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Ms. Platt from Columbia, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Magazines Bought Just For Me!

My students need subscriptions to 3 magazines that will allow them to read stories from their textbooks and see universal themes are universal in fiction and nonfiction.

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My Students

Every day we start with "Clap, Clap! Who's ready to take these learn laps?" We get started by talking about any news in our neighborhood, our city, our state, and our nation. We try to see whether or not any of these newsworthy events are isolated incidences or if they occur outside of our community.

My students are hungry to learn.

They are lacking many of the extras that other students in wealthier communities, or even middle-class ones. My students are hard workers, and they are grateful for every bit of help that anyone has ever provided to them. We are a community that is struggling to overcome poverty and apathy. Each time my students receive help from the "outside world" they work harder because they feel someone other than their families and I are invested in their success. These students are bright, critical thinkers who enjoy reading about the struggles others face, and they learn to apply those lessons learned into their own daily struggles.

My Project

Every day, my students will come in and open up their folders that will contain their very own news magazine. They will have highlighters and Post-it notes to keep track of the main ideas and recurring themes they encounter in their reading. They will do group work to become experts at identifying supporting evidence, making predictions, and drawing inferences from what is explicit and implicit within the texts. Developing these skills will help my students be critical thinkers and identifiers of universal struggles to become more active in their own communities and lives to help solve problems.

My students think that all they can have in this world is something that they will borrow.

They have textbooks, but must return them. They have workbooks, but must leave them behind at school. My students want something that is theirs to explore and read when they leave school to go home in the evening. They want to share their newly acquired skills with their families, maybe even teaching younger siblings how to read and gain understanding through the infographics. They want texts of their own.

Ms. Platt Eau Claire High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Columbia, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

45 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The New York Times Upfront, Grades 9 - 12 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 14 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 9–12 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $9.99 20 $199.80
Science World, Grades 6 - 10 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 12 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 6–10 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $9.49 15 $142.35
Scholastic Scope, Grades 6 - 8 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 9 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 6–8 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $9.25 15 $138.75

Materials cost

$480.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.09

Sales tax

 $33.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$600.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.90

Total project goal

$706.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $706.00

5 Donors

-$656.00

Donations toward project cost

-$557.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.40

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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