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

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Diversify Our Library

Help me give my students an updated library from BIPOC and non-male authors to diversify the voices heard by my students.

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My Project

My advisory students love to read books that can resonate with their perspective of the world. However, a lot of the "classics" written by people with whom they don't identify with, don't resonate as instantly with them.

My students deserve a library of updated books that features authorship that more closely resembles themselves!

By helping me update and diversify our classroom library, students in Advisory will sample from the new books and find a reading partner with whom they can discuss as they finish each chapter.

I will have them do a "book sampling" where they speed date a few different books, and once they find one that they like, they will pair up with another student so they can have paired conversations as they read to check their comprehension and push their critical thinking.

Mr. Farkas Los Angeles High School for the Arts Grades 9-12

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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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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 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Within These Wicked Walls • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
Long Way Down The Graphic Novel • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 2 $38.00
Cemetery Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 2 $38.00
A Black Womens History of the United States • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 2 $36.00
The Nickel Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
American Born Chinese • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
American Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 2 $30.00
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $30.00 1 $30.00
Furia • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 2 $30.00
Firekeeper's Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 2 $30.00
They Both Die at the End PB • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
The Book Thief • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00

Materials cost

$500.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$542.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.74

Total project goal

$638.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $638.24

2 Donors

-$638.24

Donations toward project cost

-$542.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.74

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