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Ms. King from San Jose, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Updating the Classroom Library

Help me give my students a large bookcase to store novels that will add imagination, hope, and creativity to their lives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. King's classroom raised $414

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

My students are diverse. Students who have never been in an English Language Arts class sit alongside students who have been in the American education system since pre-school. Students who have never read a book outside of class collaborate with daily readers. Students who participate in endless extracurriculars laugh and talk about literary devices and elements of writing alongside students who work part time to help their family pay bills.

All of my students deserve a teacher, a room, and facilities that provide them the opportunity for innovative and engaging ways to learn.

Please help me provide this for them.

My Project

After having had impressive success teaching reading improvement courses in the past, I'm looking to add sustained silent reading to my current English 2 curriculum. The benefits of reading are varied and impressive.

When my non-reading students become readers they gain confidence.

They gain the confidence to read texts: not just books they like, but articles and novels and speeches assigned to them in English class. They become confident in dedicating their attention to something: not just reading, but class content, and not just MY class content. They develop the confidence to achieve difficult tasks: most of them believed finishing a book on their own was impossible.

But, students are most motivated to become readers when they have access to books they want to read. Stories that interest them. Characters who feel familiar to them. These are vital to developing readers.

Please help me provide access to the stories and characters that will capture the hearts and minds of my students by helping me update my classroom library and provide a home for these new books (along with my old ones).

Ms. King Del Mar High School Grades 9-12

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.

San Jose, 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

90 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bush Furniture Salinas 5 Shelf Bookcase in Cape Cod Gray • Amazon Business $149.99 1 $149.99
Not Your Sidekick • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
What If It's Us • Amazon Business $11.60 1 $11.60
On The Come Up • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
How It Went Down • Amazon Business $9.16 1 $9.16
With the Fire on High • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
We Are Okay • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Fallen • Amazon Business $8.58 1 $8.58
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
We Were Here • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Monster • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Boy in the Black Suit • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 1 $5.48

Materials cost

$290.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$351.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.07

Total project goal

$413.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $413.81

5 Donors

-$235.00

Donations toward project cost

-$199.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$178.81

Match offers toward project cost

-$151.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.82

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