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Mrs. Gochenour from Presque Isle, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Setting Hearts on Fire for Reading!

Help me give my students a wealth of contemporary fiction to help them navigate the world and ignite their passions.

  • $394 goal

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My Students

If you peered into my small classroom in the small town of Presque Isle, Maine, you might see several students yawning because they were up early helping out on their family's potato or broccoli farms. You are likely to see members of the MicMac tribe of Aroostook County, or students of Acadian descent, or transplants from other parts of the U.S., like myself. These young people are vibrant strands of a tightly woven community that values hard work, dedication, and the wonderful things that can happen when they work together.

Another key element that my quirky bunch of juniors have in common is that, though many may deny it on any given day, they like to read.

It's a dirty little secret that many of them will most vehemently deny, but there you have it. I've seen the proof, the excitement when their worlds are split wide open by a work of fiction that they decried as detestable the day before. What many individuals lack, however, is confidence. They need someone to believe in them enough to place a book in their hand and say, "I saw this book and thought of you."

My Project

Through the addition of these books to my classroom library, I hope to continue to build up a cache of contemporary literature that enhances students' perceptions of their realities and the realities of those around them. My vision for my classroom library is one that has a wide range of novels ranging from classic to present-day, and I would love the ability to talk with a student and pick a book off the shelf that I think they would truly enjoy and have a meaningful relationship with.

These vital literature-individual relationships are, in my mind, crucial for expanding a student's ability to empathize with those around them.

It creates opportunities for discussions about important global and local issues and challenges all of our perceptions of our OWN realities and how those change given the information that we attain. One of my greatest desires as a teacher is to cultivate a love of knowledge in my classroom, and with your help, I can come closer to that goal.

Mrs. Gochenour Presque Isle High School Grades 9-12

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Presque Isle, ME View local requests

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

100 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Angie Thomas 2-Book Box Set: The Hate U Give and On the Come Up • Amazon Business $23.97 1 $23.97
Feed • Amazon Business $19.80 1 $19.80
The Toll (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Bad Little Falls: A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries) • Amazon Business $17.80 1 $17.80
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood • Amazon Business $16.67 1 $16.67
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Looking For Alaska • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
The Poet X (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Honorable Mention) • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Trespasser: A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries) • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
Slam • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Pride • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Internment • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Refugee • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
The Poacher's Son: The First Mike Bowditch Mystery (Mike Bowditch Mysteries) • Amazon Business $9.46 1 $9.46

Materials cost

$285.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.98

Total project goal

$393.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $393.22

4 Donors

-$197.00

Donations toward project cost

-$167.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.55

match offer

-$196.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$166.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.43

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