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Ms. Roesch from Redwood City, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Roesch's classroom raised $179

Happy Halloween

My students need 6 Halloween books.

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Ms. Roesch Taft Elementary School
Redwood City, CA Grades PreK-2

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.

I work in an latino immigrant community with a high poverty status. Most of my students remind me of myself when I came to the USA as an immigrant. I want my students to be exposed to holidays, traditions, and to new books. My students are respectful and ready to learn. Books will arm them with information, knowledge, and power. I hope that they catch the reading bug at this crucial age of 7.

I've often heard that one way to determine how poor people are is by looking at the amount of paper in their homes. My students don't own books or paper tablets at home. By contrast, in my home, my daughters have bookcases filled with books and desks with reams of paper. I want my students to be exposed to quality literature. I want them to see and touch new books. In my school, we have to copy books "readers" for their reading materials.

The Halloween books and Dia de los muertos books will help them understand our upcoming holiday. Although Dia de los muertos is celebrated during Easter, students will be able to make a connection between their holiday and Halloween. All of my students are from Mexico. Learning about Halloween will be a real pleasure for them.

You will make it possible for my students to enjoy this Halloween. Your help will ensure that students learn to compare and contrast, a skill that they must acquire to be successful learners. Your help will make a difference in the lives of my students who don't have new books.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 14 donors
Ms. Roesch Taft Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Redwood City, CA 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

20 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Halloween Tree Ray Bradbury, Joseph Mugnaini (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Halloween Salina Yoon, Salina Yoon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Where Is Baby's Pumpkin?: A Lift the Flap Book Karen Katz, Karen Katz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Halloween Joyce K. Kessel, Nancy Carlson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Halloween! Silver RavenWolf, Rebecca Zins (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Halloween Bugs David A. Carter, David A. Carter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.76 1 $8.76
The Day of the Dead: Dia de los Muertos Ward S. Albro, Denis Defibaugh (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $35.95 1 $35.95
I Remember Abuelito/Yo Recuerdo a Abuelito: A Day of the Dead Story/Un Cuento Del Dia de Los Muertos Janice Levy, Loretta Lopez (Illustrator), Miguel Arisa (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Dia de Los Muertos Ann Heinrichs, Mernie Gallagher-Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $20.51 1 $20.51

Materials cost

$107.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.78

Sales tax

 $7.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$146.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.05

Total project goal

$178.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.05

10 Donors

-$171.76

Donations toward project cost

-$146.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.29

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