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Mrs. Lambert from Torrance, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give My Students the Gift of Great Books!

Help me give my students the gift of reading wonderful books they will remember for years to come.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lambert's classroom raised $723

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 Project

I absolutely love my students for their curiosity, resilience, and eagerness to learn. Many of them face challenges outside the classroom, yet they come to school each day ready to grow, explore, and engage in meaningful learning. They are creative thinkers, deep questioners, and passionate learners who deserve every opportunity to succeed.

Students today are being swallowed by screen time.

It is vital for students today to use actual books to gain a love for literature and the benefit that reading can yield.

My on-going mission is to try to provide my students with as many valuable and enriching learning experiences as possible.

My students are in desperate need of actual books that we will use to explore intricate themes and the journeys that develop characters. To that end, my students are in need of class sets of the novels we will be using this year for our novel studies. These novels will help build the love for reading that I wish to instill in my students for this class, as well as future classes.

Mrs. Lambert Van Deene Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Restart • Amazon Business $10.04 30 $301.20
Serafina and the Black Cloak-The Serafina Series Book 1 • Amazon Business $15.12 15 $226.80

Materials cost

$528.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$48.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$614.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.39

Total project goal

$722.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$722.62

4 Donors

-$596.15

Donations toward project cost

-$529.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.92

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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$0.00

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