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Mrs. Perez-Galindo from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeing Ourselves in Stories

Help me give my students a welcoming classroom environment that provides access to literature that reflects their identify. Pepe and the Parade: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Be Bold! Be Brave! will help foster positive self esteem.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Perez-Galindo's classroom raised $177

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

The books I am requesting for my classroom library will provide a welcoming environment where my students will be able to see themselves reflected in the stories they read. Reading about both real people and fictional characters who share their culture and ethnicity will help foster their self-worth and sense of belonging.

With these new books, my students will be able to see a positive representation of their culture and will help them develop a positive self-identity.

At the same time, they will have more books to chose from that interests them and will help foster their love of reading.

Students will use these books to learn about famous men and women who excelled in various fields, including medicine, science, sports, art and politics. The book Separate is Never Equal will introduce students to the landmark desegregation case: Mendez vs. Westminster, which tells the true story about desegregation in the 1940s. Students will also use these books during independent reading time where they can select books to read for enjoyment and during small group time where they can read with a buddy and practice their reading fluency and summarizing skills. These books will have a positive impact on my students.

Mrs. Perez-Galindo Rowan Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

Los Angeles, 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

23 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
De aquí como el coquí (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Pepe and the Parade: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Fearless Trailblazers: 11 Latinos Who Made U.S. History (Little Biographies for Bright Minds) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Be Bold! Be Brave!: 11 Latinas who made U.S. History (English and Spanish Edition) (Little Biographies for Bright Minds) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Courageous History Makers: 11 Women from Latin America Who Changed the World (Little Biographies for Bright Minds) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Paletero Man • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $10.63 1 $10.63
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Plátanos Go with Everything • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66

Materials cost

$108.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$150.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.49

Total project goal

$176.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $176.61

1 Donor

-$100.08

Donations toward project cost

-$100.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$58.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$50.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.66

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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