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

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These Tenth Graders Have a Need to Read!

My students need 32 incredible books to keep them excited about reading. They've asked for books like "Harry Potter," "The Outsiders," and "Tuck Everlasting."

  • $671 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

'Just remember--you teach students, not books.' This was the advice given to me by my assistant principal, right before I started my first year of teaching 10th grade English in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, where few of the children graduate high school, let alone attend college. This advice played in my head over and over during my first day, as I tried--and instantly failed--to get my students excited about reading. So I switched gears, and asked my students about themselves. Suddenly, they had a lot to say! But even though they would write about their own lives, including their dreams of college, they didn't have much to say about what they would do once they got there. When I told them that, in most of my college classes, we just read books and talked about them, they balked. "But Miss, I don't like reading!" was the general response.

Even though almost none of my brilliant students would admit to never reading books for fun, they did let me coax them into 'Independent Reading,' a fifteen-minute period at the start of every class where their directions were simple: Go to the bookshelf, grab a book, and READ! I had scoured the school building for books that would appeal to my ninety-two 10th graders, and had come up with about thirty titles. Every morning, my students jostled at the bookshelf, insisting that someone has stolen their copy of "Monster" or "The Gun." After the precious fifteen minutes of reading were finished, and I asked students to mark their books and return them to the shelf, I'd see at least one or two books getting slipped under the desks and into backpacks. I would have to gently remind the student that someone in Fifth Period was reading the same book, and take it away. "Miss, can I take this one home?" It's nearly impossible to say no to a fifteen year old boy holding up a paperback, asking his English teacher if he can read more.

My students need books--but not just any books. They're starting to branch out from the "Urban Fiction" genre, and into the many different subjects that they could read in a college class. The students and I made up a book "Wish List," and we are requesting the first 32 books on that list! The books span a wide range of reading levels and topics, to accommodate their wide-ranging interests (and future majors!). From sports to social injustice, from World War II to Ancient Rome, from the past, present, and future--these books are what my tenth graders want--and need--to read!

Increasing the size of our classroom library will allow them to take books home, to read on the bus instead of playing video games. They will be able to read for hours each night--exactly what they will have to do in college! Giving my students access to these books will help them on their college applications, but more importantly, it will allow books and reading to be a part of their lives. Next time you see a teenage boy, imagine him sticking a book into his back pocket, excited to read it when he gets home. You can make this happen!

Ms. Atwill Ua School for Careers Sports Grades 9-12

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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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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alex Rider Collection Anthony Horowitz • Barnes and Noble $16.77 1 $16.77
His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
Artemis Fowl Boxed Set: Books 1-5 Eoin Colfer • Barnes and Noble $24.50 1 $24.50
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $8.00 1 $8.00
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Deadline Chris Crutcher • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Peak Roland Smith • Barnes and Noble $11.90 1 $11.90
Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $34.16 1 $34.16
Complete Wreck: Books 1-13 (A Series of Unfortunate Events Boxed Set) Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $105.00 1 $105.00
The Book Thief Markus Zusak • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
Uglies Box Set (Uglies, Pretties, Specials) [3 Volume Set] Scott Westerfeld • Barnes and Noble $16.79 1 $16.79
The Boy Who Dared Susan Campbell Bartoletti • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
The Dead and the Gone Susan Beth Pfeffer • Barnes and Noble $11.90 1 $11.90
Little Brother Cory Doctorow • Barnes and Noble $12.56 1 $12.56
After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
Slam Nick Hornby • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
Sunrise over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Peter Cameron • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler • Barnes and Noble $11.19 1 $11.19
Star Wars: Jedi Academy Trilogy (Champions of the Force, Dark Apprentice, and Jedi Search) Kevin J. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $14.67 1 $14.67
Boxer and the Spy Robert B. Parker • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Mr. Touchdown Lyda Phillips • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Stories for Young People: Mark Twain Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator), Gregg Camfield (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Lust (Seven Deadly Sins Series #1) Robin Wasserman, Howard Pyle • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Pride (Seven Deadly Sins Series #3) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Wrath (Seven Deadly Sins Series #4) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Sloth (Seven Deadly Sins Series #5) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins Series #6) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Greed (Seven Deadly Sins Series #7) Robin Wasserman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$474.07

Vendor shipping charges

 $47.41

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$550.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.73

Total project goal

$670.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $670.73

5 Donors

-$323.06

Donations toward project cost

-$274.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.46

match offer

-$324.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$265.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.82

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