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Mrs. Arvizu from Phoenix AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Read to Us!

My students need books with read-along cds for our Reading & Listening Center. Our list includes Frog & Toad Together, books with audio cds and a few small group book sets to accompany them.

  • $547 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 little scholars LOVE books! They can't seem to get enough of them. I want to encourage them to keep reading but our class library is not very diverse. We have a great reading and listening center but lack the books to enjoy it. Please help bring literature to these little minds!

My students come from a rough area.

They live in the worst part of our city. Many struggle with poverty and hunger. Most of the kids come from broken homes or even foster homes. They have hard lives already and they are only 6 years old. Our school has become the light of their world. While others are telling these kids they will never amount to anything, our school tells them to put their heads up high because education and motivation will make them leaders. We tell them how much worth they hold, and we teach them to set high goals for themselves.

My Project

We have a reading and listening center, which gives the students an opportunity to hear literature far more often. This helps with emergent reading skills and vocabulary. However, we need sets of books like Frog & Toad Together and the corresponding audio books. Right now, we only have 2 audio books and no book sets. This will help expand our library and expand their minds.

Literacy is a major issue in our country and across the world.

Statistically, my students are some of the least likely in our nation to become literate and highly educated. Give these students a fighting chance by turning them on to reading.

Mrs. Arvizu
Grades PreK-2
  • Paideia Academy
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 30 students.

    16 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Three Tales of My Father''s Dragon: My Father''s Dragon, Elmer • AKJ Books $12.37 8 $98.96
Walk With a Wolf • AKJ Books $5.10 8 $40.80
Tigress • AKJ Books $5.10 8 $40.80
Clip-A-Zip Heavy Duty Zip Bags (Set of 24 - Bags Only) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.46 1 $25.46
Days with Frog and Toad • AKJ Books $2.91 8 $23.28
Frog and Toad Together • AKJ Books $2.91 8 $23.28
Frog and Toad Are Friends • AKJ Books $2.91 8 $23.28
Frog and Toad All Year • AKJ Books $2.91 8 $23.28
Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites, The CD • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
CD-Frog&Toad Together (Audio) • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Aesop''s Fables for Children • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
Three Tales of My Father''s Dragon-CD • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
A Field Full of Horses • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Oh, the Places You''ll Go! and The Lorax Dr. Seuss, Read by T • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Big Blue Whale • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Green Eggs and Ham: Book & CD Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Tigress • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Walk with a Wolf: Read, Listen and Wonder Janni Howker, Sara • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56

Materials cost

$395.30

Vendor shipping charges

$5.00

Sales tax

$28.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.97

Total project goal

$546.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$546.46

14 Donors

-$446.46

Donations toward project cost

-$379.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.97

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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$0.00

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