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

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Ms L's Classroom Library

My students need a quality classroom library full of books they can take home.

  • $553 goal

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My Students

Hello friends!

Martin Luther King once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

Next year, I will be teaching middle school english/social studies in Los Angeles, California. As a sixth grade teacher, they will be entering their very first year of middle school. I will be working with about sixty different students in an ethnically linguistically diverse, and low income community. As an educator, I believe that the liberal arts is a powerful tool to promote civic engagement, public service, and social justice.

My Project

I will beginning my first year of teaching in a sixth grade English and Social Studies classroom. In my experience as student teacher, I have seen the ways in which great books help students grow in literacy skills and become passionate about reading and writing.

As a teacher, I want to foster their passion for reading by providing a library of books that are interesting, relevant, and relatable to their own lives to both read in the classroom and take home.

Great teachers build large libraries over years of teaching, and this project will start that foundation. Unfortunately, many of my students may not have access to quality books at home and have opportunities to receive new books on a regular basis. This project will help begin an engaging classroom library. This project will help students for years to come!

Ms. Longo George Washington Carver Middle 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

60 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stargirl • Amazon Business $7.00 30 $210.00
Crash • Amazon Business $4.43 4 $17.72
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Travel Team • Amazon Business $11.42 1 $11.42
Fast Break • Amazon Business $11.40 1 $11.40
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook • Amazon Business $11.17 1 $11.17
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers) • Amazon Business $11.07 1 $11.07
Page by Paige • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Last Man Out • Amazon Business $9.86 1 $9.86
March: Book One • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
Theseus: Battling the Minotaur: A Greek Myth (Graphic Myths & Legends (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa's Head: A Greek Myth (Graphic Myths & Legends (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56
Hercules: The Twelve Labors: A Greek Myth (Graphic Myths & Legends (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Awkward • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $6.38 1 $6.38
Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Number the Stars • Amazon Business $4.58 1 $4.58
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$397.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$469.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.92

Total project goal

$552.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.79

5 Donors

-$435.14

Donations toward project cost

-$384.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.27

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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