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Ms. Kwiecinski from Spring Valley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Readers through Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction

Help me give my students the gift of a collection of relevant high interest non-fiction books and graphic novels to help instill and nourish their love of reading and learning.

  • $605 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

Our students come to our school library excited to read and excited for us to read to them. When I finish reading a story during their visit, the kindergarten and first graders clap and ooooh and ahhhh. They are excited to pick out their books and squeal in delight when I tell them that they get to take them home for a whole week, begging me for their favorite picture book with "the bunny" (Creepy Carrots) and Elephant & Piggie books. The older students flock to the graphic novels and popular series and some students even pop into the library before school just in case someone has returned a copy of Babysitter's Club so they can snag it.

I love that our students are excited about reading and I would love to provide them with more resources to help nourish their curiosity and really foster their love of reading.

I want our library to be a magical place where anything is possible for our students. If they can see it, they can be it.

My Project

These books will be used during weekly library visits and checked out to students to help develop their reading skills through targeted, high interest, non-fiction and graphic novel titles. The students who will be checking out these titles are a part of an AR reading program and they use their library books within the program, both at home and at school.

It is important that we continue to develop our library collection by engaging our students in active learning through non-fiction titles that are relevant to their interests to help motivate them to grow both as readers and students.

Graphic novels are also an important part of this project, because they easily encourage even the most reluctant of readers to reach for a book in the library.

Ms. Kwiecinski Highlands Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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Spring Valley, 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

500 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Manga Math Mysteries (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $36.41 1 $36.41
Catstronauts (5 Books) • AKJ Education $32.92 1 $32.92
A World of Programming • AKJ Education $19.45 1 $19.45
Coding, Bugs, and Fixes • AKJ Education $19.45 1 $19.45
I Dissent • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Malala's Magic Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Kamala Harris • AKJ Education $11.15 1 $11.15
Ada Twist's Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Better Than a Lemonade Stand! • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Science Comics: Robots and Drones • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Flying Machines • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Rockets • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Dinosaurs Fossils and Feathers • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Sharks • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Hard as Nails in Myths and Legends • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Hard as Nails in Ancient Rome • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Hard as Nails Kings and Queens • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Hard As Nails Warriors • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Sisters • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
STEAM Jobs in Forensics • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
STEAM Jobs in Game Development • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Thor & Loki In the Land of Giants: A Norse Myth • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Perseus The Hunt for Medusa's Head : A Greek Myth • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Amazing Applications and Perfect Programs • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Structural Engineering: Learn It, Try It! • AKJ Education $6.64 1 $6.64
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Dragonbreath #1 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Dragonbreath #2: Attack of the Ninja Frogs • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Guts & Glory: The Vikings • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
Decoding Genes With Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
The Basics of Cell Life With Max Axiom, Super Scientis • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
The Shocking World of Electricity With Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
So You Want to Be An Inventor? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Learn to Program • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Full Court Pressure • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Skateboard Sonar • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Quarterback Scramble • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Kickoff Blitz • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Battle for Home Plate • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25

Materials cost

$431.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $39.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.66

Total project goal

$604.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $604.41

1 Donor

-$201.47

Donations toward project cost

-$171.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.22

match offer

-$402.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$342.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.44

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