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Ms. Guardado from Van Nuys, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Library Grow

Help me give my students a variety of new books that will be used for many years.

  • $231 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

I am teaching a fourth and fifth-grade split special day class in a Title I school. My students' parents are unable to provide them with all the school materials they may need. Due to this, my students do not have sufficient access to books at home, which contributes to my students' literacy levels. Our school does provide some books but not enough to have it accessible for to our students everyday and parents are unable to take there children to the local library because it has been closed for construction for months now.

My students are amazing, caring individuals who need more access to books to help them succeed.

In these very technologically-driven times, it is very important for our students to learn to have a passion for reading. This will help prepare them improve their reading fluency. My students already have so many obstacles to work through, whether they be social-emotional or academic, that worrying about when they can check out a new book should not be one.

My Project

These materials will make a difference in the classroom because it will help my students access newer books. Students will get to read books about feelings and other perspective. There are a lot of fairy tales with different point of view that can really help students understand how other characters saw the story.

Books always open up the door to my students imaginations and these books will do just that.

These books provide my students easy to understand social emotional ideas that they may not have been able to express before. These books will also be used for multiple school years in my classroom library.

Ms. Guardado Van Nuys Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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Van Nuys, 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

33 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
One Wave at a Time: A Story about Grief and Healing • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
When Sadness is at Your Door • Amazon Business $14.82 1 $14.82
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Allie All Along • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Lubna and Pebble • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Bubble Gum Brain • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Tortoise and the Hare, Narrated by the Silly But Truthful Tortoise (The Other Side of the Fable) • Amazon Business $6.77 1 $6.77
Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Frankly, I'd Rather Spin Myself a New Name!: The Story of Rumpelstiltskin as Told by Rumpelstiltskin (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) Can Fly!: The Story of the Three Little Pigs as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!: The Story of Snow White as Told by the Dwarves (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48

Materials cost

$150.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$196.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.59

Total project goal

$230.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.61

2 Donors

-$111.16

Donations toward project cost

-$101.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.62

match offer

-$111.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$94.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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