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

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Battle of the Books 2020 Part 2

Help me give my students sets of books for our school-wide Battle of the Books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Amodeo's classroom raised $755

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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 fifth graders live in a primarily working class and immigrant neighborhood that is currently going through some demographic changes. Some of my students are learning English as a second language, some have special needs, and they all love to learn.

Our motto is, "The world is changing, and change starts with me." At our film and communication school that serves grades 2-6, our students share their learning with the school community and the surrounding neighborhood as they host student film festivals, project museums, and special events like book battles.

My Project

For the past two years, our school has conducted a "Battle of the Books" contest as part of our Read Across America celebration. This month-long event includes school-wide visual arts presentations and journal writing. Our whole school buzzes with excitement as students and staff discuss and debate their favorites! We would like to continue this new tradition by collecting new sets of books for the competition next year.

In this book battle, students and staff vote on their favorite books, like an NCAA tournament "March Madness" bracket, until we come out with a winner.

My students will organize the event. They will distribute voting brackets for the "sweet sixteen" for the entire school to vote, and then count the ballots to determine winners for each round. Ultimately, the final round will be a contest between two final books. We are asking for sets of picture books that will have a wide appeal at our school, including "The Day the Crayons Quit" and "Love You Forever." These books will add to our growing collection of popular stories.

Which book will win? Thanks to your generous donation, our entire school will find out! My students and I thank you!

Ms. Amodeo Monte Vista Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Day the Crayons Quit • AKJ Education $13.13 15 $196.95
Family Pictures, 15th Anniversary Edition / Cuadros de Familia, Edición Quinceañera • Amazon Business $9.95 15 $149.25
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $9.40 15 $141.00
Love You Forever • AKJ Education $4.34 15 $65.10

Materials cost

$552.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$641.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.14

Total project goal

$754.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $754.26

1 Donor

-$320.56

Donations toward project cost

-$320.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$377.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$320.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$56.57

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 $0.00

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