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Mr. Griff from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Round Two

My students need a collection of popular books in preparation for the new year.

  • $986 goal

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My Students

My students are a very diverse collection of kids from a high poverty community in the Bronx. Last year, I was able to open their minds to the joys of reading that show them the safety, beauty, and ability to lose themselves or find their stories in the lines of a book. I want to keep doing this.

My kids come from a rough area in the Bronx, where gangs and fights are constantly looking to get them off track.

Students have told me they enjoy my class because I expose them to books they can lose themselves in and inspire them to do more with themselves than the streets request of them. Our school is one in six on a high school campus in the Bronx, and my classroom demographic is mostly students of color. But we find common grounds across cultures in the human experience discussed in our texts.

My Project

I am requesting a number of popular series to ensure my students have texts they are familiar with, as well as options to enjoy a new genre or author. Last year, I could not keep some of these books on my shelves and students would trade them from person to person, which was lovely except for the fact I might never see one of my books into a whole group of friends had read it. I want to continue this enthusiasm for reading.

Reading is an escape that is needed for these kids.

Many of them have lower reading levels because they refuse to read the traditional texts they were forced to read. Many students last year told me that they had never read as many books in their in entire life as they read in my class. I would love to keep this desire for reading going.

Mr. Griff Bronx Aerospace 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.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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
Who Was? Nonfiction • AKJ Books $88.62 1 $88.62
Full Bluford Series (15 Books) • AKJ Books $22.50 3 $67.50
Sammy Keyes • AKJ Books $62.45 1 $62.45
Best for Girls - 6 - 8 • AKJ Books $55.43 1 $55.43
Best for Boys - 6 - 8 • AKJ Books $54.69 1 $54.69
Chronicles of Narnia • AKJ Books $36.95 1 $36.95
Hunger Games • AKJ Books $36.24 1 $36.24
Shadow Children • AKJ Books $36.21 1 $36.21
Artemis Fowl • AKJ Books $33.26 1 $33.26
Ranger''s Apprentice • AKJ Books $32.52 1 $32.52
Pretty Little Liars • AKJ Books $29.57 1 $29.57
Uglies • AKJ Books $29.57 1 $29.57
Percy Jackson and the Olympians • AKJ Books $29.56 1 $29.56
All Star Sports Story • AKJ Books $26.42 1 $26.42
Wrinkle in Time • AKJ Books $25.86 1 $25.86
Janie Johnson • AKJ Books $23.65 1 $23.65
Nancy Drew • AKJ Books $22.16 1 $22.16
Shredderman • AKJ Books $19.95 1 $19.95
Winning Season • AKJ Books $18.46 1 $18.46
Hardy Boys • AKJ Books $17.73 1 $17.73
Bleach 5 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Bleach, Volume 1 Tite Kubo, Tite Kubo (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Bleach, Volume 2 Tite Kubo, Tite Kubo (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Bleach 4 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Bleach 3 • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Fearst Best Friend • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Fearst All-night Party • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Moonlight Secrets • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$795.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$837.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.80

Total project goal

$985.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $985.33

6 Donors

-$735.33

Donations toward project cost

-$625.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$110.30

match offer

-$250.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$212.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.50

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