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Ms. Summerlin from Houston, TX is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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BRANCHING INTO LITERACY

Help me give my students a colorful, exciting Space Saver book tree as they enter the school library filled with new books.

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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 campus is committed to collaboratively provide purposeful opportunities for the education of the “whole” child by motivating and developing critical thinkers who achieve at their full potential while becoming college career ready. The school has been an educational landmark in the southeast residential community of Pecan Park for over ninety years. The school’s philosophy is based on the belief that all children should be provided an educational environment where students can work, play and learn in situations that are stimulating and governed by true-life experiences. My campus is a school-wide Title I campus which serves approximately 580 students in grades Prekindergarten to Fifth grade. Of that, 97.8% are Hispanic, 1.4% are Anglo-American, 0.3% are African American, and 1% other. The student population represents a lower socioeconomic level of 100% who qualify for free breakfast, lunch and dinner.

My Project

As every student enters the school library they will be greeted by the colorful branches of learning book tree.

Books are extremely important in a Childs life, especially at an early age.

Several of our students do not have access to books. Sadly they also do not have a community library. Therefore, the tree will bring inspiration to display NEW books every month for the students to select a book of choice and build their vocabulary and LOVE for READING! The book tree will represent the always blossoming and blooming new adventures of learning .

Ms. Summerlin Southmayd 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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Houston, TX 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

563 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR160 - Space-Saver Book Tree • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
JJ934 - Spanish Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$398.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$434.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.76

Total project goal

$511.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.73

5 Donors

-$499.23

Donations toward project cost

-$424.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.88

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

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 $0.00

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