You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mr. Kientzy from Kansas City, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mr. Kientzy is requesting

Science Fiction and Beyond!

Help me give my students access to two class sets of excellent young adult science fiction novels - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor and All Systems Red by Martha Wells .

  • $693 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mr. Kientzy for his next project!

Help Mr. Kientzy

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mr. Kientzy for his next project!

My Students

I work with 8th grade students at an urban charter school. What can I say...? My students represent diverse cultures, races, and experiences. They are kind, gifted, passionate, curious, and fearless. They love to engage with our local community and work on real world projects, and they are eager learners.

What I love most about my students is that they take on new challenges with boldness, creativity and thoughtfulness.

My Project

The goal of my project is three fold. First, I want to expose students to diverse authors. Both of the books that I have selected are written by female authors, one of which is also Nigerian-American. Representation matters, and because of that, I'm so excited for my students to feel empowered by reading the stories written by these gifted women.

I also want to help grow a love for reading in my students.

So much of traditional school curriculum involves informational texts and classic novels. My hope is to expose students to highly engaging texts that can help jumpstart an interest in reading. "Binti" and "All Systems Red" are both Hugo award winning science fiction novels and both highly engaging, beautifully written, and culturally relevant. I'm hopeful that for many students, this could be the book that they point back to, when they talk about a love for reading.

The last goal I have in this project is to help students grapple with our increasingly technological and futuristic world. In our project we will be simultaneously engaging futuristic stories and imagining new futures. In conjunction with reading the novels, students will be tasked with imagining and creating, and presenting future oriented laws that can help shape better futures.

Mr. Kientzy Crossroads Preparatory Academy Grades 6-8

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 Mr. Kientzy

Kansas City, MO 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

100 students impacted 5donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mr. Kientzy is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 1) • Amazon Business $11.69 26 $303.94
Binti (Binti, 1) • Amazon Business $9.49 26 $246.74

Materials cost

$550.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.93

Total project goal

$692.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $692.87

3 Donors

-$354.52

Donations toward project cost

-$308.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.68

Matching donations from our partners

-$329.53

Match offers toward project cost

-$280.10

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Kientzy and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MO","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/science-fiction-and-beyond/5689327/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":100,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Kientzy","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1773789447","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Kansas City","teachersOnPage":[7940931],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":5689327,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"7940931":{"owner":"Mr. Kientzy","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[5689327],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7940931_orig.jpg?crop=2266,2266,x347,y20&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1628023500793","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21774342,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":7940931,"schoolCounty":"Jackson","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MO","name":"Missouri"}}