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Mr. Cruz from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fantasy Literature

Help me give my students to reach their dreams and reach their potential.

  • $671 goal

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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

Hello! We are a 7th-grade classroom in a low-income neighborhood in Chicago, IL. We are in the Dual Language program, learning in English and Spanish. Despite many obstacles they may face, my students love challenges. As a teacher, I have great expectations for them and if they continue working hard, all their dreams are going to become true.

They do their best at all times but you can tell, it is hard to be engaged in a book when it is just not that interesting.

I go to book sales to fill our classrooms, but it doesn't come close to the demand for our student's needs. Our goal is to get as many new and interesting books in the hands of our students.

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. It is really important for them to read books in their mother tongue as well as in the English language to reach their full potential. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy - I read on the carpet to them, they complete work there, and they read independently! Every student book that is placed in my library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind.

Mr. Cruz
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Neverending Story • AKJ Education $5.83 25 $145.75
El Hobbit (MTI) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.49 13 $136.37
Alice in Wonderland • AKJ Education $5.39 25 $134.75
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 23 $114.77

Materials cost

$531.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$569.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.52

Total project goal

$670.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $670.13

2 Donors

-$345.06

Donations toward project cost

-$293.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.76

match offer

-$325.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$276.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.76

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 $0.00

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