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Mrs. Manzo from San Diego, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Home for Beautiful Books

Help me give my students a bookcase for our picture book collection so students can easily access and read books that represent the beauty of diversity in our classroom and beyond.

  • $426 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Project

As an educator with a passion for ethnic studies, I strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive classroom for my fabulous fourth graders! In our classroom, books are the foundation for building community and bridges that connect us to one another. We get to know book characters who experience the same feelings and situations that we go through and meet characters with different life experiences. We learn to understand ourselves better and express empathy for others through literature.

Thanks to DonorsChoose donors we’ve been gifted a beautiful and diverse collection of books!

All these new books need a special spot in our classroom so students can easily access and read books with characters they can see themselves in and characters who open windows to new lifestyles and identities. The bookcase will be the perfect home for many diverse books. The bookcase has four adjustable shelves so students will immediately notice the many beautiful book covers and interesting titles. The bookcase will give our cozy classroom more room to browse for books as students gather around to share their favorite books with their classmates.

Cheers to fourth-grade readers getting lost in books and yet finding themselves within the pages!

Mrs. Manzo Bay Park Elementary School Grades 3-5

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San Diego, CA View local requests 35 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
International Concepts Shaker Bookcase-48 H-White Bookcase • Amazon Business $299.73 1 $299.73

Materials cost

$299.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$361.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.82

Total project goal

$425.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $425.48

4 Donors

-$135.06

Donations toward project cost

-$126.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

match offer

-$277.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$235.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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