (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $44.96 1 $44.96
High Interest, Low Readability - Fiction (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $42.39 1 $42.39
High Interest, Low Readability - Adventure (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $40.97 1 $40.97
High Interest, Low Readability - Sports (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $39.61 1 $39.61
High Interest, Low Readability - Fiction (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $37.94 1 $37.94
High Interest, Low Readability - Sports (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $37.22 1 $37.22
High Interest, Low Readability - Nonfiction (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $29.10 1 $29.10
Authentic Reading Practice, Grades 4-6 (Enhanced eBook) • AKJ Education $24.99 1 $24.99
Nonfiction Comprehension Test Practice Grade 3 • AKJ Education $21.89 1 $21.89
Daily Reading Activities: Fall (eBook) • AKJ Education $19.99 1 $19.99
35 Reading Passages for Comprehension: Inferences and Drawing Conclusions (Enhanced eBook) (eBook) • AKJ Education $15.99 1 $15.99
35 Reading Passages for Comprehension: Main Ideas and Summarizing (Enhanced eBook) (eBook) • AKJ Education $15.99 1 $15.99
35 Reading Passages for Comprehension: Context Clues and Figurative Language (Enhanced eBook) (eBook) • AKJ Education $15.99 1 $15.99
35 Reading Passages for Comprehension: Point of View and Fact and Opinion (Enhanced eBook) (eBook) • AKJ Education $15.99 1 $15.99
24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice (Enhanced eBook) (eBook) • AKJ Education $13.95 1 $13.95
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: Word Study • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Power Practice: Main Ideas and Details (eBook) • AKJ Education $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$431.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$507.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.54

Total project goal

$596.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $596.93

1 Donor

-$507.39

Donations toward project cost

-$507.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$89.54

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 $0.00

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