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Mrs. Cruz from Waterbury, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Semillas de Stories: Cultivating Language & Love for Reading

Help me give my students Spanish chapter book selections to nurture their love for reading.

  • $527 goal

This project expired on August 22, 2025.

This project expired on August 22, 2025.

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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 Project

Our students are developing bilinguals in a dual language school, learning both English and Spanish. Many of them already have a love for reading, and I hope to nurture that passion by providing engaging texts in both languages that will inspire them to become lifelong readers.

By growing our school program library, we aim to strengthen students’ reading skills—building comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and word knowledge.

With access to a diverse collection of new titles, students will have the opportunity to choose books that interest them and participate in rich discussions during book clubs and reading conferences. These books will also be available for students to take home, allowing them to enjoy reading at their own pace and share the experience with their families.

Thank you in advance for your support and for helping us cultivate a lifelong love of reading in our bilingual learners.

Mrs. Cruz International Dual Language School Grades PreK-2

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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.

Waterbury, CT 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

270 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Las aventuras del Capitán Calzoncillos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 7 $55.93
Ramona la chinche • Amazon Business $7.99 7 $55.93
La guerra de la limonada (The Lemonade War Series) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 7 $48.93
Minecraft Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) (Minecraft, 1) • Amazon Business $6.35 7 $44.45
Los tipos malos (The Bad Guys) (1) (tipos malos, Los) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
Escuela de Espanto #2: ¡El casillero se comió a Lucía! (The Locker Ate Lucy!): Un libro de la serie Branches (2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
Me llamo María Isabel • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
Yasmin la maestra/ Yasmin the Teacher (Yasmin en español/ Yasmin in Spanish) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.95 7 $41.65
The Little Red Hen La Gallinita Roja Bilingual Storybook—Classic Children's Books With Illustrations for Young Readers, Keepsake Stories Collection (32 pgs) • Amazon Business $3.82 7 $26.74
Spanish is My Superpower: A Social Emotional, Rhyming Kid's Book About Being Bilingual and Speaking Spanish (Teacher Tools) • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62

Materials cost

$411.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$447.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.92

Total project goal

$526.13

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