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Ms. Nepales from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Nepales's classroom raised $577

Building our Resources to Build our Knowledge!

My students need interactive white boards, calm-down items, and other basic school supplies to set themselves up for success this semester.

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Ms. Nepales Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12
Los Angeles, CA Grades 9-12

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.

My Students

My students are on a mission to get into college and begin their career journey to be architects, fashion designers, and social workers. However, they need the proper resources that students in high-income neighborhoods receive in order to compete on a similar level.

My students are students of color, from a predominately black and Latino neighborhood in a low-income inner city area of California.

At my charter school, my students who have learning disabilities are fully included in the general education setting, with support from me, their Resource Specialist. These 11th and 12th graders come to my classroom to build skills and are re-taught important concepts that were discussed in their general education classroom. In order to teach to their unique learning styles, they must have a variety of resources and classroom supplies to access the curriculum in differentiated ways. My students are aware of the statics that are set up against them. They know that only 12% of residents from their neighborhood receive their bachelor's degree, while 33% of residents from a more affluent neighborhood just 11 miles away receive their college degrees. My students are fired up and ready to challenge these odds and claim their right to high-quality education.

My Project

Since we are an independent charter school, we have very few resources to allocate to each teacher. I must buy the supplies from my income if I want to provide students with a variety of ways to access the curriculum. I have asked for simple things, liked colored paper and reusable worksheet protectors, to help us use new material to learn lessons that they have already heard, but need to learn it in different ways to fully understand it. I have also asked for chairs and bean bags to provide students with a space to read in our budding classroom library, and also provide students with emotional disturbance a place to calm down. Lastly, I have asked for leveled reading and algebra books to help struggling readers and mathematicians access the rigorous curriculum being taught at our school. These supplies will help my students access the California standards in a unique way that they cannot provide in the general education setting.

Special education students in low-income neighborhoods represent the gap within the gap of the educational system's achievement gap.

Not only are they faced with the lack of resources and opportunities that their community offers them, but they are also struggling against a hidden learning disability. This means that my students are working twice as hard as the general education students to pass their classes and realize their career dreams. Please help my students achieve their dreams.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

40 students impacted 23 donors
Ms. Nepales Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA 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

40 students impacted 23donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
N. Scholastic Action , Grades 6-12, Reading Level 3-5 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $8.49 1 $8.49
Reading Passages That Build Comprehension Grades 4 & up • Kaplan Early Learning Company $34.36 1 $34.36
Time Tracker(r) Mini • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.16 3 $51.48
Hi-Lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers • Kaplan Early Learning Company $27.48 1 $27.48
SEAT FOAM PAD BLACKJACK CHAIR GREEN COTTON • School Specialty Inc. $47.49 2 $94.98
POCKET REUSABLE DRY ERASE ASSORTED PACK OF 10 • School Specialty Inc. $18.00 2 $36.00
MARKER DRY ERASE GREAT ERASE GRIP POCKET PACK OF 30 • School Specialty Inc. $28.49 1 $28.49
MARKER DRY ERASE EXPO LOW ODOR 8-CLR SET OF 8 • School Specialty Inc. $10.44 1 $10.44
BOARD PACON CORRUGATED CARREL 25X18X17 • Abilitations, Inc. $13.58 1 $13.58
PAPER COPY 8.5X11 LEMON YELLOW - KALEIDOSCOPE 500-PK • Abilitations, Inc. $14.81 1 $14.81
FLASH CARDS MAKE YOUR OWN POCKET • Abilitations, Inc. $2.84 4 $11.36
BOOK 100+ SERIES ALGEBRA II GRADE 5-8 • Abilitations, Inc. $11.96 1 $11.96
CHAIR BEANBAG ADULT BLUE • Abilitations, Inc. $43.36 1 $43.36

Materials cost

$386.79

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.35

Sales tax

 $35.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$490.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.53

Total project goal

$576.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.86

16 Donors

-$566.86

Donations toward project cost

-$481.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.03

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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