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Ms. Gonzalez from South San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tools Through Books

Help me give my students books to learn how to cope with life's challenges.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gonzalez's classroom raised $612

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

We are a Title I middle school with a high-needs population. Our students come with challenges and trauma yet are resilient and persevere every day here at school.

Our students need tools to be emotionally and mentally healthy in order to succeed in school.

Our students have a hard time adjusting to middle school with more added academic, social, and emotional pressures. Students have to learn how to navigate social media, family home life, friendship changes, physical changes, among other things all at once.

My Project

When students are having a difficult time, they can come to the counseling center. While they wait, they can read a book on a subject they are going through. Reading these children books on issues students face on a daily basis, can help add perspective to their challenges. Reading about how kids have overcome these challenges through the stories in the books and then talking to a counselor about it, can help students gain more tools to help them be more emotionally and mentally healthy. Sometimes students cannot find the words to express how they are feeling. These books can help them communicate with their counselor on the issues they are facing.

Ms. Gonzalez Parkway Heights 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.

South San Francisco, CA 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

620 students impacted 7donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SEIRIONE Kids Book Rack, 4 Sling Bookshelf, 2 Storage Boxes and Toys Organizer Shelves, Beige, 1 Year Warranty • Amazon Business $62.99 1 $62.99
Lil' Loteria: A Lil' Libros Bilingual Bingo Game (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.64 1 $17.64
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
The Princess and the Fog: A Story for Children with Depression • Amazon Business $16.61 1 $16.61
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
The Invisible String • Amazon Business $14.73 1 $14.73
Always Remember • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.51 1 $13.51
The Survival Guide for Kids With Behavior Challenges: How to Make Good Choices and Stay Out of Trouble • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
Mrs. Gorski I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets (The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
How To Get Unstuck From The Negative Muck: A Kid's Guide To Getting Rid Of Negative Thinking • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $11.84 1 $11.84
How to Win the World Cup in Pajamas: Mental Toughness for Kids (Grow Grit Series) • Amazon Business $11.09 1 $11.09
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $11.07 1 $11.07
Chill Out: A Workbook to Help Kids Learn to Control Their Anger (Therapeutic Helping Kids Heal Activity Book Series) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Broken Promises: When Parents Don't Keep Their Word (Therapeutic Helping Kids Heal Activity Book Series) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Bullying Is a Pain in the Brain (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Dude, That's Rude!: (Get Some Manners) (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Don't Behave Like You Live in a Cave (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Get Organized Without Losing It (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Siblings: You're Stuck with Each Other, So Stick Together (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
See You Later Procrastinator!: Get It Done • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger (Laugh & Learn®) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
What Were You Thinking?: Learning to Control Your Impulses (Executive Function) • Amazon Business $9.86 1 $9.86
The Worst Day of My Life Ever! (Best Me I Can Be) • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
A Flicker of Hope • Amazon Business $8.81 1 $8.81
Bully B.E.A.N.S. • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
But It's Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
I Miss You: A First Look at Death • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41

Materials cost

$442.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $40.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$519.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.73

Total project goal

$611.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $611.52

5 Donors

-$302.00

Donations toward project cost

-$263.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.55

match offer

-$301.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$256.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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