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Ms. Laverde from Troy, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Remote Reading Remedy!

Help me give my students a visually engaging text to read that they can call their own while we are learning remotely.

  • $251 goal

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My Students

I have a total of 30 students in my various reading intervention classes. They are a lively group who love to read. They are so good at having group discussions about books we have read, reading out loud "play style", analyzing complicated plot lines, and making predictions about characters' fates!

My students have struggled to become engaged with reading in the past, but we have recently discovered that they thrive when working with narratives told from perspectives that mirror their own lived experience.

My students themselves have complained that they "don't relate" to books that are typically read in school. My goal is to spend the year focusing on text that includes characters and plot lines that both engage and empower my students.

My Project

My students love graphic novels and stories that run parallel to the popular narrative. When I heard that Jason Reynolds was coming out with a graphic novel version of "Long Way Down," I knew I would teach it to my students. However, due to school budget cuts in New York State and Covid reopening restrictions, school will unexpectedly be taught remotely in my district until further notice.

Funding this project would give my students their own copies of the book we are reading, thus providing them with a more equitable remote learning experience and something to call their own.

For these students, having some agency and ownership on their own education in a time when so much has been taken away from them could make all the difference.

Ms. Laverde Knickerbacker Middle School Grades 6-8

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Troy, NY 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

30 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $19.99 9 $179.91

Materials cost

$179.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$212.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.52

Total project goal

$250.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $250.13

9 Donors

-$171.30

Donations toward project cost

-$153.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.19

match offer

-$70.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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