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Ms. Berlin-Stephens from Richmond, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Beyond Your Average Book

My 19 students need class sets of "Night" and "The Outsiders".

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Berlin-Stephens's classroom raised $556

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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

Imagine how hard it would be to try to love reading if you were not fluent in English.

My students are really hard workers who want to succeed and, even more, to excel at school.

They come from primarily low-income immigrant families. Almost every student was born in this country but have not been exposed to English enough in their home and communities to be classified as fluent. They all attend an amazing, small charter school that is trying to help give these students the building blocks they need to become productive, outstanding citizens.

My Project

I am requesting a class set of two different books for these students. The first book, "The Outsiders", is read by all the 7th graders at the school. It is a great story about friendship and challenge and the students really connect well with it. The second book, "Night", is a Holocaust story and is read by the 8th graders. This is a very important topic for these students to learn about. These books will be listened to on audio tape by the whole class. We will also do many activities and have many discussions related to the books. This way, the English learner students, can have the same access to the same curriculum as their peers.

These books will really help the students at my school by providing them with the resources necessary to learn English in an enjoyable and equitable way.

Donating to this project will greatly help the English learners at my school.

Ms. Berlin-Stephens Manzanita Charter Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Night Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translator), Preface by Elie Wiesel • Barnes and Noble $8.50 19 $161.50
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $12.30 19 $233.70

Materials cost

$395.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$472.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.35

Total project goal

$555.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$555.64

3 Donors

-$555.64

Donations toward project cost

-$472.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.35

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$0.00

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