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Mrs. Aponte from Saint Louis MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Opening Doors- Adding English to Our Bilingual Library

My students need books that reflect our community and provide opportunities for reading in English.

  • $180 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our school has always focused on its Spanish Program, but we have moved to a Dual Language Program to meet the needs of diverse learners in both languages. Our families are excited about the opportunity of having their children learning two languages.

Students in our school come from diverse backgrounds including gifted and talented, English Language Learners, and students from diverse income levels.

We have students with a wide range of needs and proficiency reading levels. Most of our students participate in Free and Reduced Price School Meals, so most books you find in our students' hands are provided by us.

My Project

For years, we have been helping our students do that in Spanish and now to help them succeed we know they must have the opportunity in both languages. They have been finding and loving great Spanish books in our classroom but missing out on great English books.

We want to encourage our kids to jump into the pleasures of reading and be transported to stories and places that they may only see through stories but mostly I want them to fall in love with reading.

These books are not randomly selected but carefully chosen to compliment our thematic units of study and also to reflect our community.

Mrs. Aponte
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Waiting • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Nana in the City • Amazon Business $13.32 1 $13.32
Exclamation Mark • Amazon Business $10.80 1 $10.80
Extra Yarn • Amazon Business $10.48 1 $10.48
Helen Keller's Best Friend Belle • Amazon Business $10.41 1 $10.41
You Are Not Small • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
I Pledge Allegiance • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Cold Snap • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We March • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Child of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $6.14 1 $6.14
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas (Henry & Mudge) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$120.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$152.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.87

Total project goal

$179.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.11

4 Donors

-$139.11

Donations toward project cost

-$118.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.87

match offer

-$40.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

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 $0.00

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