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Mr. De La Pena from El Paso, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Spring Into Books!

Help me give my students brand new books to help them build a love of reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. De La Pena's classroom raised $725

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 Project

Reading as a teen leads to success. We have over 1,200 teens in our school and we want them to be as successful as possible! When teens read more than just their classroom assignments, research clearly shows that they generally do well in school. First of all, the extra reading expands their vocabularies. It also shows them how different writers put down their thoughts leading to better writing skills. And teens who read more serious literary works gain skills in handling complex ideas.

The more teens read, the more information they pick up.

This leads to a solid core of knowledge that is useful in a wide variety of classes. For example, the teen who reads biographies has a better understanding of prominent people studied in history classes.

Another big dividend of reading as a teen is a good score on the verbal section of a college admissions test. No other activity builds the vocabulary and comprehension skills needed to do well on these tests as well as reading. So these books will help us lead our students to lots of success in their futures! All, thanks to donors like you!

Mr. De La Pena Parkland Pre - Engineering Middle 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.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Looking forAlaska (Pen-guin MinisEdition) (Car-ton of 112MiniPaperbackBooks) • First Book $61.60 1 $61.60
MissPeregrine'sPeculiarChildren #1-3 (Carton of8 HardcoverBoxed Sets) • First Book $13.20 4 $52.80
The Fault inOur Stars(PenguinMinis Edition)(Carton of 96MiniPaperbackBooks) • First Book $52.80 1 $52.80
Paper Towns(PenguinMinis Edition)(Carton of 80MiniPaperbackBooks) • First Book $44.00 1 $44.00
ShePersisted:MargaretChase Smith(Carton of 48PaperbackBooks) • First Book $38.40 1 $38.40
Maleficent:Mistress ofEvil: ANovelization(Carton of 40HardcoverBooks) • First Book $16.00 2 $32.00
Who WasWalt Disney?(Carton of 36Board Books) • First Book $28.80 1 $28.80
HeartlessPrince (Car-ton of 48PaperbackBooks) • First Book $26.40 1 $26.40
His DarkMaterials:Serpentine(Carton of 24HardcoverBooks) • First Book $21.60 1 $21.60
Saving Zoë(Carton of 32PaperbackBooks) • First Book $17.60 1 $17.60
His DarkMaterials #3:The AmberSpyglass(Carton of 24PaperbackBooks) • First Book $16.80 1 $16.80
OutlawSaints #1:Ballad &Dagger (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $14.00 1 $14.00
Queen'sCouncil #1:Rebel Rose(Carton of 24HardcoverBooks) • First Book $13.20 1 $13.20
The Mirror#2:ShatteredMidnight(Carton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
Hello, CruelHeart (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
Happily EverIsland (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
Curse of theSpecterQueen (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
The FowlTwins #2:The FowlTwins DenyAll Charges(Carton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
Dig TwoGraves (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $11.00 1 $11.00
Hello Now(Carton of 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
Chasing theTruth: AYoungJournalist'sGuide toInvestigativeReporting(Carton of 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
Art andMaking ofArtemis Fowl(Carton of 8HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
MissPeregrine'sPeculiarChildren #6:TheDesolationsof Devil'sAcre (Cartonof 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
MissPeregrine'sPeculiarChildren #4:A Map ofDays (Cartonof 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
We AreInevitable(Carton of 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.80 1 $10.80
ProsperRedding #2:The Last Lifeof PrinceAlastor (Car-ton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.00 1 $10.00
DisneyMaleficent:Mistress ofEvil: Heart ofthe Moors(Carton of 20HardcoverBooks) • First Book $10.00 1 $10.00
Ash Princess#3: EmberQueen (Car-ton of 12HardcoverBooks) • First Book $6.60 1 $6.60

Materials cost

$577.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$616.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.72

Total project goal

$724.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $724.78

2 Donors

-$476.22

Donations toward project cost

-$424.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.31

match offer

-$224.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$191.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.67

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