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

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Ghost Us!

Help me give my students a class set of books so we can all read together.

  • $332 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

My ninth grade students are all racially diverse, brown students from Chicago. They all are diverse learners and multisensory learners, that benefit from having a book in hand. All are working to continue to improve their reading levels. Having a class set of books, will help in doing that.

Representation matters.

Having access to books that are relatable and culturally diverse is also important. "Ghost" is a contemporary book written by a Black African-American author, Jason Reynolds. "The House on Mango Street" is a book written by Sandra Cisneros, a Mexican American, born in Chicago.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Ms. Salamanca Prosser Career Academy Grades 9-12

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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.

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Chicago, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $8.25 15 $123.75
Ghost (1) (Track) • Amazon Business $6.39 16 $102.24
My Name is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River (Poems in Spanish and English) • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
La casa en Mango Street / The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.36 1 $10.36

Materials cost

$248.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$281.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.73

Total project goal

$331.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $331.55

1 Donor

-$331.55

Donations toward project cost

-$281.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.73

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