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

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Becoming a Better Me With Enriching Stories and Gratitude Journals!

Help me give my students journals to reflect on their emotional development and growth and books to give them access to diversity and character education!

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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

I teach a caring, insightful group of 24 students who are dedicated and super excited to be back in-person learning in their classroom. Of my twenty-four students, thirteen are English Learners, ranging from Newcomer English Learners to students who are now considered Long Term English Learners, having been in the EL program for five years or over. Three of my students receive Resource Specialist Services support for English Language Developing and math skills, and two students are attending IDEC. My students are predominantly of Latino background.

My Project

My students will benefit greatly from character-building educational lessons. I am requesting sets of books that would enable my students to access stories of characters with diverse cultural backgrounds to expand their understanding of cultural diversity as well as grow and build positive character traits to make our community a place where differences are accepted and cultures are respected.

Character education is fundamental in fostering unity and teaching our students that we might be different from others but that those differences give us strength and make us who we are.

The Gratitude journals will help my students reflect introspectively and understand their thinking and actions in a positive, growth mindset way!

Ms. Guillen Monte Vista Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The 3 Minute Gratitude Journal for Kids: A Journal to Teach Children to Practice Gratitude and Mindfulness • Amazon Business $6.99 25 $174.75
Character Education (11 Books) • AKJ Education $96.44 1 $96.44
Grade 5 Diversity, Social Justice & Inclusion (10 Books) • AKJ Education $92.13 1 $92.13

Materials cost

$363.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $33.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$438.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.30

Total project goal

$515.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $515.31

4 Donors

-$310.74

Donations toward project cost

-$271.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.11

match offer

-$195.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$166.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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