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Ms. Hwang from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Open the Door for Imagination and Adventure!

My students need books to have a classroom library with a variety of texts to help improve fluency, and Chromebooks to allow them to use technology in the classroom.

  • $2,137 goal

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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

My dream is that during this school year, each and every seventh grader would find a book that they connect to. Dumbledore said, "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." I hope that through choosing to read, my students' reading abilities will grow!

Many of my students have never read a book that they loved.

The school where I teach is Title I; it has a population that is predominately minority and has a high percentage of English language learners. The school is undergoing a transformation to better connect with students in teaching them responsibility, life skills, and providing them with a rigorous education. I am just starting to get to know them, and hope that these books will be a bridging point where they allow me to see more glimpses into their lives.

My Project

With these resources, my students would be able to have a variety of texts at their finger tips. From poetry to informational to historical fiction, I hope to have books for every type of reader. These books might be completely new to them and push them outside their comfort zone. There are also some playaways that will allow students to listen as they read along. This would allow students to build fluency as they hear a book read to them, which is especially necessary for English language learners. There are also several Chromebooks which I foresee my students using for working in groups, reading e-books, and learning how much reading takes place on the Internet. It will bring the 21st century into our reading classroom.

As a first year teacher, I am still trying to set up my classroom library.

This would provide books to my students that I can not afford on my own. It will be a variety of resources that can be used not just for this year, but many years to come. My students will have access to books in their own classroom that they can take home to extend the learning there. They may not have a public library card, but these items will allow them to take books home and read with their families.

Ms. Hwang Patrick Henry Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung Chromebook 2 (11.6-Inch, Jet Black) • Amazon $299.00 3 $897.00
SquareTrade 2-Year Computer Accident Protection Plan ($250-300) • Amazon $52.43 3 $157.29
The Barrio Kings (Rapid Reads) • Amazon $8.96 5 $44.80
Ever [With Earbuds] (Playaway Children) • Amazon $40.88 1 $40.88
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon $8.05 5 $40.25
Once [With Earbuds] (Playaway Children) • Amazon $39.95 1 $39.95
Who Am I Without Him? (new cover) • Amazon $7.92 5 $39.60
Matched Trilogy box set • Amazon $33.44 1 $33.44
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set • Amazon $33.36 1 $33.36
The Shadow Children, the Complete Series: Among the Hidden; Among the Impostors; Among the Betrayed; Among the Barons; Among the Brave; Among the Enemy; Among the Free • Amazon $31.72 1 $31.72
If I Stay Collection • Amazon $14.54 2 $29.08
Uglies: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras • Amazon $22.04 1 $22.04
The Sonya Sones Collection: One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies; What My Mother Doesn't Know; What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know • Amazon $21.45 1 $21.45
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths • Amazon $18.73 1 $18.73
Favorite Greek Myths • Amazon $16.75 1 $16.75
A Light in the Attic Special Edition • Amazon $15.37 1 $15.37
For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone • Amazon $15.03 1 $15.03
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices • Amazon $14.21 1 $14.21
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon $12.19 1 $12.19
Falling Up • Amazon $11.29 1 $11.29
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths • Amazon $11.27 1 $11.27
Killer Whale Vs. Great White Shark (Who Would Win?) • Amazon $10.95 1 $10.95
Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series) • Amazon $10.56 1 $10.56
Wonder • Amazon $9.51 1 $9.51
The Warrior Heir ((The Heir Chronicles, Book 1)) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles • Amazon $8.47 1 $8.47
Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, The) • Amazon $8.10 1 $8.10
The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
I Never Said I Wasn't Difficult • Amazon $8.05 1 $8.05
The Skin I'm In • Amazon $7.93 1 $7.93
Blitzcat • Amazon $7.92 1 $7.92
The Supernaturalist • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Beast • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Bound • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Outlaws of Sherwood • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Double Identity • Amazon $6.89 1 $6.89
Private Peaceful (After Words) • Amazon $6.53 1 $6.53
Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Under the Blood-Red Sun • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Once and Future King • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes • Amazon $5.66 1 $5.66
If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School (Aladdin Poetry) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$1,759.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$26.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,815.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$320.41

Total project goal

$2,136.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,136.06

3 Donors

-$1,968.41

Donations toward project cost

-$1,688.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$280.26

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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