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Ms. Clendenny from Bronx, NY is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Staff Book Club Inspired by PBS's Great American Read!

I need 10 copies of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude to read with my school's staff book club so that we build camaraderie among teachers while honing the literacy skills we teach!

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Imagine you're a student, and you arrive at school early in the morning only to see your teachers sitting in a circle, talking, and...maybe even smiling? And are those books in front of them? A staff book club is sure to foster camaraderie among teachers while modeling the collaborative spirit and the power of reading for their students.

Teachers still remember the thrill of walking into a classroom and sitting at a desk beside their peers before opening a book and getting lost in the unfolding of the plot.

While teachers work to foster a love of school in their students, they never fall out of love with school themselves. Once teachers earn their master's degrees and frame their diplomas, professional development becomes the time and place when they get to assume the cherished student role yet again. For many educators, the feelings of learning and growth that accompany the student experience are the endorphins that keep them returning to the classroom year after year. The staff book club is a form of professional development for teachers of all grade levels and content areas to engage in lively and intellectual discourse--and to remember why they still love school.

My Project

PBS's Great American Read endeavored to uncover the nation's 100 most-loved books. Appearing on this list is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a novel one reviewer said "should be required reading for the entire human race." With this testament in mind, my school's staff book club decided that Marquez's most famous work should be our first read for the 2018 to 2019 school year.

Reading the book and then meeting as a group to discuss its storylines and themes will foster morale among the teaching staff while accentuating our understanding of the written word, literacy expertise we can then share with the students who fill our classrooms.

And after the back cover is closed and the book club meeting attended, it is likely that teachers will recommend the novel to curious students in the market for a read that will capture their interest, deepen their language facility, and ensure that they love school.

Ms. Clendenny Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies Grades 9-12

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Nearly all 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
One Hundred Years of Solitude • Amazon Business $12.91 10 $129.10

Materials cost

$129.10

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.42

Total project goal

$189.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $189.46

2 Donors

-$189.46

Donations toward project cost

-$161.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.42

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