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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 more books to read during virtual class time.

  • $243 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 second and third-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. During this time of remote learning, we will begin the year virtually, and I would like for my students to have access to materials they will need to be successful. My students do not have sufficient access at home. Parents are currently dealing with the loss of employment and health issues worrying about getting their children school materials should not be on their list.

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

In these very technologically-driven times, it is very important for our students to continue to have a passion for learning. This will help prepare them for obstacles they will need to work through, whether they be social-emotional or academic, that worrying about materials will not be a variable.

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 perspectives. There are a lot of picture books that teach so many different lessons that teach us about other characters and cultures that my students don't always get to read about.

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.

More about Ms. Guardado

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

17 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Kissing Hand (The Kissing Hand Series) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Stella Brings the Family • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
We Don't Eat Our Classmates • Amazon Business $14.58 1 $14.58
The Bold, Brave Bunny • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Heal the Earth (Julian Lennon White Feather Flier Advent) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $9.66 1 $9.66
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Cool Bean • Amazon Business $9.48 1 $9.48
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
How Not to Start Third Grade (Step into Reading 4) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
First Day Jitters (The Jitters Series) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Second Grade, Here I Come! • Amazon Business $3.69 1 $3.69

Materials cost

$159.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.37

Total project goal

$242.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $242.44

2 Donors

-$222.44

Donations toward project cost

-$191.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.82

match offer

-$17.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$14.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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