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Ms. Natalia Kalama from Waianae, HI is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers are Leaders

Help me give my students books at their reading level to increase their vocabulary words, reading and writing skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Natalia Kalama's classroom raised $377

This project is fully funded

My Project

These books will help my students with affording them learning opportunities that will increase and reinforce positive learning outcomes. Students will be able to take these skills and use it outside the classroom such as but not limited using it in the community for reading groceries list, traffic signs and so forth.

Students will be able to use their imagination to picture things that they have read in which will help them to increase their vocabulary, speech, reading and writing skills.

Also, it will help them strive towards academic excellence in successfully applying and practicing their general learner's outcome (GLO's) such as but not limited to being "Self -directed learners, community contributors, effective communicator, complex thinker, problem solvers. Students will be able to practice these skills until they reach mastery level and teach others how to successfully increase their vocabulary, speech, reading and writing skills. They will be able use these book to connect their prior knowledge with new know being learned. Students will have a great learning challenge and opportunity to become great readers.

Ms. Natalia Kalama Waianae 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.

Waianae, HI View local requests

More than half 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

11 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry N Abrams Inc Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $53.96 1 $53.96
Lakeshore Leveled Books Classroom Library 1 - Book Bin Set - Level P (Gr. 3-4) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $50.99 1 $50.99
Lakeshore Leveled Books Classroom Library 1 - Book Bin Set - Level J (Gr. 1-2) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
Merriam-Webster's Everyday Language Reference Set, 3 Books - Middle-High School - Adult • School Specialty $28.27 1 $28.27
4 Book Bundle - Who HQ: Historical Moments #2 (paperback book set); Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • MahoganyBooks $26.96 1 $26.96
4 Book Bundle - Who HQ: Historical Moments #1 (paperback book set); Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • MahoganyBooks $23.36 1 $23.36
4 Book Bundle - Who HQ: Contemporary Figures (paperback book set); Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • MahoganyBooks $22.46 1 $22.46

Materials cost

$242.99

Vendor shipping charges

$33.05

Sales tax

$10.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$320.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.54

Total project goal

$376.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$376.91

1 Donor

-$188.46

Donations toward project cost

-$160.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.27

match offer

-$188.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.27

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$0.00

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