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Ms. Castillo from Worcester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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¡ Libros Para Nuestros Chicos !

Help me give my students new books for a brand new Middle-School Spanish Curriculum!

  • $612 goal

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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 incredible 7th and 8th-grade students from a very diverse inner-city school. Most of my students come from Main South, and 100% of my students receive free lunch. My students can be very challenging at first, so I try to build a positive and trusting relationship with them. A lot of my students come from traumatic and broken homes, and I work extra hard to make my classroom as inviting and homey as possible.

At my school, minorities are the majority.

Spanish is one of the electives offered and my students get to learn about the Spanish language and culture through units and class projects. Spanish is a fast-growing language and is predicted to be the most popular language by 2050, and my goal is to help my students be prepared for this.

My Project

I am a Spanish Teacher at an inner-city Middle School.

This upcoming year, I will be offering a new curriculum for our students.

This course is called Native Speakers and is targeted for those students who speak a little bit to fluent Spanish, but probably don't read and write it well. Since we have little funding, we, unfortunately, won't be getting materials for this course. I will have to utilize online articles and Youtube videos in order to teach my students.

My goal for these students is for them to progress to Advanced Placement once they transition to High School.

With your help, I can get these students' reading materials for this new course. Please help me get my students the materials they deserve in order to master their reading skills.

Ms. Castillo Dr Arthur F Sullivan Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Worcester, MA 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

120 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents • Amazon Business $11.59 15 $173.85
La Casa en Mango Street • Amazon Business $9.84 15 $147.60
Yo!: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.49 15 $127.35
Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Spanish Grammar, Premium Third Edition • Amazon Business $12.96 1 $12.96
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fourth Edition • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation, Premium Second Edition • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$482.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$520.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.80

Total project goal

$611.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $611.98

3 Donors

-$115.00

Donations toward project cost

-$97.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$496.97

Match offers toward project cost

-$422.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.55

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