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

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Filipino-American Heritage Books: Food, Stories and Cultures

Help me give my students Filipino American History Month books so we can drive into learning about a new culture.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Slatoff's classroom raised $598

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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 Project

October is Filipino-American Heritage Month, and our class celebrated it for the first time this past October. We had so much fun learning all about Filipino Americans and the culture they have brought to California. It was incredible to see how much of the California culture they have influenced, from food to farmer workers' rights. They have deep roots in California, and we are lucky to have this opportunity to learn more about them. So this month, we started preparing for next year under the direction of one of the Filipino-American students. She explained to our class that food is essential to family and culture, so we included cookbooks which we hope to add to our school library. The cookbook we chose is The Filipino-American Kitchen: Traditional Recipes, Contemporary Flavors, The Easy Filipino Cookbook: 100 Classics Made Simple, and, Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora. This way, everyone has an opportunity to learn more about Filipino cuisine.

We also wanted to talk about how Filipino-Americans helped shape our community and how they helped create the California experience we know and love.

To help us learn about our local East Bay Filipino experience and history, we include the book Filipinos in the East Bay. We also have books about the larger bay area and Northern California history. We have included books like Filipinos in San Francisco and Filipinos in Stockton. We also wanted to examine the history of Filipino-American Farmer workers and labor organizers like Larry Itliong: Labor Rights Hero. We also wanted to learn about innovators like Pedro Flores, who helped create and market the modern-day Yo-Yo. We also wanted to include some YA Novels that feature Filipino-American main characters. We selected books from different genes and human interests to mystery, something for everyone.

Ms. Slatoff Bret Harte Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Salinas: A History of Race and Resilience in an Agricultural City • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
Yo-Yo Maker: Pedro Flores (Toy Trailblazers) • Amazon Business $29.93 1 $29.93
Filipinos in Stockton (Images of America: California) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Filipinos in San Francisco (Images of America) • Amazon Business $21.55 1 $21.55
Filipinos in the East Bay (Images of America) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History (Classics of Asian American Literature) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Lost Journal of Alejandro Pardo: Meet the Dark Creatures from Philippines Mythology! • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
When Lola Visits • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Easy Filipino Cookbook: 100 Classics Made Simple • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Untold Story of Larry Itliong: Labor Rights Hero (First But Forgotten) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Blackmail and Bibingka (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Arsenic and Adobo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
FIERCE FILIPINA: Inspired by the Life of Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Halina Filipina: A New Yorker in Manila • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Freddie vs. the Family Curse • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Turtle under Ice • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Adrift • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Homicide and Halo-Halo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $11.27 1 $11.27
Patron Saints of Nothing • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Cora Cooks Pancit • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lumpia for Lunch: A Kaiya Story: A perfect book for beginner readers, Filipino-American's or those interested in the culture. • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
We Belong • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Pan de Sal Saves the Day: An Award-winning Children's Story from the Philippines [New Bilingual English and Tagalog Edition] • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Filipino-American Kitchen: Traditional Recipes, Contemporary Flavors • Amazon Business $8.73 1 $8.73

Materials cost

$427.37

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.80

Sales tax

 $39.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$507.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.59

Total project goal

$597.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $597.27

7 Donors

-$273.56

Donations toward project cost

-$240.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.88

Matching donations from our partners

-$314.13

Match offers toward project cost

-$267.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.59

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