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

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Help, We Need a Leveled Classroom Library ASAP

My students need a leveled classroom library.

  • $517 goal

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Mrs. Contreras has another project! Donate to New Classroom Rug! to help her classroom.

$439 - complete this project and be a hero

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

My students are enthusiastic and eager students who are ready to learn but don't have appropriate books to read during silent reading or to check out from the classroom library. By the end of the school year, I want them reading at grade level.

My class consist of twenty-two Latino English Language Learners.

They all qualify for school breakfast and lunch.Unfortunately, they live in a low socio-economic demographic where parents lack the money or resources to provide access to reading resources at home.

My Project

Everyday my students ask me when will I have more books for them to checkout. They tell me that their parents ask about it too.Currently, I have a leveled classroom library but with few to no books to checkout from the classroom at their current guided reading levels. My students' guided reading levels range from A - I. Students need access to books at their current level to make Reading comprehension progress.

My students have set Reading comprehension goals since the beginning of the school year.

Having access to a leveled classroom library will allow them to checkout appropriate books. Thus, this will improve reading comprehension and fluency. In order to advance a reading level, they have to read books that are just right for them.

Mrs. Contreras Ricardo Lizarraga Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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

22 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL715 - Level E Nonfiction Extra Book Set - Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $35.00 1 $35.00
LL716 - Level F Nonfiction Extra Book Set - Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.00 1 $34.00
LL711 - Level A Nonfiction Extra Book Set - K • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.00 1 $34.00
LL712 - Level B Nonfiction Extra Book Set - K • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.00 1 $29.00
AA839 - Level G Extra Book Set - Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $28.00 1 $28.00
LL714 - Level D Nonfiction Extra Book Set - K-Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $28.00 1 $28.00
AA833 - Level A Extra Book Set - K - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $28.00 1 $28.00
AA835 - Level C Extra Book Set - K - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.00 1 $27.00
AA836 - Level D Extra Book Set - K-Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.00 1 $26.00
AA834 - Level B Extra Book Set - K - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.00 1 $26.00
AA838 - Level F Extra Book Set - Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.00 1 $26.00
AA837 - Level E Extra Book Set - Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $25.00 1 $25.00
LL713 - Level C Nonfiction Extra Book Set - K • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.00 1 $24.00

Materials cost

$370.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$439.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.54

Total project goal

$516.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $516.95

9 Donors

-$381.16

Donations toward project cost

-$324.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$135.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$114.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.79

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 $0.00

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