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Ms. Kroener-Valdivia from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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High School Books Needed - Reading is Fundamental!

My students need more high interest books for their high school interests, books they can take home to read.

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My Students

Are you a life-long reader? Do you know the joys of literature? Do you value being able to get your information from more than one printed resource? Well, I want to pass these reading habits on to my students. In order to do that however, I need more high interest books at their level.

I teach at City of Angels, a K-12 independent study school within LAUSD.

The students who attend City of Angels have not been successful for a myriad of reasons. Especially at the high school level that I teach, it is imperative that we help them raise their independent reading level, which is often 3 or more years behind grade level, in order to help them achieve future success. City of Angels is really a last chance for some students to receive a high school diploma.

My Project

The books I am requesting are for independent "free reading" - supplemental reading that will appeal to the students' interests. This reading is meant to help them get into books more, and is supplemental to required literature in their English classes. The books on the list include topics of interest to teens: war, tragedy, end of the world (in the highly suspenseful "The Road"), eating disorders and other diary type books. These are books students will be able to check out from me, like a library, so that they can always have something to read with them, so that homework reading doesn't feel like work.

Again, I teach students who have already not experienced success in the public school system.

This could be their last chance to get the all important high school diploma. Getting their independent reading level up to their grade level is extremely important and will help them in all other subjects.

Ms. Kroener-Valdivia City of Angels Alternative School Grades 9-12

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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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Road Cormac McCarthy • Barnes and Noble $10.22 4 $40.88
It Happened to Nancy: A True Story from the Diary of a Teenager Beatrice Sparks, Foreword by Dathan Sheranian • Barnes and Noble $5.97 2 $11.94
Chelsey (Louder Than Words Series) Chelsey Shannon, Deborah Reber (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 2 $13.58
Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets Beatrice Sparks, Foreword by Phillip Morgenstern • Barnes and Noble $5.12 2 $10.24
Too Soon for Jeff Marilyn Reynolds • Barnes and Noble $8.50 2 $17.00
Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager Beatrice Sparks, Foreword by Beatrice Sparks • Barnes and Noble $5.12 2 $10.24
Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager Beatrice Sparks • Barnes and Noble $5.12 2 $10.24
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah • Barnes and Noble $8.20 2 $16.40
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque, Steve Moore (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 4 $27.32

Materials cost

$157.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$209.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.00

Total project goal

$246.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $246.65

4 Donors

-$137.00

Donations toward project cost

-$116.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.55

match offer

-$109.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.20

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.45

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