You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. LaVelle from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. LaVelle is requesting

Opening Up Students' Eyes to Global Issues Through Literacy

My students need 30 copies of "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" and 5 copies of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier."

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. LaVelle's classroom raised $525

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

Did you know there are an estimated 300,000 child soldiers around the world? That number isn't probably even accurate. I want my students to aware of what's happening in the world around them and be immersed in quality literature that will help them develop their views and opinions.

My students are intelligent and self-aware.

They are inquisitive and interested in what's going on around them. My school is in a diverse, low-income area, and offers 100% free lunch. My 8th graders are a wonderful group of children, whom I had the pleasure of teaching last year. They enjoy reading, but aren't always offered the kind of literature they would want to read. They are the type of students who trust me and will let me know what they want out of their education. Unfortunately, these things aren't always possible with the budget cuts and lack of funding in my school district. They also don't have parents who can readily afford to buy them books to read.

My Project

I would like to offer my students the choice in what they read for an expository unit on the worldwide use of child soldiers and the issue of genocide in history. I currently have 25 copies of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier and would like to complete my set. I would also like to offer students the option of read First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. The first memoir follows a boy's descent into becoming a soldier during the war in Sierra Leone. The latter book follows the story of a girl whose family is torn apart by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Both books tell unique, yet similar stories, from two different view points in two different locations and times. My students will not only be enriched by history, but will also learn to put their lives into perspective. They will work in small groups on whichever novel they chose.

History classes don't always get deep into some really important issues.

Genocide isn't going away anytime soon and many people are honestly unaware of what's happening around the world. I don't want my students to be those people. I want them to have an interest and maybe even become activists. Regardless, I want them to further appreciate their lives in learning about the struggles of the past and current history.

Ms. LaVelle Montgomery Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

San Diego, CA View local requests

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

60 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. LaVelle is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers • AKJ Books $10.94 30 $328.20
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • AKJ Books $9.49 5 $47.45

Materials cost

$375.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$445.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.64

Total project goal

$524.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $524.29

4 Donors

-$519.88

Donations toward project cost

-$445.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. LaVelle and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/opening-up-students-eyes-to-global-issu/896821/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":60,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. LaVelle","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-767240270","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"San Diego","teachersOnPage":[415675],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":896821,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":37930,"schoolName":"Montgomery Middle School","authorIds":{"415675":{"owner":"Ms. LaVelle","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[896821],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp415675_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1508597819044","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":262578,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTI2NjI3OA==","NDUzMTY4","MTY2MDEyNw==","MTY1MTI2Mg=="],"teacherId":415675,"schoolCounty":"San Diego","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}