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Ms. H. from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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All We Need Is Love... And Books!

Help me give my students engaging, high-interest books for us to read and analyze together while we distance learn!

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My Students

I teach English Language Arts and Ancient History to a wonderful group of special needs students in grades 6, 7 and 8. In each of my classes, my students have a wide range of disabilities which impede their ability to learn in a General Education setting. My students also come from low-income households which makes it difficult for them to have access to resources that could positively impact their academics. Despite the enormous challenges my students face, they are still kind, hardworking and genuinely excited to come to school to learn.

The shift to distance learning last spring has made my students confused, afraid and unmotivated, which has had an extremely negative effect on their ability to learn.

While I did my best to inspire students by holding daily online classes, recording read-alouds of high interest books and calling families for encouragement and support, I watched with a heavy heart as fewer and fewer students began to attend classes and engage.

My Project

As we continue this semester of distance learning, I want to send my students a back-to-school kit of magical, high interest books that we will study together online. I will continue to record read-alouds and engage with students through daily online lessons, but this time, students will be able to follow along with physical books rather than trying to access my voice and their books simultaneously.

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books, and that's kind of the same thing.

Thank you so much for helping me give my students a little happiness (and an academic boost!) during these challenging times. It means the world to us.

Ms. H. John Burroughs 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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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Outsiders • AKJ Education $6.37 14 $89.18
The Giver (25th Anniversary Edition): 25th Anniversary Edition (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $15.55 3 $46.65
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79
The Outsiders: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Novel Study Guide for 6th-12th Grade Literature with Close Reading and Writing Activities (Great Works Classroom Resource) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Giver: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Novel Study Guide for 4th-8th Grade Literature with Close Reading and Writing Activities (Great Works Classroom Resource • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
The Hunger Games: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Novel Study Guide for 4th-8th Grade Literature with Close Reading and Writing Activities (Great Works Classroom Resource • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Hatchet: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Novel Study Guide for 4th-8th Grade Literature with Close Reading and Writing Activities (Great Works Classroom Resource) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78

Materials cost

$195.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $17.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.50

Total project goal

$296.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.65

1 Donor

-$156.41

Donations toward project cost

-$140.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.96

match offer

-$131.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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