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Ms. Anderson from Clifton, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Are Leaders!!

My students need 15 copies each of 4 current, exciting and interesting novels to use in a book club format in class.

  • $545 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

"Book Clubs" are all the rage! Studies show that students are more successful readers when they have access to self-selected materials. By using a book club format in class, students will have a choice of novel and can interact with each other in small groups with peers reading the same book.

My students are all 11th graders.

They attend one of the largest, most diverse high schools in New Jersey. They are bright and interesting teenagers and I would love to be the teacher they remember who introduced them to many different types of literature.

My Project

One of the most important aspects of a reading curriculum is variety and choice. Book clubs are an excellent way to introduce students to new books, while allowing them to explore what they are reading in a small group. Book clubs will help them learn responsibility, critical thinking, questioning, teamwork and many other important skills to help them develop a love of reading and leadership qualities.

I have wanted to explore book clubs in my classroom for several years and the only thing preventing me is not having the funds to purchase several copies of the same novel for students to use in class.

If you choose to help with this project, these materials will expose students to several different genres of literature. I would like to offer the following novels: Uglies, Hunger Games,Paper Towns, and The Truth About Forever.

Ms. Anderson Clifton 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.

More about Ms. Anderson

Clifton, NJ View local requests

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

140 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Uglies • AKJ Books $7.29 15 $109.35
Paper Towns • AKJ Books $7.29 15 $109.35
Hunger Games (PB) • AKJ Books $6.56 15 $98.40
The Truth About Forever • AKJ Books $7.29 15 $109.35

Materials cost

$426.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.68

Total project goal

$544.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$544.53

10 Donors

-$342.50

Donations toward project cost

-$296.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.50

match offer

-$196.30

Match offer toward project cost

-$166.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.74

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$0.00

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