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Mrs. Yurk from Dryden, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Yurk's classroom raised $340

For the Love of Culture and Language

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn about important cultural traditions and expand their understanding of the Spanish language while fostering an appreciation of diversity.

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Mrs. Yurk Dryden Jr/Sr High School
Dryden, MI Grades 9-12

My Students

I teach Spanish in a very rural, farm community. My students are hard-working and eager to learn. Many have never left the town they go to school in, or have only ventured within county limits. There are many who are part of the local 4-H community and raise livestock, pigs, or poultry for fairs and other shows. For many, this means waking up extremely early to feed and water the animals long before the school day has begun. These added responsibilities have helped to nurture caring and thoughtful attitudes in so many of my students.

My students are eager to learn and crave more exposure to culturally rich activities and experiences.

Because of the small town they live in, these experiences have been pretty limited. While some will grow up, go away for college and experience a cultural change in this manner, many others may never leave their hometown.

My Project

In our district, some students are learning at home, while others are learning face-to-face in the classroom. Our district is prepared to move to completely remote learning should safety protocols deem it necessary. This resource will be used both in class and at home for the time being. Should we move completely remote, each student will have a copy to read in their own home as they learn online with teacher guidance and instruction.

Regardless of where students are reading this novel, they will be able to experience a cultural adventure and improve their understanding of Spanish in the process.

This novel will also help to boost student confidence in their language skills as they find they can understand the text with ease. Speaking a second language will provide immeasurable advantages to these young people now and in their futures.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Yurk Dryden Jr/Sr High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Dryden, MI 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tumba (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 30 $255.00

Materials cost

$255.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$288.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.97

Total project goal

$339.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.79

2 Donors

-$182.40

Donations toward project cost

-$155.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.36

match offer

-$157.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$133.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.61

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 $0.00

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