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Mr. Lo from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Urban Bookworms!

My students need 70+ books to improve literacy, including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Hunger Games series, and the Harry Potter series.

  • $1,110 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

Imagine a school where the only access to books are textbooks or teacher-assigned novels. It's not the most conducive environment for reading is it? Our goal is to try to change the perception of reading at our school by creating class libraries filled with novels students can read for pleasure.

I work in a low-income urban area where a majority of students are English language learners.

My students are eager learners with tremendous potential to contribute to society in the future. They face many challenges that could stunt their growth or even divert them from this trajectory. The students in this community must not only learn how to move beyond the difficulty of being raised in an unsafe community, but must also overcome challenges inside the classroom due to deficiencies in funding. Teachers do the best they can to provide resources and materials, but cannot provide students with everything they deserve. Even with all these circumstances stacked against my students, they've learned to thrive.

My Project

Imagine a school without a library and how the students at this school already start at a disadvantage from many other students around the nation. This is my school and these are my students. They deserve to have access to books they can read so they may develop a love for reading. My school has begun an initiative to give students a time and space to read leisurely in order to encourage literacy, which my students struggle with. The goal is to create a mini library in every classroom where students can visit and borrow books from. In addition to having a library in every classroom, students are given a 10-15 minute block of time in their advisory class where they can read any book of their choosing. Once they finish with the book, they can check out another one. I intentionally chose books that came in a series to encourage students to continue reading on after they finish a book.

My classroom currently lacks a library and thus I am unable to support the school's literacy initiative.

These books will help start up my classroom library and provide resources for student they normally do not have. By having easy access to books, students at my school can begin to develop an appreciation for literature. At the same time, their reading, writing, and speaking abilities will naturally improve.

Mr. Lo Animo Jefferson Charter 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 Mr. Lo

Los Angeles, 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

150 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books 1-8 + The Do-It-Yourself Book • Amazon Business $74.99 3 $224.97
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $49.96 3 $149.88
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $29.98 3 $89.94
The Maze Runner Series (Maze Runner) • Amazon Business $25.17 3 $75.51
The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay • Amazon Business $22.27 3 $66.81
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $21.34 3 $64.02
The Heroes of Olympus Paperback 3-Book Boxed Set • Amazon Business $17.04 3 $51.12
The Heroes of Olympus, Book Five The Blood of Olympus • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10: Old School • Amazon Business $8.91 3 $26.73
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul • Amazon Business $8.51 3 $25.53
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, The, Book Four) (The Heroes of Olympus) • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97

Materials cost

$825.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $75.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$943.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$166.48

Total project goal

$1,109.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,109.84

8 Donors

-$985.84

Donations toward project cost

-$837.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.88

match offer

-$124.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.60

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 $0.00

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