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Ms. Lugo from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mirrors for My Students: One Novel at a Time

Help me give my students equitable access to new, highly-esteemed and pulitzer prize winning books, which contain characters and individuals whom my students can identify with and see as a mirror into their own lives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Lugo's classroom raised $526

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

Students who attend our school are a mixture of different economic and cultural backgrounds. We are a Title I school with over 75% entitled to free lunch. I have over 60 ESL students and many students with IEPs who challenge themselves every day to achieve beyond the expectations of their socio-economic backgrounds. Our school also has a large population of students whose families are either undocumented or are new to this country through the Lottery Visa program.

These students work hard and have proven to take pride and ownership of their work.

My Project

After attending a Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle PD, I became more cognizant of the fact that if students are not reading with us, they are not reading without us. It is salient that students not only pick up a book, but are genuinely interested in the subject of the book. More importantly, I want my students to read stories, both fiction and non-fiction, featuring characters and individuals who look like them.

One reason students in my school do not read as much as they should is because they cannot relate to the characters and individuals in the novels.

This project is designed to bridge the gap between the lack of representation in my classroom library so students can read about their own races and ethnicities.

Indeed there are many ways to identify with a novel; however, I want to give my students access to books that give them hope and ultimately encourage them to pick up another book.

My students and I thank you in advance for any contribution made to this project.

Ms. Lugo Port Richmond High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

180 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Underground Railroad: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.71 4 $50.84
Educated: A Memoir • Amazon Business $15.18 2 $30.36
The Sun Is Also a Star • AKJ Education $13.86 2 $27.72
Homegoing • Amazon Business $12.80 2 $25.60
All the Light We Cannot See • AKJ Education $12.41 2 $24.82
March • Amazon Business $12.19 2 $24.38
Americanah • Amazon Business $11.89 2 $23.78
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • AKJ Education $10.94 2 $21.88
Beloved • Amazon Business $10.87 2 $21.74
Two Can Keep a Secret • Amazon Business $10.44 2 $20.88
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
American Street • Amazon Business $7.55 2 $15.10
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card • Amazon Business $7.40 2 $14.80
The Poet X • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Gilead: A Novel • Amazon Business $7.18 2 $14.36
All American Boys • Amazon Business $6.98 2 $13.96
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.70 2 $13.40
The Known World • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $5.59 2 $11.18
We Are All Made of Molecules • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82

Materials cost

$410.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.87

Total project goal

$525.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $525.78

8 Donors

-$286.00

Donations toward project cost

-$246.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.15

Matching donations from our partners

-$235.36

Match offers toward project cost

-$200.06

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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