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Ms. Mendoza from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Summer Books

My students need multiple copies of 6 interesting chapter books to read during the summer.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mendoza's classroom raised $299

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

Have you ever read a good book over the summer. Perhaps you were laying on a beach or sitting by the pool as the grill sizzled with some delicious foods. My students leave me for two whole months during this time I want them to enjoy a chapter book or two.

I teach a third grade monolingual class.

Our school is located in a high-need, low income community where English is NOT the dominant language of most of our students. My students love to read when motivated with interesting books. Soon they will be going on their summer vacation some of them travel others just stay in the neighborhood parks and pools. I want to offer my students the tools they need to continue the reading progress they made this year.

My Project

These chapter books will maintain or even increase my students reading abilities so that when they come back to school in September we can just pick up where we left off. We have worked hard this year to develop a love for reading, this proposal will give my students the opportunity to have a great book in their hands to read as they enjoy this summer break will provide them with a response note book in which they can jot down their thought and encounters as they read. My students will learn that reading and learning doesn't only happen in the perimeter of our school building.

Your generous donations to our project will make a difference in the academic decrease that students usually make when they return to school in September.

With your support in funding this project we can begin to change those high numbers in the research. With books for the summer my students will maintain or increase their love and abilities of reading.

Ms. Mendoza PS 8 Luis Belliard 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.

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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

26 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amber Brown Goes Fourth • AKJ Books $3.89 11 $42.79
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume • AKJ Books $4.67 17 $79.39
Jake Drake, Know-it-all • AKJ Books $3.89 6 $23.34
Jake Drake, Class Clown • AKJ Books $3.89 6 $23.34
Jake Drake, Teacher''s Pet • AKJ Books $3.89 6 $23.34
Jake Drake, Bully-Buster • AKJ Books $3.89 6 $23.34

Materials cost

$215.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$253.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.78

Total project goal

$298.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $298.55

1 Donor

-$298.55

Donations toward project cost

-$253.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.78

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 $0.00

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