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

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Let's Celebrate Multiculturalism and Diversity

My students need multicultural big books, crayons, newsprint, craft sticks, and q Mexican Guiro to better facilitate the learning and understanding of diversity and multicultural awareness

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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

How do you captivate the attention of 25 first graders? It needs to be interesting and meaningful to the students. It is through appropriate multicultural literature, writing, and the arts & crafts that can better facilitate the learning and understanding of multiculturalism and diversity.

My first grade students are very friendly, energetic, curious, and highly motivated to learn.

They enjoy reading, arts & crafts, and responding to literature through oral discussions and writing. All of my students are English Language Learners and come from low income households.

My Project

I am requesting multicultural big books to increase an awareness of other people and cultures. It is through literature that they will discover and explore qualities we share and the differences that make us unique. Also, I am requesting writing paper and art materials to enable my students to creatively express themselves about diversity, self awareness, and our multicultural world.

It is so important for young learners to explore diversity through hands-on activities.

These resources will help my students better understand, appreciate, and celebrate diversity.

Mrs. Melendez Ascot Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Los Angeles, 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE101 - Mexican Guiro • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TA2611 - Red Baseline Ruled Newsprint - Grade 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 2 $11.98
BK740X - Multicultural Big Book Set • Lakeshore Learning $119.00 1 $119.00
HL125 - Jumbo Colored Craft Sticks • Lakeshore Learning $2.99 2 $5.98
VX276 - 12-Color Jumbo Crayons - Single Pack • Lakeshore Learning $3.49 5 $17.45

Materials cost

$167.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$212.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.58

Total project goal

$250.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $250.52

4 Donors

-$153.69

Donations toward project cost

-$136.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

match offer

-$90.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$76.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.83

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 $0.00

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