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

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Books That Speak

Help me give my students a diverse collection of high interest, culturally relevant novels.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Santos's classroom raised $261

This project is fully funded

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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

My students are a group of energetic scholars. They are eager learners who are ready to take on the challenges of the 21st century. They are young people that simply need the resources to stimulate their creative minds.

With support from hard-working families, my students have to balance their rigorous academic work while navigating through the challenges of distance learning while living through a pandemic.

Regardless of the issues they face on a daily basis, they have goals, drive, and most importantly, they are hungry for knowledge. They possess great aspirations for change in their neighborhood, our country, and the world.

My Project

When engaging with culturally relevant texts that deal with the issues that affect them, students' attitudes change. In September, many students come to my classroom with a pre-conceived idea that they dislike reading and writing. Often, this idea changes when they are presented with material that they can identify with.

My students fall in love with the stories of struggle and perseverance.

I hope they will be able to take these stories and use them to find their voice as youth that have so much to share with the world, but are often not given the opportunity to do so. I also hope that having access to these books will allow students to develop the language skills in grammar, reading comprehension, and critical thinking that will allow them succeed in college and beyond.

Ms. Santos Venice High School Grades 6-8

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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 three‑quarters 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

160 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Glass Castle • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary) • AKJ Education $11.90 1 $11.90
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History • AKJ Education $11.87 1 $11.87
Beloved • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
Into the Wild • AKJ Education $10.95 1 $10.95
The Bluest Eye • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
The Great Gatsby • AKJ Education $9.91 1 $9.91
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel • AKJ Education $8.80 1 $8.80
Of Mice and Men • AKJ Education $8.76 1 $8.76
Night • AKJ Education $7.70 1 $7.70
Divergent • AKJ Education $7.28 1 $7.28
Animal Farm • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
1984 • AKJ Education $6.85 1 $6.85
Lord of the Flies • AKJ Education $6.58 1 $6.58
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Education $6.38 1 $6.38
The Catcher in the Rye • AKJ Education $5.98 1 $5.98
A Raisin in the Sun (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.57 1 $5.57
Gifted Hands • AKJ Education $4.59 1 $4.59

Materials cost

$167.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $15.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.06

Total project goal

$260.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $260.42

1 Donor

-$173.61

Donations toward project cost

-$147.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.04

match offer

-$86.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$73.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.02

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 $0.00

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