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Mr. Okamura from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Reading Cool Through Book Circles

My students need a wide variety of books for an upcoming book circle unit where they read a book of their choosing with their fellow group members.

  • $700 goal

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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

In order to learn how to become better readers, thinkers, and conscientious members of our society, my students desperately need a wide variety of books that they can dive into with their peers for an upcoming book circle unit.

My students attend a low income urban school in Northern California.

The majority of my students hail from Latino, African-American, and Southeast Asian backgrounds, many of whom will be the first in their families to face the challenges of attending college. Access to academic English through profound and complex texts such as the books listed in this book circle unit are absolutely crucial to ensure their success in English class as well as in their later academic careers. My students will need all they can to prepare themselves for the rigors ahead in their lives.

My Project

By reading these books through sociological/psychological/existential lenses, my students will explore the causes of the problems facing the worlds outlined by the authors of these books and in their own communities today, from isolation, militarism, poverty, structural racism, to sexism. Doing so will empower them to pursue careers after college that combats the social problems discussed in these books.

Long-term social change is enacted not by catchy political slogans or through committed educators.

It happens through our youth reading books, educating themselves, and maintaining a society built upon the ideals of equity. My students need these books. Be a part of that change. Make it happen.

Mr. Okamura Life Academy 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.

More about Mr. Okamura

Oakland, 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

56 students impacted 21donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
You Shall Know Our Velocity! Dave Eggers • AKJ Books $10.95 8 $87.60
The Life of Pi • AKJ Books $6.56 8 $52.48
Handmaid''s Tale • AKJ Books $10.95 8 $87.60
Pride and Prejudice (Signet Classic) • AKJ Books $3.61 8 $28.88
Alchemist • AKJ Books $10.94 8 $87.52
Fight Club • AKJ Books $13.46 8 $107.68
Starship Troopers • AKJ Books $7.29 4 $29.16
The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Series) Ursula K. Le Guin • AKJ Books $7.29 4 $29.16

Materials cost

$510.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $46.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$594.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.89

Total project goal

$699.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $699.29

15 Donors

-$423.41

Donations toward project cost

-$386.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.26

match offer

-$245.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.88

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 $0.00

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