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Mrs. Castro from Washington, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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To Learn to Read, Is to Learn to Live!

Help me give my students books to create a library of different levels for extremely low readers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Castro's classroom raised $984

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 Students

I am a Hispanic Special Education teacher in a small school with a high number per capita of students with special needs. Many of them are so smart and lovable, but have come from schools in which they felt ostracized or just plainly asked to leave. These students have already faced so many obstacles in their lives from learning disabilities to personal tragedies.

They have come to our school to succeed where they have been welcomed with open arms.

Our students remind me of those welcomed by the Statue of Liberty shining to the world. As the sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus states, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Indeed these students have come here to be free to learn without judgement and prejudices.

My Project

Our charter school has only been in session for approximately four years. In that time, our students, parents, and teacher had to fight to keep our doors open. We are a small school with very limited resources. We do not have a formal library. There are donated books that line our walls in separate book shelves. However, those books are only for the advance readers of our many gifted and talented students. For those students who read at a kindergarten to third grade level, they have no access to reading material that they can enjoy with ease.

Inclusive education for all students begins with a good book in their lap which they can fully enjoy.

We are a Title I school which is still in it's infancy struggling to provide the best educational experience possible for our children. The diversity is tremendous and much support through donations is truly needed.

Mrs. Castro St George Academy Grades 9-12 Washington, UT View local requests 60 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $29.89 5 $149.45
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 4 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $97.98 1 $97.98
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 3 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $88.21 1 $88.21
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 2 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $85.29 1 $85.29
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $83.14 1 $83.14
Grade 4 High Interest, Low Readability (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $44.62 1 $44.62
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 • AKJ Education $9.49 4 $37.96
Battle for Home Plate • AKJ Education $5.25 4 $21.00
Read Anything Good Lately? • AKJ Education $6.56 3 $19.68
Green Light Readers (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $19.58 1 $19.58
Spy It! Long Vowel Storybooks • AKJ Education $5.10 3 $15.30
Kip Wins! Short Vowel Storybooks • AKJ Education $5.10 3 $15.30
Kate and Gail Long Vowel Storybooks • AKJ Education $5.10 3 $15.30
Late Kate Long Vowel Storybooks • AKJ Education $5.10 3 $15.30
100 Words Kids Need To Read By 2nd Grade • AKJ Education $2.88 5 $14.40
Where Is It? • AKJ Education $4.37 3 $13.11
Big Dog and Little Dog (Reader) • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
A Stormy Day • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Looking at Bugs • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Half Each • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Name the Numbers • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Out in Space • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Pack a Bag! Short Vowel Storybooks • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Big Pig and Little Pig • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Sam and Jack • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
The Hat • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Big Dog and Little Dog Going for a Walk (Reader) • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$788.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$835.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.52

Total project goal

$983.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $983.45

1 Donor

-$983.45

Donations toward project cost

-$835.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.52

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