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Ms. Kroener-Valdivia from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Library Refresh

My students need access to books that they are motivated to read independently!

  • $653 goal

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My Students

Our high school is a large urban public school. The majority of the students receive free or reduced lunch. While the student population is roughly half Latino, what makes the school so unique is the broad diversity of student backgrounds. I have students in my classes from Russia, Transylvania, Italy (student's heritage is Indian, but he grew up in Italy), and many other countries. Hollywood is truly a melting pot for families that come to Los Angeles looking to become established here.

The other unique factor about our school is that we have a significant population of students who come from a near-by foster home.

Serving students from a foster home requires a whole other level of emotional support beyond just classroom teaching, especially in the 12th grade when they are about to "age out" of the system and are facing the question of how they will survive on their own in the very near future.

My Project

On average my 10th and 12th grade students are reading four years behind grade level and we desperately need to keep a well-stocked classroom library to help students have access to a wide range of book titles. We use a system called Accelerated Reader that monitors students' reading levels and tracks their performance on meeting monthly reading goals. This allows for everyone to read books at their independent reading level which, in addition to the guided reading in class, is a vital component according to the research. These books are checked out to students and they are able to take books home. This means that there is a great deal of wear and tear on the books, and books need to be continually repurchased, as well as adding newer titles students are interested in. All the books on my order list were added by students, not by me. This is all for them.

Ms. Kroener-Valdivia Hollywood 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lunar Chronicles Boxed Set: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Winter • Amazon Business $58.01 1 $58.01
Cirque Du Freak Series - Complete 12 Book Collection - Killers of the Dawn, Lord of the Shadows, Trials of Death, Sons of Destiny, Living Nightmare, Vampire's Assistant, Tunnels of Blood, Vampire Prince, Hunters of the Dusk • Amazon Business $48.95 1 $48.95
Between the World and Me (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series) • Amazon Business $33.24 1 $33.24
Cristiano Ronaldo The Rise of a Winner • Amazon Business $8.32 2 $16.64
The Wu-Tang Manual • Amazon Business $16.56 1 $16.56
The Vampire Stalker • Amazon Business $8.17 2 $16.34
Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap • Amazon Business $16.27 1 $16.27
On the Edge • Amazon Business $7.94 2 $15.88
Lights, Love & Lip Gloss (Hollywood High) • Amazon Business $7.18 2 $14.36
By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead • Amazon Business $6.24 2 $12.48
Go Ask Alice • Amazon Business $6.09 2 $12.18
Border Town #3: Falling Too Fast • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Border Town #4: No Second Chances • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Border Town #1: Crossing the Line • Amazon Business $5.39 2 $10.78
The Murder House • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Dragonbane: A Dark-Hunter Novel (Dark-Hunter Novels) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Feed • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
Down by Law (Throwback Diaries) • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
Kill You Twice: An Archie Sheridan / Gretchen Lowell Novel • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Infinity: Chronicles of Nick • Amazon Business $7.93 1 $7.93
Takedown • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
The Lord of Opium • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
Infamous: Chronicles of Nick • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
Time Untime (Dark-Hunter Novels) • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
November Blues (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Dear Yvette (Throwback Diaries) • Amazon Business $7.14 1 $7.14
Lucy in the Sky • Amazon Business $7.04 1 $7.04
Just Another Hero (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Son of No One (Dark-Hunter Novels) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The Fallout • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The House of the Scorpion • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
The Raft • Amazon Business $6.47 1 $6.47
The Compound • Amazon Business $6.24 1 $6.24
The Night Season (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell) • Amazon Business $6.04 1 $6.04
Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Let Me Go (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell) • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89

Materials cost

$474.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$554.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.90

Total project goal

$652.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $652.65

14 Donors

-$635.00

Donations toward project cost

-$554.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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