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Ms. C. from N. Charleston, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need help dealing with issues like divorce, grief, homelessness, etc. These books can help them better cope with and overcome difficult times.

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My Students

I am the media specialist at a middle school in a high poverty community. Students at my school have all the usual middle school issues to deal with (e.g. bullying, peer pressure, self-esteem), but also many others that come with growing up in a low income family.

Exposure to violent crime is common for students growing up in poverty.

There are students at my school whose only meals are the breakfast and lunch they eat at school. Many students at my school are growing up in a single-parent home or are being raised by a relative. Some students live with a foster family. There is a lot of transition in the student population at my school. Students move from school to school within and outside the district. Being homeless is also a reality for some of my students. Additionally, my school serves students whose families are stationed at the local military base. Students from military families have to deal with one or even both parents being deployed and away from the family for extended periods of time.

My Project

Bibliotherapy has been proven to be an effective means of helping children to cope. There is a definite need for a bibliotherapy collection in the library at my school. My school has only two guidance counselors (one of whom collaborated with me on this project) who have their hands full counseling over 500 students with such extreme needs. Having a collection of books that the counselors and even faculty and staff could refer students to would help tremendously. Even those students who do not end up in the counselor’s office would benefit from the collection.

Reading about other students who are dealing with the same issues as they are would help students at my school cope with their problems.

It would help them to understand that they are not alone and that there is hope.

Ms. C. Jerry Zucker 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.

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N. Charleston, SC View local requests

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

550 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Free to Be...You and Me (The 35th Anniversary Edition) • Amazon $15.34 1 $15.34
Michael Rosen's Sad Book (Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors (Awards)) • Amazon $13.94 1 $13.94
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned (Chicken Soup for the Soul) • Amazon $13.11 1 $13.11
Pitch Black: Color Me Lost (True Colors Series #4) • Amazon $11.69 1 $11.69
Bullying Under Attack: True Stories Written by Teen Victims, Bullies & Bystanders (Teen Ink) • Amazon $11.54 1 $11.54
Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred (TrueColors Series #7) • Amazon $11.09 1 $11.09
Don't Hurt Laurie (Aladdin Fiction) • Amazon $9.99 1 $9.99
The Throwaway Piece • Amazon $9.95 1 $9.95
Friction (Richard Jackson Books (Simon Pulse)) • Amazon $9.93 1 $9.93
Hot Stuff to Help Kids Chill Out: The Anger Management Book • Amazon $9.72 1 $9.72
More Hot Stuff to Help Kids Chill Out: The Anger and Stress Management Book • Amazon $9.72 1 $9.72
Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe's and Evan's Coping Guide for Kids • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
A Terrible Thing Happened • Amazon $9.16 1 $9.16
Whirligig • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Perfect: A Novel • Amazon $7.95 1 $7.95
The Big Nothing • Amazon $7.95 1 $7.95
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Kissing Doorknobs (Laurel-Leaf Books) • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Bottled Up • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Pictures of Hollis Woods • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Blubber • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $6.87 1 $6.87
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Changing Places: A Kids View of Shelter Living • Amazon $5.95 1 $5.95
Cut • Amazon $5.66 1 $5.66

Materials cost

$255.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$307.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.26

Total project goal

$361.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $361.75

6 Donors

-$180.87

Donations toward project cost

-$153.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.13

match offer

-$180.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$153.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.13

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