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Ms. Pollak from Jackson Hts., NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read And There Will Be No More Weeping!

My students need books that they can relate to, get lost in, and to discover new worlds. They need new books that can give them an outlet for their teenage angst. These include the Vampire Academy Box Set, by Richelle Mead, "Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have" and "Flipped."

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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

Do you remember when you were a teenager and someone told you do something? Do you remember doing the exact opposite because it was "cool" or you were trying to prove a point? My students do this all of the time, especially when it comes to reading. It's because they haven't found the right book!

In a middle school of 2000 students, my 95 don't stand out.

The majority of my students are Hispanic, second language learners, and receive free/reduced lunch. When my students walk out of school, they are immersed with Spanish speaking families and friends. English takes a back seat. So many of my students wish that their parents could read with them, but the harsh reality of it is that they don't. My students want to be able to find books that they can relate to, or learn something from, however, without the opportunity at home, they rely on me to help them find new and exciting books. My seventh and eighth graders just want to feel welcomed by books, and are tired of not being able to find one that fits who they are as people.

My Project

Imagine growing up in a world where your daily life consists of seeing the people around you, whether they are family, peers, or strangers, be consumed by their job or drugs or even violence. Imagine waking up everyday only to find out that another person in your life is walking out on you, or yet another child is being born into your already overcrowded life. Imagine walking into your school, and not having the supplies you needed to get a solid education. Well you have just entered my students lives. If my students were able to have these books to read, they would be able to walk into school everyday being able to look forward to seeing a fresh library with books that invite them into magical worlds or worlds that are just like theirs. If my students had these books, they could walk out of school knowing that they are going home with a book to read instead of seeing another kid get jumped. If my students had these books, their worlds would change and their minds would expand.

Please provide my students with the opportunity of finding out how much a book could change their lives.

With your donation, my students will stop fighting against the urge to want to look "cool" when they see books that are cool. If my students have the opportunity to see a world that is different from theirs, it will inspire them to strive for more. Maybe, if they read a book that emulates their life, they can reassess themselves in a way they never thought to before. Please give them the chance.

Ms. Pollak Intermediate School 145 Joseph Pulitzer Grades 6-8

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Safe Susan Shaw • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Vampire Academy Box Set Richelle Mead • AKJ Books $19.97 1 $19.97
Dance with a Vampire (Vampire Kisses Series #4) Ellen Schrei • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
The Coffin Club (Vampire Kisses Series #5) Ellen Schreiber • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
The Beginning (Vampire Kisses Series #1) Ellen Schreiber • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Royal Blood (Vampire Kisses Series #6) Ellen Schreiber • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
If I Grow Up • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Dreamland (reissue) • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Speak (HB) • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Thinandbeautiful.com • AKJ Books $8.84 1 $8.84
Hunger • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Looks Madeleine George • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Inside Out • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Bottled Up Jaye Murray • AKJ Books $5.17 3 $15.51
Crooked Tom McNeal, Laura McNeal • AKJ Books $5.91 3 $17.73
Cheated • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Boy2Girl Terence Blacker • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Bloodthirsty Flynn Meaney • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Be More Chill Ned Vizzini • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Truancy • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Beastly • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
A Kiss in Time Alex Flinn • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Dead Is a State of Mind (Dead Is Series) Marlene Perez • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Dead Is Just a Rumor Marlene Perez • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Ttyl • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Dead Is So Last Year (Dead Is Series) Marlene Perez • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Dead Is The New Black • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Fell • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Beautiful City of the Dead • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Devoured Amanda Marrone • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Pay It Forward • AKJ Books $11.10 3 $33.30
Flipped • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can''t Have • AKJ Books $6.65 2 $13.30
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School: 101 Sto • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
Maximum Ride: The Protectors #2: Max • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Max • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
The Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Titan''s Curse • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91

Materials cost

$345.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$385.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.10

Total project goal

$453.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $453.99

4 Donors

-$353.99

Donations toward project cost

-$300.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.10

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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