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Ms. Crow from North Hills, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Biographies & Bookcases

Help me give my students updated and culturally relevant biographies so that they can read about real-life examples of bravery, kindness, and hope.

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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 1,600 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 biography area of the library is their favorite nonfiction section, and they frequently request to read updated books about people that are relevant and interesting to them. Unfortunately, the average date of our library's biography section is 1996, 22 years old, and is in need of a refresh.

An updated, culturally relevant, and engaging biography section will encourage my students to learn about people who have made a difference in this world and hopefully inspire them to do the same.

A fun bookcase in our school's color will give our new books a place to call home and allow me to create compelling displays to entice my students to read even more biographies that they may have missed had the books been integrated with the rest of the nonfiction.

My students love to read about the lives of others. Biographies comprise twenty-five percent of our current library circulation. With your help, my students will soon be reading new life stories that I hope will boot their confidence, knowledge, and desire to do good.

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sandusky Lee BM10361830-A6 Elite Series Welded Mobile Bookcase, 18" Length x 36" Height x 36" Width, Navy Blue • Amazon Business $230.27 1 $230.27
Harvey Milk: The First Openly Gay Elected Official in the United States (Spotlight on Civic Courage: Heroes of Conscience) • Amazon Business $23.64 1 $23.64
Reaching Out • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines • Amazon Business $17.87 1 $17.87
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Because I Was a Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen • Amazon Business $12.92 1 $12.92
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Do All the Good You Can • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
John McCain: An American Hero • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Book of Heroes: Tales of History's Most Daring Dudes • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History • Amazon Business $9.66 1 $9.66

Materials cost

$432.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.82

Total project goal

$598.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.82

3 Donors

-$597.06

Donations toward project cost

-$509.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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