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Ms. Semana from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Double Our Library - More Books!

Help me give my students a library that will change their world - more books!

  • $663 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

Fourth graders at ACA are forever learners, creative innovators, and intelligent problem solvers. Their learning relies on the consistent combination of background knowledge and complex text. Books help kids develop basic language skills and profoundly expand their vocabulary. They support a better understanding of topics and demand readers to think critically.

When my Scholars interact with their books by fully engaging and critically thinking as they read, they are learning the way they deserve to learn.

In the last six years, I've seen my kids grown deeply in love with learning, through reading!

My Project

My school is departmentalizing for the first time, meaning I will be teaching ELA to all fourth graders at my school. Going from a self-contained classroom teaching all the subjects for one class, to departments teaching ELA to all kids in the grade, my classroom library is not dense enough to support all fourth graders at my school. Please help me double my current library, for double the kids reading in it! Reading is the key to success. My Scholars deserve to feel successful. Here is your chance to invest in them.

I believe in my scholars' ability to change this world, and you should too.

Ms. Semana Aspire College Academy Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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Oakland, 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

54 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Roses and Radicals • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
What the Night Sings • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Sitting Bull Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People • AKJ Education $14.56 1 $14.56
Sit-In How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Brothers In Hope The Story Of The Lost Boys Of Sudan • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
We Are All That's Left • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Other Side • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Let the Children March • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Red Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
The Blacker the Berry • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Start Now! • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Playbook • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Wonder • AKJ Education $9.99 1 $9.99
The Crossover • AKJ Education $9.38 1 $9.38
Drama • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Ball Don't Lie • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Women Who Changed the World • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Stella by Starlight • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Breadwinner • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Parvana's Journey • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Laughing Tomatoes (Jitomates Risuenos And Other Spring Poems (Y Otros Poemas De Primavera) • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Armando and the Blue Tarp School • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Tangerine • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Dreamer • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Red Pencil • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Crossing Bok Chitto A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Dancing Home • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Boy Called Slow The True Story of Sitting Bull • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Under The Quilt Of Night • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Rules • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Now One Foot, Now the Other • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lion Island • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Count Your Way Through China • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Number the Stars • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Fantastic Mr. Fox • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Esperanza Rising • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Color of My Words • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • AKJ Education $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Roberto Clemente? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
King's Courage • AKJ Education $2.59 1 $2.59

Materials cost

$481.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$562.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.35

Total project goal

$662.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $662.33

3 Donors

-$662.33

Donations toward project cost

-$562.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.35

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