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Mrs. Escarcega from Chula Vista, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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House Virtues

Help me give my students books on honesty, integrity, kindness, and compassion to help us learn our school virtues!

  • 3 donors
  • $423 still needed

expires Dec 22

  • 3 donors
  • $423 still needed
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Mrs. Escarcega Veterans Elementary School
Chula Vista, CA Grades 3-5

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

We are starting a house system at our school and our houses include: honesty, integrity, compassion, and kindness. These books will serve as great reads to teach our students about what these virtues mean and what each house represesnts. And, what better way to teach instead of just telling students what these words mean? BOOKS! These books will teach each house about the virtues each house represent through the eyes of different characters!

Our students need books on the social and emotional virtues of honesty, integrity, compassion, and kindness!

Our students learn best through the eyes of characters that we can identify through literature! These social and emotional books will teach our students to learn honesty, integrity, compassion, and kindness.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

100 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Escarcega Veterans Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chula Vista, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

100 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pig The Pug Complete Series Set (10 Books) • Amazon Business $107.79 1 $107.79
What Does It Mean to Be Kind? • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
A Sick Day for Amos McGee - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Invisible Boy - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Stand Tall!: A book about integrity (Being the Best Me!) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
My Way to Kindness: Children's Book about Love to Others, Empathy and Inclusion (Preschool Feelings Book) (My way: Social Emotional Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Kindness Quilt - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Power of One: Every Act of Kindness Counts • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Monty the Manatee: A book about kindness and anti-bullying (Sea School Stories) • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
The Rabbit Listened • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04
Tiny Drops of Kindness: An Empathy Book for Kids to Make Them Compassionate • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
The "I" in Integrity (The Leader I'll Be) • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
Say Something! • Amazon Business $9.55 1 $9.55
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $9.01 1 $9.01
You, Me and Empathy: Teaching children about empathy, feelings, kindness, compassion, tolerance, respect and recognizing bullying behaviors • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Empty Pot • Amazon Business $7.31 1 $7.31
What Does It Mean to Be Kind?: An Empowering Kids Book About Kindness (What Does It Mean to Be series) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $6.74 1 $6.74
A Bike Like Sergio's • Amazon Business $6.74 1 $6.74
It's Brave to Be Kind: A Kindness Story and Activity Book for Children • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Mallory - Honestly, Mallory! - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$355.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$422.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.64

Total project goal

$497.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $497.62

2 Donors

-$35.00

Donations toward project cost

-$33.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.25

match offer

-$35.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $422.92

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