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Ms. Pinto from Huntington Park, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Closing the Reading Gap, One Student at a Time

Help me give my students the ability to READ with new books and literacy cards.

  • $409 goal

This project expired on May 7, 2025.

This project expired on May 7, 2025.

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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

Our high school administered a reading diagnostic and we were startled to find that we have students who are still reading at an elementary school level.

Upon closer inspection, we discovered that our lowest performing students, were our most vulnerable, our English learners.

We decided that something needed to be done, and our team of English teachers volunteered to create a program where we grouped students by Lexile level and are going to target reading skills.

We have the students, we have the teachers giving up conference periods to run this intervention, but we need the resources. This is where we need your help, to get lower-level instructional reading resources.

Ms. Pinto Linda Esperanza Marquez High School Grades 9-12

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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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Huntington Park, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

30 students impacted

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic Guided Science Readers Super Set, Seasons, 144 Books, Red - Elementary - Kids • School Specialty $132.59 1 $132.59
2-in-1 Phonics Flash Cards with Phonetic Word Column List - Teaches Reading with 900+ Phonics Rhyming Words - Short & Long Vowel, Blends, Diagraph and Word Endings - Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1 • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Scholastic Teacher Resources Decodable Cards: Advanced Phonics Concepts (SC-861432) • Quill.com $39.77 1 $39.77
Articulation Cards • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Five Chapter Books 3: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Slamwich-A Fast Flipping Card Game • AKJ Education $8.76 1 $8.76

Materials cost

$275.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.26

Sales tax

 $25.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$347.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.35

Total project goal

$409.00

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