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Ms. Wilkins from Genoa, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Native Spanish Speakers Deserve Better Resources!

Help me give my students Spanish books, that as native Spanish speakers, will entice and challenge them in their Spanish 4 classroom.

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My Students

Our students attend a rural public high school, which serves about 650 students. We are located in an area where the socioeconomic status of many residents is low. Many students have parents who are out of work. Our school relies heavily on state funding and this year, we are struggling once again due to the state not coming through with that funding. Programs and teachers are being cut and our students are feeling the brunt. Our students are creative and kind and they strive to reach their goals no matter what obstacles they face. They continue to achieve successfully despite more challenges and fewer resources. They forge ahead without complaints. Although funds are low, our students' passion for books hasn't dulled one bit. Please help keep this thirst for literature alive by supporting our school.

My Project

Our library is grossly lacking in bilingual and Spanish books for our native Spanish speakers, as well as our Spanish curriculum and programs. It is long past time to cultivate a Spanish and bilingual resource collection and assure that it thrives moving forward. Our native Spanish speakers need Spanish and bilingual books that challenge and entice them to be lifelong readers. If we win this grant, students will have access to classic novels written in Spanish such as Frankenstein and Don Quixote, as well as other novels that represent current trends in young adult literature such as Boy 21 and Ponti en mi lugar. Please help me help our Spanish department and the students it serves.

Ms. Wilkins Genoa - Kingston High School Grades 9-12

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Genoa, IL View local requests

More than a third 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

650 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Juntos (Matched) (3 Bk Set) Spanish • AKJ Education $24.58 1 $24.58
No Es Lo Que Parece • AKJ Education $20.43 1 $20.43
The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry An Anthology • AKJ Education $18.25 1 $18.25
Red Hot Salsa Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing up Latino in the United States • AKJ Education $16.79 1 $16.79
Boy 21 • AKJ Education $16.78 1 $16.78
La sombra de la serpiente (The Serpent's Shadow) • AKJ Education $7.99 2 $15.98
El trono de fuego (The Throne Of Fire) • AKJ Education $7.99 2 $15.98
Marina (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $13.87 1 $13.87
Prisionera de la noche • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Tree Is Older Than You Are A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Almagesto • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Yes! We Are Latinos Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
El lado perdido (The lost side) • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
What's up with... (Quiubole con... (Bilingual Edition)) • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Shaken • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
FRANKENSTEIN (Frankenstein) • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Stung • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
LOS CHICOS DEL HAMBRE (Kids of Appetite) • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
PERDER ES PODER (Losing Is Power) • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Por ti dare mi Vida • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Ponte en mi lugar • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Chocolate Amargo • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
The Book of Questions (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $10.22 1 $10.22
¿Quién cuenta las estrellas? (Number The Stars) • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Siglo XXI: Misterios del espacio sideral (21st Century: Mysteries Of Deep Space) • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
La Casa en Mango Street (The House on Mango Street) • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
La pirámide roja (The Red Pyramid) • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
La maleta de Hana (Hana's Suitcase) • AKJ Education $7.59 1 $7.59
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Accidental Love • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Penélope manda saludos • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Taz's Recipe • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Don Quixote • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Death Drop • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Novio Boy A Play • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$444.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$480.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.87

Total project goal

$565.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $565.80

5 Donors

-$453.00

Donations toward project cost

-$412.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.95

match offer

-$81.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.76

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