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Mr. D'Antonio from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Middle School Readers Need Culturally Relevant Books for Classroom!

My students need engaging books to read in class throughout the year!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. D'Antonio's classroom raised $683

This project is fully funded

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 Students

Our students are the first cohort of 6th graders at our brand new middle school in the Mission, San Francisco. As the first group, students have been energized and excited about growing a culture of reading and learning in our new space and new grade.

At the end of our first month of school, two things about our 6th graders have stuck out to me: how much each student truly LOVES to read, and how often they ask me when we'll be getting books for our library.

As such, I am determined to provide for them as many engaging and culturally relevant books as possible.

My Project

Every day, students have an opportunity to read from their independent reading books from our classroom library. This is hands down their favorite time of the day, when they can dive deep into a grade-appropriate book that they chose themselves. It is a beautiful thing to watch every student urgently take out their independent book and get started reading without teacher prompting. The desire to read is there, we just need the books!

Your donation to our library will transform our classroom, allowing students to have the books they deserve through the end of the year.

The students have been begging for new books every day, and we are so thankful to you for helping make it happen!

Mr. D'Antonio Mission Preparatory School Grades 6-8

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Latino Arts And Their Influence On The United States Songs, Dreams, And Dances • AKJ Education $16.75 2 $33.50
A Young People's History of the United States Columbus to the War on Terror • AKJ Education $14.56 2 $29.12
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $13.13 2 $26.26
The Crossover • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them : The Original Screenplay • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
The House on Mango Street • AKJ Education $8.72 2 $17.44
I Am Malala The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban • AKJ Education $15.28 1 $15.28
The White House Is Burning • AKJ Education $14.56 1 $14.56
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $7.14 2 $14.28
The Dreamer • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
El verano de Raymie Nightingale • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Una arruga en el tiempo / A Wrinkle in Time • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Juana and Lucas • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Langston Hughes • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Call Me Maria • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
Petty Crimes • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Education $8.38 1 $8.38
The Displacement of Native Peoples • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Bad Boy A Memoir • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change Courageous Actions Around the World • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Honduras • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Chat Room • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Parrot in the Oven: Mi vida • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Skin I'm In • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Trojan Horse The Fall of Troy • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
The BFG • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Walk Two Moons • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Nelson Mandela: "No Easy Walk to Freedom" No Easy Walk to Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Autobiography of Malcolm X • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
90 Miles to Havana • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Clemente • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Novio Boy A Play • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
No More Dead Dogs • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Schooled • AKJ Education $4.26 1 $4.26
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $4.14 1 $4.14

Materials cost

$497.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$580.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.39

Total project goal

$682.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $682.62

1 Donor

-$580.23

Donations toward project cost

-$580.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$102.39

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 $0.00

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