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Ms. Gavin from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Year, New Books!

My students need the titles that they have requested: continuations of manga series, teen romance novels, and psychology books.

  • $502 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

I am lucky enough to work with incredibly intelligent, witty, and resilient teenagers from all over the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. My students attend six different high schools within a large high school campus in the Bronx. Unfortunately, over the past few years, student library usage had decreased.

As the new campus librarian for the 4,300+ students who share the building, my goal is to change that!

In my last school, I worked with colleagues and students to make our school library one of the most popular and welcoming spaces in the building. I'm eager to build my new-to-me campus library into a similar space, where students are excited to find out what's new, check out culturally relevant and diverse books, learn about the world around them, spend time with peers, and explore their creativity.

So far, so good!

My Project

Many of my students are having their first experiences with a student-centered library that caters to their needs, interests, and wants. All students' fines from previous schools and librarians have been waived; book borrowing limits have been increased; students are regularly offered totebags to carry home their reading selection; and students have been invited to provide input on which books should be in the library's collection.

As a result, library circulation is up by 168% over 2012, which was the year which had the highest circulation in the past six years.

Students have requested list upon list of graphic novels, manga, teen romance reads, and non-fiction titles like books about psychology. Providing students with the books that they want to read will help to create and retain life-long readers.

Ms. Gavin Pelham Laboratory High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Bronx, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kite Runner (Arabic edition) • Amazon Business $20.00 1 $20.00
Another Day • Amazon Business $8.73 2 $17.46
Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection (The Lunar Chronicles) • Amazon Business $13.04 1 $13.04
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Vol. 1 - manga • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
Love and Lies 3 • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Archie Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $12.82 1 $12.82
Riverdale Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
Hunaak! (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Fairest (Lunar Chronicles) • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Material Girl 3: Secrets & Betrayals • Amazon Business $11.43 1 $11.43
Betty & Veronica, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Love and Lies 1 • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Love and Lies 2 • Amazon Business $10.90 1 $10.90
Second Chance • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Our Chance (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
My Hero Academia, Vol. 8 • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
One-Punch Man, Vol. 6 • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
One-Punch Man, Vol. 11 • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 19 • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 13 • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 16 • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Boruto, Vol. 2: Naruto Next Generations • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 4 • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
One-Punch Man, Vol. 8 • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
My Hero Academia, Vol. 9 • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 17 • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
One-Punch Man, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
One-Punch Man, Vol. 12 • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
Under the Spotlight (Jamieson Brothers) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Snapshot (Jamieson Brothers) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
My Hero Academia, Vol. 10 • Amazon Business $6.91 1 $6.91
Rock and a Hard Place (Jamieson Brothers) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
The Ego and the Id • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95

Materials cost

$390.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$426.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.22

Total project goal

$501.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $501.47

3 Donors

-$472.65

Donations toward project cost

-$409.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.40

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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