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Ms. Lopez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!

Help me give my students a variety of books, sets and collection of books.

  • $885 goal

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Ms. Lopez has another project! Donate to This Shark Can Swim in Our Classroom to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $474.
2X

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

My students are in kindergarten-6th grade.

They have disabilities including, but not limited to autism, specific learning disabilities in both auditory and visual processing delays, developmental delays, ADHD, speech and language impairments, among other disabilities.

Our school is located in a rough area of South Los Angeles, where the majority of students come from very low-income households.

My Project

I have taught kindergarten and 1st grade for the past sixteen years therefore my classroom library is well equipped with an abundance of lower leveled reading books.

I have recently moved from the 1st/k special day classroom to the Resource Specialist Program which services a span of children from kindergarten to 6th grade.

With the newly added grades, I need to update my classroom library with age and grade level appropriate titles for upper grade students.

I'm requesting help in growing my library with a variety of titles that will appeal to older children, books that will keep them engaged and help grow their love for reading.

I am requesting more than one copy of certain titles so that we can read together in small groups.

Thank you for taking the time to read our classroom project and your consideration in helping our classroom library grow!

Ms. Lopez South Park Elementary School 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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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junie B. Jones (27 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $100.81 1 $100.81
Horrible Harry (19 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $70.49 1 $70.49
Uncovering the Past (8 Books) • AKJ Education $65.55 1 $65.55
Captain Underpants (8 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $54.87 1 $54.87
Holes • AKJ Education $6.56 8 $52.48
Series Sampler - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $47.06 1 $47.06
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story • AKJ Education $5.83 8 $46.64
Charlotte's Web • AKJ Education $5.48 8 $43.84
My Weird School (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $37.34 1 $37.34
Judy Moody (8 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $35.86 1 $35.86
Series Sampler - Billy Sure (4 Books) • AKJ Education $20.92 1 $20.92
The Secret Garden • AKJ Education $2.45 8 $19.60
Stella Bats • AKJ Education $18.80 1 $18.80
Wonder • AKJ Education $9.73 1 $9.73
George's Marvelous Medicine • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Treasure Island • AKJ Education $4.94 1 $4.94
Ellray Jakes the Dragon Slayer • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown • AKJ Education $4.29 1 $4.29
Helen Keller And The Big Storm • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$647.06

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $59.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$751.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.70

Total project goal

$884.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $884.68

4 Donors

-$384.99

Donations toward project cost

-$379.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

match offer

-$437.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$372.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.76

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