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Mrs. O'Shea from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Motivational Literature

My students need novels that are of interest to them in our classroom library.

  • $282 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

Most of my students are from low socioeconomic backgrounds and are a mixture of Hispanic and African American students. They are also students who have special needs. Parents do their best to provide the bare essentials that their kids need to start school but many times that is all that they can give them. Many of the families have at least 4 kids in the school. It is a lot to ask a family to purchase materials when some of them cannot pay their utility bills. Although the parents and the school community do their best to provide for the children, with budget cuts it is getting harder to provide them with tools for learning.

My Project

Reading is essential to everyday life. My students need access to novels that will motivate them to read independently. Novels that are of high interest to them will transform the reading and writing skills of my students. The novels that have been chosen are of interest to them. These novels will build upon a classroom library that already exists. It will enhance critical literacy skills that are fundamental to the future success of my students. As students read novels of their choosing they will be involved in projects that demonstrate their understanding of literary elements. The novels chosen are also of different reading levels so that every student has an opportunity to choose novels at their level.

Mrs. O'Shea Dawes Elementary School Grades 6-8

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Testing Trilogy Complete Box Set • Amazon Business $39.54 1 $39.54
Ashfall • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Glass Sword (Red Queen) • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Tales of the Peculiar • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
A Pilgrim for Freedom • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Beginning of Everything • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children • Amazon Business $9.70 1 $9.70
Girl in the Blue Coat • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Ashen Winter (Ashfall Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Article 5 • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children • Amazon Business $8.73 1 $8.73
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56
Sunrise (Ashfall Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Ashfall (Ashfall Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List • Amazon Business $7.17 1 $7.17
Darla's Story (Ashfall) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Breaking Point • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Three (Article 5) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived #11) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14) • Amazon Business $4.33 1 $4.33

Materials cost

$206.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$239.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.20

Total project goal

$281.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $281.31

1 Donor

-$281.31

Donations toward project cost

-$239.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.20

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