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Mrs. McCargish from Richmond, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Meaningful Choices = Engaged Readers!

Help me give my students meaningful choice in their reading with these engaging book club titles!

  • $304 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have a diverse and amazing population of students who make my everyday "job" into an amazing learning journey. I am on that learning journey together with my 9th-12th graders.

Together, with the 130-ish students that I teach every day, we foster a love for reading.

My school works every day at nurturing the diverse interests of the amazing students we serve, despite the obstacles life throws at us.

Our district is a low SES district with more than 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Many students treat our school as home because the place they go to after 3:30 doesn't provide what a home should. My goal is to help create the learning opportunities that these amazing students deserve and not let the poverty mindset prevent my students from reaching their potential.

My Project

I have a diverse array of students in my classroom, and to match that diversity I need book club titles that can speak to them. We have school offered titles, but there are always new and engaging books being published.

Each one of my kids can be a strong reader, and they need to know that reading is something to be enjoyed.

The more choices my students are given in their reading journey, the more likely they are to find the reader within themselves and build up the confidence to take on harder texts.

Mrs. McCargish
Grades 9-12
  • Richmond High School
  • Richmond, IN
    • 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

    This project will reach 130 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 6 $66.00
How to Make Friends with the Dark • Amazon Business $9.89 6 $59.34
Life in a Fishbowl • Amazon Business $8.59 6 $51.54
Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $7.91 6 $47.46

Materials cost

$224.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$257.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.48

Total project goal

$303.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $303.19

4 Donors

-$303.19

Donations toward project cost

-$257.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.48

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 $0.00

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