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Ms. Eareckson from Baltimore, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Neutralizing the Math Monster

My students need a class set of both of these algebra books in order to be successful in passing the algebra high school assessment for graduation.

  • $1,045 goal

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My Students

Dear Community of caring donors: As a Reading Specialist and teacher of the High School Assessments, I work with almost every student that walks through our door. Part of my job is to make them want to be here and to become successful high school graduates. If I can’t do that, I have failed as a teacher. It’s just that simple.

That said, I need your help to provide some five hundred students with materials that will appeal to their level of interest and math skills, level of reading and comprehension, and promote the notion that they can and will succeed.

I need, at a minimum, fifty-five copies of two textbook supplements that I believe provide just that. The first one is Danica McKellar’s Kiss My Math” Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss. The second one is Hot X: Algebra Exposed by Danica McKellar.

My Project

Why do I need both? Our students come to us with a variety of levels of skill and most need to be gently reminded of things they have forgotten or never learned in the first place. Why do I need these particular books? Even the most anti-math kid will open a book with a title such as these, and move through them fairly quickly because they speak to kids in language that is kid friendly. In other words, they remove the dreaded fear monster that underlies all past failure and pre-conceived notions that say such things as, “I can’t do math, and I just don’t get it.”

Please help me to help my kids achieve the potential that they really do have.

Don’t let them continue to give up before they’ve even had a change to start. Thank you for caring, and please know that anything you can do to promote this very tall order will be greatly appreciated.

Ms. Eareckson Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School Grades 9-12

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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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Baltimore, MD 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

400 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss Danica McKellar • Barnes and Noble $10.26 27 $277.02
Hot X: Algebra Exposed Danica McKellar • Barnes and Noble $18.43 28 $516.04

Materials cost

$793.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$887.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$156.62

Total project goal

$1,044.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,044.16

14 Donors

-$1,042.40

Donations toward project cost

-$887.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$154.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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