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

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Books for My Classroom Library!

Help me give my students the vibrant library that they deserve. This is my first year teaching English at my former high school, but my classroom is need of modern young adult novels.

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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 Project

I graduated from Alliance Smidt Tech, the high school I currently work in, four years ago. It has changed ever since the pandemic and resources available to me are at an all time low. Alliance Smidt Tech is a title one school which means that at least 40% of its student population qualifies for free or reduced lunch. The community that houses my high school and still houses me to this day is by no means affluent, but that does not justify the educational inequity my students face.

I want to bridge the educational inequity by encouraging students to read books that they will enjoy.

My current classroom library has books from the early 2000s and 90's but those books no longer catch the attention of modern teens. Just like everyone, they want to read something that feels like their age, not something from their older siblings age or even their parents age. They can tell the difference no matter how hard you try to convince them that some books are timeless!

All of the books listed here will help give students the opportunity to fall in love with reading which will help them improve their reading levels, reduce their screen time, and become active members of the classroom. Some choose not to participate not because they are "bad" kids but because they are not confident in their English abilities. Giving them books that they'll like will help them practice the skills that they learned.

I am currently working with the books that I have, but I only have so many modern books and so many students that deserve these books.

Mr. Carlos Alliance Smidt Technology High School Grades 9-12

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

110 students impacted 9donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
5 Book Bundle: Graphic Novels #3 - Underrepresented Authors (book set) White Bird, Ain't Burned All Bright, Run, They Called Us Enemy, Long Way Down • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
Marie Lu Collection Legend & Young Elites Series 6 Books Bundles (Champion,The Young Elites) • Amazon Business $62.99 1 $62.99
Karen M. McManus Boxset: TikTok made me buy it • Amazon Business $50.07 1 $50.07
Elizabeth Acevedo Collection 3 Books Set (Clap When You Land, The Poet X, With the Fire on High) • Amazon Business $44.09 1 $44.09
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Complete Series Paperback Boxed Set: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder; Good Girl, Bad Blood; As Good as Dead (The Good Girl's Guide to Murder) • Amazon Business $19.40 1 $19.40
Chasing Pacquiao • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Concrete Rose (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Tú serás mi muerte / You'll Be the Death of Me (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.80 1 $15.80
Lazos de sangre / The Cousins (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Furia (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, 1) • Amazon Business $13.38 1 $13.38
Patron Saints of Nothing • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
The Agathas (An Agathas Mystery) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Seafire • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Reappearance of Rachel Price • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End Series, 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Wings of Ebony • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sawkill Girls • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Why We Fly • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
We Set the Dark on Fire • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
They'll Never Catch Us • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Cheerleaders • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Monday's Not Coming • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
After the Shot Drops • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49

Materials cost

$517.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.00

Sales tax

 $47.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$611.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.85

Total project goal

$719.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $719.00

6 Donors

-$535.24

Donations toward project cost

-$474.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.29

Matching donations from our partners

-$160.24

Match offers toward project cost

-$136.20

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.52

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