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

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Books and Characters Students Can Relate to

Help me give my students 15 books from all different perspectives students can connect and learn from.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Tomizawa's classroom raised $410

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 Students

My students come from a diverse neighborhood. They are all eager learners despite the many challenges they may face. They come from diverse backgrounds, both economically and culturally. I am proud to say our school is all-inclusive, and we celebrate the diversity of our students to the max.

Many of our families are first and second-generation immigrant families who are new to the country, planting seeds for their own success and for future generations to come.

Education is a top priority, regardless. Invest in our future! We will all benefit!

My Project

I want students to look through our classroom library and find a book character they can connect with. Connect with the character through the journey the book takes the reader through, but also a connection of similar background, cultural, gender, and experiences.

Help my students find themselves represented in the literature they read.

Background knowledge and making connections are the two main factors that allow students to improve in their reading comprehension. By making those connections on the surface, students can read deeper into the challenges the characters are facing and make inferences that might help them understand what motivates the characters to behave they do in the story.

Mr. Tomizawa Gardner Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

35 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mixed Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 2 $32.38
Shaking Things Up • AKJ Education $13.86 2 $27.72
Marisol McDonald no combina (Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match) • AKJ Education $13.83 2 $27.66
Sylvia & Aki • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
The Rain Stomper • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $8.75 2 $17.50
Piecing Me Together • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
Stella by Starlight • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Tangerine • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
Dear Juno • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
A Boy Called Slow • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
Magic Trash • AKJ Education $5.80 2 $11.60
Becoming Naomi Leon • AKJ Education $5.59 2 $11.18
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20

Materials cost

$281.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $25.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$347.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.39

Total project goal

$409.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $409.26

4 Donors

-$204.63

Donations toward project cost

-$173.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.69

match offer

-$204.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$173.93

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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