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Ms. Osman from Van Nuys, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Students Eat Books for Breakfast

My students need 16 compelling novels to feed their literary hunger in their high school library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Osman's classroom raised $318

This project is fully funded

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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

I am the high school librarian of an urban 9-12 secondary school in California. My over arching literary objectives are to improve my students' literacy scores on standardized tests (currently 71% have not yet demonstrated mastery on the Reading portion of our state's yearly assessment), bolster their reading fluency and comprehension, and inspire them to become life-long readers. Many of my students are already voracious readers and I want to continue to nourish their zeal. However, others do not enjoy reading and/or struggle with it. It is my hope that continuing to stock the school library with compelling, user-friendly, relevant books will encourage those who detest and/or have difficulty with reading to pick up a book as well as those who have already discovered the magic of written words.

My Project

A library, just like our students, is a living organism and must be fed on a regular basis in order to stay healthy and flourish. As the librarian of my high school, I am responsible to nourish, groom, and care for the library. The most important task, of course, is ensuring its dietary needs are considered and my library eats books for breakfast.

This makes my job easy because I can feed my library and my students at the same time; they both hunger for books.

So constantly updating my library and restocking it with compelling reads also supports the literary appetite of my students.

The more my students satisfy their cravings with books, the more their intellectual, cultural, aesthetic, psycho-social and creative skills will be bolstered. This is my mission. This is my passion.

Ms. Osman Van Nuys 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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Demian • Amazon Business $19.31 1 $19.31
CHERUB VOL 2, Book 3: Black Friday • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Ones and Zeroes (Mirador) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Shadow Wave (CHERUB) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices) • Amazon Business $16.50 1 $16.50
Brigands M.C. (CHERUB) • Amazon Business $15.08 1 $15.08
Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2) • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
CHERUB VOL 2, Book 4: Lone Wolf • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Generation One (Lorien Legacies Reborn) • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Strange the Dreamer • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $11.40 1 $11.40
Crewel (Crewel World) • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
After the Woods • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
People's Republic (Cherub) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Well, That Was Awkward • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
CHERUB VOL 2, Book 5: New Guard • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81

Materials cost

$216.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$270.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.66

Total project goal

$317.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $317.72

4 Donors

-$317.72

Donations toward project cost

-$270.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.66

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