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Dr. Salinas from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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SEL Literacy for OAK HOPES (Helping Our Peers Empower Students)

Help me give my students tools to support their own self awareness and peer to peer relationships as they navigate the impacts of COVID-19 in their own lives and relationships.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Salinas's classroom raised $2,419

This project is fully funded

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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

Oakland Academy of Knowledge serves 228 students (50% African American, 25% LatinX, 6% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander, 4% White, and 11% mix) with 79% of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. We serve students from all over Oakland with the majority of students living in East Oakland.

Oakland Academy of Knowledge is a small elementary school located in Oakland, California that is a result of OUSD’s first-ever colocation and redesign with the former charter school, Roses in Concrete Community School and Howard Elementary School.

Both schools worked collaboratively to create a new school that embodies the best of both communities, a school with rigorous instruction grounded in the belief that students should be empowered to bring their unique identities, ancestries, cultures, histories, and experiences into the learning environment.

My Project

Our school is starting a student leadership program that will allow for students to have access to lessons on empathy, community and empowerment. Through that program we are supporting students in crafting their own grade level and school wide activities that will support the student well being all around. The objective is to have students have access to books that can support them, can give them ideas of things to do, and to help develop their own awareness and emotional capacity to then spread to the rest of our school.

Dr. Salinas Oakland Academy of Knowledge Grades 3-5

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.

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Emotions (9 Books) • AKJ Education $65.39 4 $261.56
SEL Picture Books: Self-Management and Self-Awareness (9 Books) • AKJ Education $103.48 2 $206.96
Character Education (11 Books) • AKJ Education $96.44 2 $192.88
Emotions (8 books) • AKJ Education $47.81 4 $191.24
SEL Picture Books: Worry Woo Monsters for SEL Instrution (7 Books) • AKJ Education $82.34 2 $164.68
Character Education (10 Books) • AKJ Education $81.54 2 $163.08
Diverse Stories (7 books) • AKJ Education $59.58 2 $119.16
Diverse Stories (6 books) • AKJ Education $53.32 2 $106.64
Bullying (5 Books) • AKJ Education $47.05 2 $94.10
Diverse Stories (8 books) • AKJ Education $46.24 2 $92.48
Bullying (5 Books) • AKJ Education $45.44 2 $90.88
Everyday Mindfulness (4 books) • AKJ Education $38.88 2 $77.76
Bullying (4 Books) • AKJ Education $32.11 2 $64.22

Materials cost

$1,825.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $167.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,056.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$362.84

Total project goal

$2,418.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,418.91

3 Donors

-$483.78

Donations toward project cost

-$411.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.57

match offer

-$1,935.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,644.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$290.27

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