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Mrs. McDowell from Roebuck, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Please Make Me Fall in Love With Reading!

My students need a wide variety of popular fiction to help them fall in love with reading!

  • $300 goal

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My Students

Diversity--we embrace it! As you walk our halls, you see how we celebrate the beauty of our differences while recognizing what holds us together. Photographs and artwork reflect the joy of connection and the creative spirit that unites us. The diverse cultures that come together in our school make us each richer. When you come to my room on the English hall--first door to the right--you hear my students' energy as they read aloud, share their ideas, and learn together.

Each teenager in my room is working to find his or her place in a student body of 900 ninth graders.

They choose books based on their interests, their strengths, their cultures, and their questions. Many of them enjoy the safety and stability of school because their home lives are less comfortable. Here, they find validity and encouragement.

My students have big dreams. We've told them that they can change the world, and they believe us. I believe us. The compassion and intelligence I see in them encourages me to believe even more.

My Project

My students have time to read, play video games, watch movies, and troll Instagram. They need a variety of INTERESTING books to show them that reading is FUN and REWARDING. Students who read for pleasure improve their grades, test scores, and ability to empathize with others.

You can help them fall in love with reading!

By providing books that they are interested in, you will be helping them develop stronger relationships and higher level thinking skills.

I give my students time to read for pleasure during class, and many of them get hooked and take the book home with them. They discover the joy of storytelling which improves their vocabulary as well as their writing styles.

Mrs. McDowell Dorman High - Freshman Campus 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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Roebuck, SC 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

150 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Strange the Dreamer • AKJ Education $15.32 1 $15.32
King's Cage • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Turtles All the Way Down • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Glass Sword • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Scythe • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Six of Crows • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Rot & Ruin • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Red Queen • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Serpent King • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
Persepolis 2 The Story of a Return • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood • AKJ Education $9.72 1 $9.72
This Lullaby • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Moon and More • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Dope Sick • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Impossible Knife of Memory • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Lockdown Escape from Furnace 1 • AKJ Education $7.14 1 $7.14
Everything, Everything • AKJ Education $7.14 1 $7.14
Legend • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
Travel Team • AKJ Education $5.19 1 $5.19
Flush • AKJ Education $4.54 1 $4.54

Materials cost

$206.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$254.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.85

Total project goal

$299.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $299.02

5 Donors

-$149.50

Donations toward project cost

-$127.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.42

match offer

-$149.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.43

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 $0.00

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