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Mrs. Kingsbery from Anchorage, AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Woke: Classroom Edition

Help me give my students interesting, culturally relevant books to pique their interest and help them better understand diverse perspectives.

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My Students

My English students are energetic, funny, curious, and brutally honest. They began the school year by telling me that they don't read books. Our school is a Title I neighborhood school. We are the largest and most diverse school in the state of Alaska, and one of the most diverse schools in the country. Although they are excited to be back in school face-to-face, many of them do not self-identify as academic or "smart".

Despite their warnings about reading, I decided to implement a daily independent reading program with the intention of helping them discover even one book, author, or genre that they enjoyed reading.

After several months, I am blown away at the results! My students who generally struggle with self-directed tasks are beginning each class with 10-15 minutes of focused reading.

My Project

Many teenagers do not read for pleasure, yet research consistently shows the importance of reading for literacy development. Simply put, those who read more have broader vocabulary, better use of grammar, stronger reading comprehension skills and more. Aside from the obvious academic goals, I want my class library to help students jump start their interest in reading and their understanding of the world around them. To do this, it is important that students are able to choose their own reading material (on topics that interest them).

For many of my students, the pandemic has compounded the stress and isolation that already accompanies adolescence.

In creating a more diverse classroom library I hope to help all my students to feel seen while also allowing them insight into the lives of others. Help me fill my classroom with interesting, culturally relevant, age-appropriate books so that my students can continue to explore and develop their love of reading and their appreciation for diverse perspectives.

Mrs. Kingsbery Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 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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More than half 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
This Book Is Anti Racist • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
They Called Us Enemy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
A Black Womens History of the United States • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
We Are Not Free • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
When You Trap a Tiger • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
American Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Early Departures • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Here the Whole Time • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Rick • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z • Amazon Business $15.63 1 $15.63
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60
Within These Wicked Walls • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States for Young People • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Cemetery Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
American Born Chinese • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
The Light in Hidden Places • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
The Voting Booth • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
This Is My America • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Furia • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
The Poet X • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Dont Ask Me Where Im From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Firekeepers Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Show Me a Sign • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
You Should See Me in a Crown • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Wonder • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Clap When You Land • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Genesis Begins Again • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Love from A to Z • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Long Way Down The Graphic Novel • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
I Will Always Write Back How One Letter Changed Two Lives • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
The Downstairs Girl PB • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
What I Carry • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Merci Suarez Changes Gears • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Other Words for Home • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Finding Langston • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 1 $8.00
Island of the Blue Dolphins • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 1 $8.00
Flying Lessons and Other Stories • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 1 $8.00
George • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $7.00 1 $7.00

Materials cost

$548.17

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.99

Sales tax

 $2.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$598.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.54

Total project goal

$703.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $703.61

7 Donors

-$469.07

Donations toward project cost

-$398.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.36

match offer

-$234.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$199.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.18

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