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Verified Non-Profit

The Description

With these funds I will...purchase supplemental novels and plays for my high school students.  Since our librarian was laid off for budget cuts, and our existing book selection is dated, my girls do not have access at school to rich literature.  Teaching literature is the heart of what I do, but I need more books.  This money will allow me to purchase over 100 books and share them with my fellow English teachers.

 

My students deserve this because each one applied to attend our all girls, public, college prep school.  They want a pre-college experience and education, and they work hard for us.  This money will show them that others care about their education too.

 

I will be purchasing novels and plays from Better World Books.  This website offers used books for $4 each and no shipping fees.  More importantly, for every book purchased, the company donates a book to another organization or school.  If you can help support my students, you are performing double the acts of kindness.

 

Some titles I am interested in purchasing are:  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,  Into the Wild, The Secret Life of Bees, Crime and Punishment, and maybe more.

Back Up Plan

If I do not meet my goal I will purchase...as many books as possible!  If I can only get a class set of 33 books, then I can work with that. Or if I can purchase less than 30, I will use the funds to start my own classroom library.

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Comments (2)

Amy August 16, 2015

Good job spreading a love of reading and education!!!!!!!

Nzinga Maddox August 13, 2015

I am happy to support a Girls' High initiative that will benefit my daughter (Niara #260) and her sisters.

Nzinga
#238

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About the Creator

I've been dedicated to teaching English for 15 years, and my focus is helping young women get to and through the college of their dreams. I teach AP Literature as well as English for sophomores and juniors. Our school is a rare gem, an urban, all girls, college preparatory public school. Simply put, my girls...our girls, deserve the best.

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Marilyn Daggett

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$77

Anonymous

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$10

Linda Stulz

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$26

Denise Wolko

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Kimberley McNeill

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Tanya Anderson

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Amy DeHaven

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Cierra Adams

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Ron & Rose Sites

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Barbara Blount Armstrong

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Marilyn Daggett

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Sharla Thomas

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Janice Rubin

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Nzinga Maddox

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David Droxler

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