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Mrs. Hernandez from San Jose, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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They're Alive!!!

My students need films based on the literature they are reading.

  • $349 goal

This project expired on April 25, 2010.

This project expired on April 25, 2010.

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Mrs. Hernandez Bernal Intermediate School
San Jose, CA Grades 6-8

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.

I teach over 100 eager and ambitious 7th and 8th graders in Northern California who are determined to make college a reality. Despite the numerous challenges they are constantly bombarded with, my students are determined to learn and succeed. Both my students and I understand and realize that literacy is the major factor to their success and have become voracious readers. I want to continue to foster and support their love of reading. Over 85% of my students speak a language other than English at home. Many of their parents are illiterate or do not speak English at home. They do not have anyone to go to afterschool to help explain or discuss the reading. Despite these setbacks, my students have hopes of becoming the first in their families to attend a four year university. I am trying to expose my students to different types of literature to get them ready for their future. In order to be successful readers, they need constant reinforcement to improve their reading. Films based on books are a powerful learning tool; they make reading exciting and accessible to all students. They bring the book they are reading alive. These films will empower my students to read. They will also help aid the readers with the extra support they need to successfully read and engage with grade-level texts. Students will be able to check-out the films and an accompanying book to take home on a regular basis. My students will feel empowered as readers since they will have the necessary prior knowledge needed to follow along the books. This empowerment will add to their confidence as learners, and in turn, they will be ready for college. Your help will not only support my students' love of reading in these crucial grades, but will contribute to their success as first-generation college students tomorrow.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

110 students impacted
Mrs. Hernandez Bernal Intermediate School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Jose, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

110 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Great Gatsby Robert Markowitz, Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Animal Farm John Stephenson, Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Inherit the Wind Stanley Kramer, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford • Barnes and Noble $16.99 1 $16.99
The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah • Barnes and Noble $16.99 1 $16.99
The Diary of Anne Frank Jon Jones, Ellie Kendrick • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Frankenstein Kevin Connor, Luke Goss, Alec Newman, Julie Delpy • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Fahrenheit 451 Fran ois Truffaut, Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
A Christmas Carol Clive Donner, George C. Scott, Timothy Bateson, Michael Carter • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
The Chocolate War Keith Gordon, John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Roots Marvin J. Chomsky, David Greene, Gilbert Moses • Barnes and Noble $50.99 1 $50.99
The Outsiders Francis Ford Coppola, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio • Barnes and Noble $22.94 1 $22.94
Flowers For Algernon Jeff Bleckner, Matthew Modine, Kelli Williams, Ron Rifkin • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$233.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.32

Sales tax

 $16.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$285.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.77

Total project goal

$348.72

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