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Ms. Cote from La Mesa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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From Page to Purpose: Growing Young Minds with Esperanza Rising

Help me give my students a powerful story of Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan.

  • $556 goal

This project expired on October 2, 2025.

This project expired on October 2, 2025.

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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 Project

Esperanza Rising is a powerful novel that brings history, culture, and empathy to life for 5th graders. This story about a young girl's journey from privilege to poverty during the Great Depression touches on themes of resilience, identity, and immigrant experience.

This novel will be at the heart of an engaging reading, writing, and critical thinking unit.

Students will build essential literacy skills as we read and analyze the text together, exploring rich vocabulary, figurative language, character development, and historical context. We'll use close reading strategies to deepen comprehension, make inferences, and support claims with evidence.

Your support will put a meaningful, diverse, and age-appropriate novel into the hands of students who are ready to be inspired and challenged. Investing in this book is investing in their literacy, empathy, and character.

Ms. Cote Murdock Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

Never Before Funded 35 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Esperanza Rising (younger YA paperback, ages 10+) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 40 $400.00

Materials cost

$400.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.40

Total project goal

$556.00

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