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Ms. Solomon from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Solomon's classroom raised $234

Book Confetti

Help me give my students access to books they have loved and lost!

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Ms. Solomon Life Academy
Oakland, 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.

My Students

Our library serves two schools.

Both schools are strongly committed to interrupting patterns of injustice by providing students with a relevant, rigorous, and personalized educational experience.

LA is a 6-12 middle and high school in the Oakland Unified School District that serves 473 students. Ninety-four percent of students who attend receive free or reduced lunch. Twenty-three percent of students are classified as English Language Learners. The majority of the students are Hispanic/Latino students who live within the neighborhood the school serves. The high school, in particular, has a strong focus on health and bioscience, and students who attend participate in internships in that field.

s. Eighty-eight point five percent of the students who attend our school receive free or reduced price lunch. Forty point six percent of students are classified as English Language Learners. Students at the school speak Spanish, Mam, Tongan, Arabic, Tagalog, Karen, Karenni, Nepali, and Chinese. Our school has a Newcomer Program that serves up to 40 students who have moved to the United States in the last year and speak little English.

My Project

The books in this project are ones that we have loved and lost, as well as some missing pieces to series we have. Replacing lost books is one of the things libraries with budgets are able to do easily, and is an essential part of collection development.

This project will help replace holes in our collection related to books students have checked out and lost, and that we have not yet been able to replace.

Some of these books were lost as part of the pandemic and some of them were lost after our return to school.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

855 students impacted 2 donors
Ms. Solomon Life Academy Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, 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

855 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Witch Boy: A Graphic Novel (The Witch Boy Trilogy #1) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Inuyasha (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 5: Dueling Emotions • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
This Will Be Funny Someday • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Whispering Pines • Amazon Business $16.53 1 $16.53
You've Reached Sam: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Falling in Love Montage, The • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon Business $6.10 1 $6.10

Materials cost

$152.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$198.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.08

Total project goal

$233.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $233.88

1 Donor

-$46.77

Donations toward project cost

-$39.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.01

match offer

-$187.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$159.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.07

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