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Ms. Herrera from Astoria, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Opening a Book Is Opening Your Mind

Help me give my students graphic novels and fiction novels to help them improve their literacy. By getting my students books they'll enjoy, I'm hoping to awaken their love for reading.

  • $423 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 Project

My goal for this project is to help my students access books that they'll enjoy. By encouraging students to read based on their interests, I'm hoping to spark that passion for learning. I believe by having students read graphic novels they'll start becoming interested in reading and branch out to other types of literacy.

The majority of my students come from shelters and they might not be able to get access to books.

By adding more books to my classroom library I'm hoping to give more options to my students.

Ms. Herrera Academy for New Americans 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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Astoria, NY View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
هاري بوتر وسجين أزكابان - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $33.64 1 $33.64
هاري بوتر وكأس النار - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $32.54 1 $32.54
هاري بوتر وحجر الفيلسوف - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $31.54 1 $31.54
هاري بوتر وجماعة العنقاء - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $28.36 1 $28.36
هاري بوتر والأمير الهجين - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $25.93 1 $25.93
هاري بوتر ومقدسات الموت - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $24.80 1 $24.80
هاري بوتر وحجرة الأسرار - Harry Potter Series (Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $23.86 1 $23.86
Stranger Things Graphic Novel Boxed Set (Zombie Boys, The Bully, Erica the Great ) • Amazon Business $21.94 1 $21.94
Garri Potter I Filofskij Kamen = Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Russian Edition) • Amazon Business $21.80 1 $21.80
Lunar New Year Love Story • Amazon Business $13.48 1 $13.48
El único e incomparable Iván (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
Wonder: La lección de August / Wonder (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Frizzy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Other Words for Home (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Two Tribes • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Nabokov Russian Translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland • Amazon Business $9.87 1 $9.87

Materials cost

$324.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.45

Total project goal

$423.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $423.00

5 Donors

-$295.41

Donations toward project cost

-$281.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.56

Matching donations from our partners

-$91.41

Match offers toward project cost

-$77.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.18

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 $0.00

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