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Ms. PILLPE from Durham, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Without Barriers! / ¡Leyendo Sin Barreras!

Help me give my students the gift of reading in their native language and not to lose the love for books!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. PILLPE's classroom raised $606

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 Project

My students love reading! They are a group of newcomers who have been in the country for less than a year - some have been here a couple of months! They are very eager to learn English and try their best every day.

Our school has a block for independent reading and my newcomers are willing to read, but they have just begun learning English; however, they are literate in Spanish!

The only challenge is that my school doesn't have enough books in Spanish to keep fostering their love for reading. I could only gather a very few books from my personal library and I don't want this to be a barrier to their learning journey.

Having access to more books written in their native language will keep them engaged and connected to their culture and heritage. As their language acquisition grows, they won't lose the habit of reading and, eventually, they will enjoy it in the language they prefer.

Thank you for supporting our English learners! ¡Gracias!

Ms. PILLPE Maureen Joy Charter School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Durham, NC 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hermanas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Lionel Messi: El niño que soñó con ser campeón mundial.: La historia ejemplar, conmovedora y fascinante de un chico argentino. (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.96 1 $13.96
Invisible / Invisible (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Momo (Spanish Edition) (Colección Alfaguara Clásicos) • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
Solito (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
Emmie es invisible / Invisible Emmie (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
¿Quién fue la Madre Teresa? (Quien Fue...? / Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
El único e incomparable Iván (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
¿Quien fue Albert Einstein? / Who Was Albert Einstein? (Spanish Edition) (Quien Fue? / Who Was?) • Amazon Business $11.61 1 $11.61
Sobreviví el ataque de los osos grizzlies, 1967 (Graphix) (I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967) (Sobreviví (Graphix)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Drama (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Matilda (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Nunca Dejes de Soñar: Historias inspiradoras de chicos únicos y maravillosos sobre el valor, la confianza en sí mismos y el potencial que encierran ... Motivadores para Niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.90 1 $10.90
Srta. Quinces (Miss Quinces) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Quien fue Amelia Earhart? (Quien Fue]]? / Who Was]]?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
Sobreviví el naufragio del Titanic, 1912 (Graphix) (I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912) (Sobreviví (Graphix)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Fantasmas (Ghosts) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sobreviví los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001 (Graphix) (I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001) (Sobreviví (Graphix)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
El extraño caso de Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde (Clásicos ilustrados) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Alérgica (Allergic) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Cristiano Ronaldo (Estrellas Del Fútbol / Soccer Stars) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.25 1 $9.25
La casa en Mango Street / The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Agallas (Guts) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
¿Qué es la Copa Mundial? (¿Qué fue?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Telaraña de Carlota: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta: Una emocionante aventura de misterio con un final sorprendente (2020) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
El Capitán Calzoncillos y el ataque de los inodoros parlantes (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
Maremoto en Hawái (La Casa del Arbol, No. 28) (Spanish Edition) (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 28) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sobreviví los ataques de tiburones de 1916 (Graphix) (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916) (Sobreviví (Graphix)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tigres Al Anochecer / Tigers at Twilight (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 19) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Atardecer En El Pueblo Fantasma / Ghost Town at Sundown (10) (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 10) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
¿Quién fue Frida Kahlo? (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
¿Quién fue Selena? (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
¿Quién fue Walt Disney? (Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tornado en martes / Twister on Tuesday (23) (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 23) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Delfines Al Amanecer / Dolphins at Daybreak (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Medianoche En La Luna / Midnight on the Moon (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 8) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
¿Quién fue Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Piratas Al Medio Dia / Pirates Past Noon (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 4) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
Una Tarde En El Amazonas / Afternoon on the Amazon (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 6) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
Sobreviví los ataques de tiburones de 1916 (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916) (2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sobreviví el huracán Katrina, 2005 (I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
National Geographic Readers: Grandes Migraciones: Las Ballenas (Great Migrations: Whales) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
National Geographic Readers: Los Gatos vs. Los Perros (Cats vs. Dogs) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Los tipos malos en Misión improbable (The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable) (2) (tipos malos, Los) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Los Tipos Malos (the Bad Guys), Volume 1 (Los Tipos Malos) [Spanish] • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sobreviví el naufragio del Titanic, 1912 (I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912) (1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Escuela de Espanto #1: ¡La escuela está viva! (The School Is Alive): Un libro de la serie Branches (1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27
National Geographic Readers: Los Pandas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Los Animales Mas Mortales (Deadliest Animals) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Sonia Sotomayor (L3, Spanish) (Readers Bios) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$443.35

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$34.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$514.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.81

Total project goal

$605.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$605.39

5 Donors

-$295.04

Donations toward project cost

-$263.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.26

match offer

-$295.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$250.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.29

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$0.00

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