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Ms. Torres from Baldwin Park, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Scrapbooking Our Family’s History: Growing New Roots, a Fifth Generation

Help me give my students beautiful scrapbooks to make a professional looking family scrapbook celebrating their family history.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Torres's classroom raised $1,184

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

Scrapbooks are used for many special occasions, but rarely made for lack of time and money. Our students will create a piece of their own family history through making a family scrapbook based on family interviews, through telephone, in person or through social media. They will interview family members and gather their answers looking for family themes and ideas about what makes them unique or the special traditions they have as a family unit. In other words, after hearing stories, students will use selections to tell their family history by selecting themes or traditions they've discovered.

Oral history is a method of gathering and preserving historical information through interviews.

Family stories provide valuable perspectives and understanding of the past and the present, as well as strengthen family ties across the ages. For families, it is a wonderful way for young people to interview older relatives about their personal stories, family history, and cultural traditions. Through oral history interviews and conversations, older relatives give children a better understanding of who they and their family are and the forces that shaped the family's identity.

Allowing students to discover the valuable family memories is of utmost importance to me as a historian. Students discovering more about themselves and their families is an amazing self-empowering tool. Sometimes they may not have all the tools to create the masterpieces they've discovered. The monetary value isn’t important, it’s self-discovery that is of utmost important. But sometimes it’s nice to give my low income students as much resources as possible. For this reason, I am asking for the supplies to help them create long lasting pieces that can become part of their family's history and something special teenage students can keep for many years. My Students are always thankful for this project.

Ms. Torres Sierra Vista High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Baldwin Park, 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

75 students impacted 10donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MCS Expandable 10-Page Fabric Scrapbook Album with Photo Opening Cover and 12 x 12 Inch Pages, 13.5 x 12.5 Inch, White • Amazon Business $13.73 14 $192.22
Pioneer Photo Albums Pioneer Leatherette Postbound Album 12-Inch by 12-Inch, Green • Amazon Business $12.86 8 $102.88
Pioneer MB-10CBF Scrapbook, 12"x12", Apple Red • Amazon Business $15.94 6 $95.64
Pioneer MB-10CBFB 12"X12" Baby Fabric Frame Post Bound Scrapbook, Dreamy Pink • Amazon Business $15.53 6 $93.18
MCS Expandable 10-Page Glitter Scrapbook Album with Photo Opening Cover and 12 x 12 Inch Pages, 13.5 x 12.5 Inch, Black Diamond • Amazon Business $14.86 6 $89.16
MCS Expandable 10-Page Glitter Scrapbook Album with Photo Opening Cover and 12 x 12 Inch Pages, 13.5 x 12.5 Inch, Off White • Amazon Business $14.60 6 $87.60
Pioneer Photo Albums Pioneer 12 Inch by 12 Inch Snapload Sewn Leatherette Memory Book, Red • Amazon Business $12.21 6 $73.26
MCS Expandable 10-Page Glitter Scrapbook Album with Photo Opening Cover and 12 x 12 Inch Pages, 13.5 x 12.5 Inch, Gold • Amazon Business $15.99 4 $63.96
Fun Express Scrapbook Paper Books - Vibrant 12 X 12 Rainbow Paper Pack Scrapbook Kits for Adults and Kids - Crafts with 100 Sheets, Acid-Free, Unleash Your Imagination with Scrap Book Paper Sheets • Amazon Business $25.02 2 $50.04
Pioneer Book Cloth Cover Post Bound Album 12"X12", Grape Purple • Amazon Business $16.87 2 $33.74

Materials cost

$881.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $80.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,005.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$177.46

Total project goal

$1,183.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,183.04

7 Donors

-$852.50

Donations toward project cost

-$769.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.62

Matching donations from our partners

-$277.29

Match offers toward project cost

-$235.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.24

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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