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Ms. Crow from North Hills, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Bevy of Books for Our Biblioteca!

Help me give my students a variety of creative, thought-provoking, and current books for our library.

  • $597 goal

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My Students

My middle school students are bright, funny, and engaging, and they love their library! They come from a Los Angeles neighborhood where many struggle with poverty, language barriers, and the realities of modern urban life.

Our library program is committed to educating all students with a focus on teaching college and career ready skills, encouraging personal growth, promoting lifelong learning, and honoring diversity.

Our school’s enrollment is approximately 1,500 students, and the library serves the entire school population. All of the students at our school receive federal breakfast and lunch programs. In addition, approximately 26% of the students are English language learners. There is a group foster home right across the street from our school, so a number of our students are foster youth. Approximately 15% of our students have special needs, as we have a variety of great Special Education programs at our school. Our school's ethnic makeup reflects the diversity of the surrounding community: Latino, African American, Asian, and Caucasian.

My Project

My students are eager and avid readers. The fiction section of the library is by far the most popular. Unfortunately, the average date of our library's fiction section is 2000, 20 years old, and is in need of a refresh.

An updated, culturally relevant, and engaging fiction section will provide my students with all of the benefits of reading fiction, such as an increased vocabulary, greater mental focus, a sense of empathy, and a boost in creativity.

My students intensely enjoy reading fiction from a physical book. They are also keen on reading the latest titles. In our neighborhood, it's challenging for the students to get to the public library. They rely on our school library for their fiction fix. With your help, my students will soon be reading new stories that I hope will encourage them to be life-long readers and seekers of knowledge.

Ms. Crow Francisco Sepulveda 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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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

999 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lost (Witch & Wizard (5)) • Amazon Business $22.00 1 $22.00
New Kid • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
Eyes of the Storm (BONE #3) • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
Dragonslayer (BONE #4) • Amazon Business $18.67 1 $18.67
Paint The Wind • Amazon Business $18.05 1 $18.05
Parked • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Efrxe9n Divided • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
A High Five for Glenn Burke • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Only Black Girls in Town • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
White Bird: A Wonder Story • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk! • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Riding Freedom • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Fugitives: Escape from Furnace 4 • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
The Outcasts: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 1 (The Brotherband Chronicles) • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Akata Warrior • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Beautiful Chaos (Beautiful Creatures) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Forge • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Gloom Town • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Son (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Awesome Dog 5000 vs. Mayor Bossypants (Book 2) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Shouting at the Rain • Amazon Business $9.32 1 $9.32
Awesome Dog 5000 (Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Messenger (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
My Hero Academia, Vol. 19 (19) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
My Hero Academia, Vol. 18 (18) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
My Hero Academia, Vol. 20 (20) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
My Hero Academia, Vol. 17 (17) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat #1 • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
BTS: The Ultimate Fan Book: Experience the K-Pop Phenomenon! • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$430.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.41

Total project goal

$596.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $596.08

11 Donors

-$405.73

Donations toward project cost

-$345.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.56

Matching donations from our partners

-$190.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$161.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

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 $0.00

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