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Mrs. Latif from Springfield, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Frees Everyone

My students need books that will unlock the magic and wonder of reading for them; books at their reading level which tell stories they are interested in and love.

  • $556 goal

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My Students

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free" F. Douglass. The most important part of our class is the Silent Sustained Reading time. I have adopted a philosophy of creating lifelong readers because I want my students to have a sense of fun and an ambition to experience books deeply.

Our school's student body is comprised of 1,321 students: 50% Black/African American, 40% White, 2% Hispanic/Latino, 7% two or more races, and 1% Asian.

The school serves 59 % of students from low-income residents (Illinois Report Card). Our focus is to increase and improve students' reading comprehension skills and to engage them in becoming problem solvers, flexible, and innovative graduates who will be productive members of an ever changing society. I teach English to juniors and seniors, and each year, I serve 130 - 165 students from diverse backgrounds and abilities with real world, high school problems and issues. My students also have numerous strengths and positive attributes that just need to be tapped-into, in order for them to unlock their full potential. A little effort and support will go a long way with my students, and as an educator, it is not just my job to teach them how to punctuate students sentence properly, but to prepare them for their futures

My Project

Students will use these books to expand their reading ability, to build a reading community within the classroom, and to inspire each other to be lifelong readers. My kids share books, make podcasts, write reviews, and do book talks and trailers to promote these books. Since beginning the lifelong reader philosophy, student reading has increased in class. I want to keep going strong to increase literacy.

Your contribution to our classroom library will allow the excitement around reading to continue to grow.

It will allow students to reach grade level reading, therefore changing their educational future. Students who read at grade level earn higher grades, receive fewer disciplinary consequences, and stay in college longer than their lower-skilled peers. Please support me in making this possible for my students. This will quite literally change their lives.

Mrs. Latif Springfield Southeast 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.

More about Mrs. Latif

Springfield, IL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set (Books 1-20) • Amazon $67.49 1 $67.49
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon $50.33 1 $50.33
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels; City of Lost Souls • Amazon $42.10 1 $42.10
Divergent Series Complete Box Set • Amazon $34.39 1 $34.39
The Maze Runner Series (Maze Runner) • Amazon $24.33 1 $24.33
The The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set: Paperback Classic Collection • Amazon $24.08 1 $24.08
The Heroes of Olympus Paperback 3-Book Boxed Set • Amazon $18.53 1 $18.53
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic • Amazon $16.94 1 $16.94
If I Stay Collection • Amazon $16.33 1 $16.33
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban • Amazon $15.75 1 $15.75
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon $12.83 1 $12.83
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer • Amazon $11.75 1 $11.75
The Odyssey • Amazon $11.45 1 $11.45
Way of the Warrior: The Philosophy of Law Enforcement (Superbia) • Amazon $9.99 1 $9.99
The Giver (Giver Quartet) • Amazon $8.33 1 $8.33
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon $8.32 1 $8.32
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon $8.14 1 $8.14
I Am the Messenger • Amazon $7.80 1 $7.80
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Young Reader's Choice Award - Intermediate Division) • Amazon $7.35 1 $7.35
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $7.35 1 $7.35
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore • Amazon $7.29 1 $7.29
The Outsiders • Amazon $6.64 1 $6.64
The People of Sparks: The Second Book of Ember (Books of Ember) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember) • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71

Materials cost

$435.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.30

Total project goal

$555.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $555.33

3 Donors

-$277.67

Donations toward project cost

-$236.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.65

match offer

-$277.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$236.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.65

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 $0.00

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