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Ms. Brochon from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Open Your Mind, Open a Book !

Help me give my students a great diversity of books for our library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Brochon's classroom raised $233

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

This year I am very fortunate to teach a class of 21 amazing students in a combo 2nd and 3rd grade. Our students attend an inner-city, Title I, French Dual Language school. They come from a variety of beautiful ethnic backgrounds and bring much of their culture with them. Many of them also come from homes with limited resources.

Our students are unique because they come from bilingual homes and are currently learning a third language.

They spend half of their instructional day learning in English and the other half learning in French.

We have entirely designed the curriculum around a project based learning approach, mainly focusing on Sciences (in both languages), hoping to arouse students' curiosity and interest for the world around them.

My Project

While our French Dual Immersion Program opened a couple of years ago, it is the first year that we are welcoming 2nd and 3rd Grade students in our school ! Up until now, our school was running from ETK to 1st Grade. Therefore, we need help building a library for our more advanced grades, with books appropriate to our students' age, level and interest.

That selection of books include science themed books, which lead our curriculum, but also books about cultural diversity and inclusion, which is a core value in my classroom.

Ms. Brochon Richard Riordan Primary Center Grades 3-5

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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

21 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Marisol McDonald no combina (Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match) • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
The Librarian of Basra • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Different Pond • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Weathering and Erosion • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
¡Tornados y huracanes! (Tornadoes And Hurricanes!) • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
¡Volcanes! (Volcanoes!) • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Eye of the Storm • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Where the Wild Things Are • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Punctuation Takes a Vacation • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Whoever You Are • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Martin's Big Words The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love Saturdays y domingos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Day of the Dead / El Dia de los Muertos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Imani's Moon • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
The Water Cycle • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $4.89 1 $4.89
Nate the Great • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Twisters! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Messy Bessey's School Desk • AKJ Education $3.61 1 $3.61

Materials cost

$146.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $13.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$197.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.89

Total project goal

$232.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $232.58

1 Donor

-$232.58

Donations toward project cost

-$197.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.89

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