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Mrs. Cuellar Salazar from E Palo Alto CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building My Reading Powers

Help me give my students the tools they need to become super readers.

  • $906 goal

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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

We are a Title Ischool located at East Palo Alto. We became a K-8 Dual Immersion school in August of 2012, before that our dual immersion program existed as a choice school inside a regular SEI (Structured English Immersion) school in the Ravenswood School District. Until last year our enrollment was growing, this year our enrollment declined drastically due to relocating to a new site/address which added a commute for many of our families. This made it exceedingly difficult for them as many of them used to walk their children to school every morning as they do not drive, or have any form of transportation.

Our school is a dual immersion school, where our focus is to become bilingual and bi-literate learners.

It is located in a low-income community where most of our students are on free/reduced lunch. Often we see students in the care of grandparents or other family members, while their parents are working multiple jobs. However, I see the dedication and perseverance that our students and families have as they better develop their native language, or are working on adding a second language.

My Project

Due to the current pandemic, our students aren't able to establish routines, especially with reading.

If learning to read is like building a skyscraper, then kindergarten is the year to construct the most solid foundation possible.

Kindergarteners need to learn to build stamina, with the use of a timer they could be accountable for reading independently through distance learning. By having them stay focused on a book and reading for longer lengths of time and providing them with tools such as super heroes capes will help them feel as Super Readers and boost their love for reading.

Mrs. Cuellar Salazar
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE615 Save the Day Character Capes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 7 $349.93
TIMER APPLE - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific $8.99 32 $287.68

Materials cost

$637.61

Vendor shipping charges

$34.52

Sales tax

$58.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$770.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.89

Total project goal

$905.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$905.92

8 Donors

-$805.92

Donations toward project cost

-$685.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$120.89

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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$0.00

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