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Mr. Dominguez from San Rafael, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fostering Focused Readers

My students need a class set of the second volume of the Ms. Marvel series in order to help foster their love of reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Dominguez's classroom raised $415

This project is fully funded

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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

While they come from a variety of backgrounds, many of my students are first generation English language learners. Many will also be the first in their family to go to college.

Students at our school are hopeful and determined, in spite of often daunting challenges that are in their way.

Some come from the most dire of socioeconomic situations, but still come to school ever day ready to learn. One of the biggest goals we have here in the middle school is to broaden the horizons of our students. The greater their awareness of the world outside of their immediate life, the greater their desire to succeed in school.

My Project

Last year, I was able to successfully have a class set of the first volume of the Ms. Marvel series funded through the generous donations from people on DonorsChoose. Having now used the book two years in a row, I can safely say it has been a great success. The students have loved the unit that goes with the reading, and many of my struggling readers have successfully finished the book. Furthermore, we saw growth in my students' reading scores on standardized exams. More importantly though, some of my most reluctant readers loved the series.

My goal is to foster the growing love of reading.

After finishing the first volume, my students wanted to know what happened next for Ms. Marvel (the first book ends on a partial cliffhanger - the true antagonist's identity is revealed on the final page). I had two copies of the second volume that I purchased myself, but those are not enough to meet the demand.

If I have a class set of the second volume, which wraps the first conflict the hero faces, I can also extend the unit of study. We use Ms. Marvel to talk about the Hero's journey, and use it to draw parallels to other famous stories of heroes. With the second volume, students will be able to fully compare all twelve parts of the journey to Ms. Marvel. In turn, the superhero narratives we wrote last year can become more in-depth and detailed with the more complete example.

Mr. Dominguez Venetia Valley School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why • Amazon Business $10.87 26 $282.62
Ultra Pro Resealable Current Size Comic Bags (Pack of 100) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46

Materials cost

$291.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.13

Total project goal

$414.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $414.21

3 Donors

-$244.60

Donations toward project cost

-$207.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.69

match offer

-$169.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.44

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