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Mr. Cochran from Indianapolis, IN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Organize Our Bilingual and Non-English Library

My students need an organized way to locate books. These book bins/boxes will help organize all of our bilingual and non-English text.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cochran's classroom raised $272

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am an ENL teacher in a high poverty school. I work closely with the mainstream teachers at my building to help deliver content to our ENL students in a way that they can understand. Our students are some of the hardest working kids and I love watching them grow!

I am responsible for teaching and/or monitoring over 120 ENL students at a K-6 elementary school.

The majority of my students speak Spanish as their first language, although I do have a few other languages, including Arabic, Yoruba, and Mandarin Chinese. In the past year, I have had students enroll from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Honduras. These students are very enthusiastic and excited to learn!

My Project

My students will be able to locate books that are interesting to them and on their level much more efficiently with these book bins/boxes. The texts that will be stored in these organizers will be culturally diverse and in the first languages of my students. This library will be open to all language learners and the books will be open for students to check out and read with families or on their own time.

Research shows that if a student is able to speak, listen, read, write, and think in their first language, they will effectively pick up a second language much quicker.

The students that I work with need more exposure to texts in their native language so that they will be able to connect with new learning in English. These book bins/boxes will help my students find resources related to what they're learning in their mainstream classrooms, but available in their native language.

Mr. Cochran Stout Field Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA758X - Connect & Store Book Bins - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.50 4 $118.00
GG963X - Help-Yourself Book Boxes - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98

Materials cost

$197.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.76

Total project goal

$271.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $271.71

3 Donors

-$135.85

Donations toward project cost

-$115.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

match offer

-$135.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.38

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 $0.00

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