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Mrs. Alvarado Canto from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Year, New Diverse, Anti-Racist Reads

Help me give my students access to diverse reads, such as Full Disclosure, Rebel Girls Lead, Black Boy Joy, and more.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Alvarado Canto's classroom raised $311

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

My students attend a Title I charter school in Houston, Texas where nearly 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Despite facing hardships and adversity, my students are committed to becoming high school-ready and college-bound, eager to learn, and always giving one hundred percent.

While our community has experienced so much devastation as a result of a recent armed intruder event, Hurricane Harvey, and Winter Storm Uri (on top of the pandemic that rocked the world), our students have a determination to succeed.

As a result of their determination to succeed, I am tasked with the responsibility of providing a safe, yet productive, environment. Together, we will build the class community where everyone can grow, is loved, and where mistakes are welcomed, because they help us grow.

My Project

As we welcome this new year, 2022, students often anticipate a fresh start, a renewed energy, and a thirst for improvement. Who am I to stand in their way?

These books will be used to help fill the shelves of the classroom library with more diversity, new topics, and the same message of building empathy and compassion for others.

As we rapidly approach the end of the school year, it is critical for students to develop consistent reading habits to sustain them. In order for me to appeal to their inner book worms, these books will be used to provide variety and an element of new-ness to create excitement and motivation.

Mrs. Alvarado Canto Yes Preparatory Southwest Secondary Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

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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

85 students impacted 10donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Leather-bound Classics) • Amazon Business $18.49 1 $18.49
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany (Book for Writers, Book Lovers Miscellany with Booklist) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present • Amazon Business $15.13 1 $15.13
Edgar Allan Poe: The Ultimate Collection • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Cold Hearted (Villains) • Amazon Business $14.43 1 $14.43
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
Evil Thing (Villains, 7) • Amazon Business $12.07 1 $12.07
Full Disclosure • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Native Americans in History: A History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Flying Lessons & Other Stories • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94

Materials cost

$230.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$263.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.54

Total project goal

$310.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $310.26

8 Donors

-$310.26

Donations toward project cost

-$263.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.54

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 $0.00

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