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Ms. Algarin from Salt Lake City, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Book is Better Than the Movie!

My students need high interest books, 10 subscriptions to Scholastic Scope magazine, and 1 iPad mini to organize and catalog our class library.

  • $1,033 goal

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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

Each class period, my students are expected to bring their personal choice reading books to class. We read in class everyday. By the end of this school year, I want each of my students to read more books than they did the previous year.

My school is a Title 1 school, with 97% of our students receiving free or reduced lunch.

Many of my students do not have access to books. We are a 7th/8th grade middle school, which serves 821 students. Our school library, while well stocked, does not have enough books to put into the hands of our students. My students will read if given the high interest books that are so popular right now. More importantly, I need books that will hook my boy readers. Each Friday, I read aloud from a book that I know they'll love. Often, I only have one copy. At the end of the day, students race to my classroom to check out the one copy of that week's read aloud. I teach 165 students and would love to be able to put more copies of those books into more hands.

My Project

I am requesting high interest books, 10 subscriptions to Scholastic Scope magazine, and 1 iPad mini to organize and catalog our class library. With the Scope magazines, students will have access to Common Core aligned, high interest, fiction and non fictions stories. The graphic novels will be very popular with the boys in my classroom. Graphic novels are books that allow boys to feel connected to an alternative form of literacy and to be validated as readers. Many of my students hold out to see the movie versions of the books that so many readers love. I hate to turn them down because I don't have enough copies of "The Fault in our Stars", or "If I Stay", to name a few. Each year, I lose many books. This year, I am hoping with the aid of an iPad mini, I can digitally catalog my class library. There are many apps available to scan ISBN numbers, which makes a tedious task more manageable.

Books change lives.

Reading changes lives. I need to send my students to high school as readers. I need to send them with the confidence and love of reading. I want to be able to put a book into the hand of every single student. There is no better feeling than matching the perfect book with a student. Students know that they can come to my classroom to check out books for as long as they need, without fear of library fines, and that I will have the books they so desperately want.

Ms. Algarin Northwest Middle School 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 Ms. Algarin

Salt Lake City, UT 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
Apple® - iPad® mini with Wi-Fi - 16GB - Space Gray/Black • Best Buy for Business $299.99 1 $299.99
Scholastic Scope, Grades 6 - 8 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 9 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 6–8 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $8.99 10 $89.90
Michael Vey 4: Hunt for Jade Dragon • Amazon $14.84 4 $59.36
Paper Towns • AKJ Books $7.29 5 $36.45
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul • Amazon $7.86 4 $31.44
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon $13.50 2 $27.00
Hole in My Life • Amazon $8.99 2 $17.98
Michael Vey 2: Rise of the Elgen • Amazon $8.99 2 $17.98
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Book 1) • Amazon $5.72 3 $17.16
Divergent • AKJ Books $5.63 3 $16.89
Stitches • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Brain Camp Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan, Faith Erin Hicks (Ill • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Maze Runner (Book 1) • Amazon $6.49 2 $12.98
Yummy • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Yummy • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Anya''s Ghost • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
The Death Cure (Maze Runner, Book Three) • Amazon $5.83 2 $11.66
Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series) • Amazon $10.56 1 $10.56
Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves • Amazon $10.05 1 $10.05
Ghostopolis • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Michael Vey 3: Battle of the Ampere • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Prequel) (The Maze Runner Series) • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
American Born Chinese • Amazon $8.35 1 $8.35
Speak • Amazon $8.35 1 $8.35
Burnout Rebecca Donner, Inaki Miranda (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The New York Four • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
An Abundance of Katherines • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Champion: A Legend Novel • Amazon $6.31 1 $6.31
Prodigy: A Legend Novel • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
If I Stay • Amazon $6.01 1 $6.01
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, Book 2) • Amazon $5.94 1 $5.94
Night • Amazon $5.91 1 $5.91

Materials cost

$826.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$877.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.85

Total project goal

$1,032.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,032.36

6 Donors

-$1,012.36

Donations toward project cost

-$860.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$151.85

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

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