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Ms. Espinoza from Yuma, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Middle Schoolers Read Too!

Help me give my students Flexible seating with a lifted coffee table and books they can relate to and become hungry for more!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Espinoza's classroom raised $695

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 Project

We get excited when we hear and see elementary students read their favorite books. However, have you seen a middle schooler read a book by choice and have a conversation with their peers? The books selected, such as Ghost Boys, Efren Divided, and How To Fold A Taco, will be available to these middle schoolers to allow them to see themselves in these stories. And the coffee table will give them a place to store books as well as gather around to read and discuss them.

A book can be a mirror to a student which reflects back into what they want to become!

Often times we think the magic is lost, but all it takes is one book to change a person's life. Please help me provide this opportunity to these scholars who are hungry for knowledge.

Ms. Espinoza Gowan Science Academy 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.

Yuma, AZ View local requests 100 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
WLIVE Lift Top Coffee Table with Hidden Compartment, Cocktail Table, Rising Center for Living Room, Side Drawer and Metal Frame, Charcoal Black • Amazon Business $159.99 1 $159.99
New Kid and Class Act: The Box Set • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $23.00 1 $23.00
Thirst • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Brown Girl Dreaming • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 2 $20.00
Fearless Trailblazers 11 Latinos Who Made US History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
How to Fold a Taco • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States for Young People • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Dreamers • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Pride The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
The Poet X • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Our Class is a Family • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
You Should See Me in a Crown • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Wonder • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
The House on Mango Street • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
I Will Always Write Back How One Letter Changed Two Lives • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Efrén Divided • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Ghost Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Merci Suarez Changes Gears • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Flying Lessons and Other Stories • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 1 $8.00

Materials cost

$456.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $84.99

Sales tax

 $11.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$590.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.17

Total project goal

$694.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $694.44

4 Donors

-$694.44

Donations toward project cost

-$590.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$104.17

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