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Ms. Lemmon from Salinas, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Me Create A World of Avid Readers

Help me give my students a vast library full of books at different grade levels.

  • $293 goal

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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

Before the School year started I opened a project to get my school library started. Now that we are over half way through the year I have come to know my students. So many of my students choose to never pick up a book. They read at lower levels and I know the only way to get them to read is by not only allowing the time in class to read but by offering the books that make them want to read. Now that I know my students, I would like to create a library that allows each student to select a book for SSR that is at their level and that sparks that love for reading within them.

Ms. Lemmon Gavilan View Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Salinas, 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

220 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost Boys (Paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 4 $28.76
Call Us What We Carry • MahoganyBooks $22.49 1 $22.49
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
Blackout • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Something to Say • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Class Act • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Long Way Down • MahoganyBooks $10.79 1 $10.79
All American Boys • MahoganyBooks $10.79 1 $10.79
Wonder • AKJ Education $10.30 1 $10.30
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
The Voting Booth • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Code Talker • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Black Brother, Black Brother (Paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Walk Two Moons • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Love That Dog • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$194.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.10

Sales tax

 $17.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$248.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.90

Total project goal

$292.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $292.66

4 Donors

-$292.66

Donations toward project cost

-$248.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.90

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