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Ms. Maldonado from San Antonio, TX 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 great selection of books to read from amazing authors.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Maldonado's classroom raised $250

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 Project

My students are special because they love to read and like to share with other students what they are reading. This motivates and encourages other students to want to read the books.

The students read everyday!

They self-select their books and get independent reading time in class. Their goal is to read 20 chapter books this school year.

We then connect what we are learning in ELA to the books they are reading. Since everyone is reading something different then the students learn to analyze and think critically on their own.

Ms. Maldonado School of Science and Technology - Hill Country 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.

San Antonio, TX 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

50 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alan Gratz Book Series Set • Amazon Business $68.10 1 $68.10
Ultimate Unwind Paperback Collection (Boxed Set): Unwind; UnWholly; UnSouled; UnDivided; UnBound (Unwind Dystology) • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
The Selection 5-Book Box Set: The Complete Series • Amazon Business $26.50 1 $26.50
The Arc of a Scythe Paperback Trilogy (Boxed Set): Scythe; Thunderhead; The Toll • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$179.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$212.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.46

Total project goal

$249.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $249.72

3 Donors

-$249.72

Donations toward project cost

-$212.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.46

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 $0.00

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