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Ms. Arthur from Salt Lake City, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy Reward Center

My students need a literacy center! Our classroom needs a safe and comfortable place to read. We need 15 different title books, 4 bean bag chairs, and a rug to help foster a love of reading.

  • $517 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

Reading should be fun. Reading nothing but textbooks, however, is not. My high school students have not yet found that compelling story that leaves them wanting more. I want to help them develop a passion for reading by providing them with a diverse selection of titles and an inviting environment.

I teach in an urban alternative public high school in Utah.

We serve at-risk youth. Most of our students qualify for free lunch. We are incredibly diverse. Over 80 languages are spoken in our building. I work with 9th-12th graders. Many of my students are teen moms. I am a first year teacher. I have already purchased many materials for my classroom, but these materials are not enough. These students deserve more.

My Project

Our students are mature and capable. They understand the challenges of their environment and are eager to make a better future for themselves and their families. My students (especially the teen moms) are acutely aware of the value of education in their lives. A classroom literacy center will enable my students to truly enjoy reading. It will be a place where students can go to relax and just get lost in a good book.

Often I hear students say that they don't like reading.

They complain that reading is "too hard" or "boring". Some of our teen moms don't have a quiet place at home to read. Over the past few months, I have ordered a few books on art, books in Spanish, and comic books to start my classroom library. Students now come to me and ask to borrow my books. They have begun to enjoy reading. As a teacher, I am overjoyed. Please help support our classroom literacy center by donating to our project.

Ms. Arthur Horizonte Instruction and Train Center 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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Salt Lake City, UT View local requests

More than 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A.D.New Orleans After the Deluge • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
In the Shadow of No Towers • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Maus II: A Survivor''s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began • AKJ Books $11.80 1 $11.80
Maus I : A Survivor''s Tale My Father Bleeds History • AKJ Books $11.80 1 $11.80
Fist Stick Knife Gun • AKJ Books $10.36 1 $10.36
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 Stephenie Meyer, Young • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
Cirque Du Freak 1 • AKJ Books $19.89 1 $19.89
Girl with a Baby Sylvia Olsen, Laura Peetoom (Editor) • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Snitch • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
House on Mango Street, The • AKJ Books $8.14 1 $8.14
The Gangster We Are All Looking For • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
Beats Rhymes and Life: What We Love and Hate about Hip-Hop Y • AKJ Books $10.36 1 $10.36
Hip-Hop U.S. History: The New and Innovative Approach to Lea • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
Listen Up! Zoe Angelsey, Foreword by Yusef Komunyakaa • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
Skateboarding Field Manual Ryan Stutt • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
BEAN BAG CHAIR ADULT RED • ABC School Supply, Inc $24.46 4 $97.84
CARPET 3'10''X 5'4'' DOTTIE RUG SPECIFY COLOR • ABC School Supply, Inc $100.76 1 $100.76

Materials cost

$378.73

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.86

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$439.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.52

Total project goal

$516.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $516.79

1 Donor

-$258.39

Donations toward project cost

-$219.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.76

match offer

-$258.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$219.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.76

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