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Ms. Mendoza from South Gate, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Change Lives Through a Powerful Read

Help me give my students a life changing experience with an amazing read.

  • $659 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 Project

Thank you for your precious time to read my request. Please pass forward the gift of reading to our at promise students at South Gate Middle School.

Through the book, Ghost by Jason Reynolds, our Emergent Bilingual/English Learners will be able to engage, connect, and improve their abilities to read.

I will work in collaboration with English Language Development Teachers to improve reading scores. Using school data, we will do four PDSA Cycles(Plan, Do, Study & Act), to implement effective instructional reading strategies. Our SMART Goal focuses on helping students learn how to read and comprehend what they are reading in alignment with the ELPAC reading domain task types. Students must pass the ELPAC with a score of 4 as one of the requirements to reclassify. Reading is one of the domains, along with listening, speaking, and writing. Through the amazing read of Ghost, we will be able to cross stitch the development of all four domains.

Your donations will change lives! Please donate today for a better future tomorrow.

Ms. Mendoza South Gate 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.

More about Ms. Mendoza

South Gate, 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

175 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost (1) (Track) • Amazon Business $4.79 100 $479.00

Materials cost

$479.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$560.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.83

Total project goal

$658.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $658.84

1 Donor

-$294.74

Donations toward project cost

-$280.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.74

match offer

-$329.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$280.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.67

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 $0.00

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