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

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Read and Succeed

Help me give my students a chapter book we can read as a class.

  • $218 goal

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My Students

My students come from a high-risk, low social economic area of California.

Many come from single parent households, with a high percentage living below the poverty line.

They live with daily violence in a community that visually seems depressing. My students want to learn and thrive but have very limited resources outside of the school. Our teachers and school staff work very hard at enriching the lives of the students at our school. We want the very best for EVERY student. However with limited financial resources our students don't always have what's needed to have adequate access to the essentials of learning.

My Project

My students need books. This will be their first opportunity to read a chapter book as a 3rd grader. The more opportunities my students have to read books that they may not be able to access at home, the better. I want them to fall in love with reading. We will have an opportunity to read and discuss the major concepts of a non-fiction genre.

When they can read and enjoy it, they will succeed across the academic board.

Having the ability to read and discuss in small groups will allow me to teach them to read at a level they can understand, a level that is their own. The love of reading lasts a lifetime.

Ms. Finnell Yes Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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 Ms. Finnell

Los Angeles, 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

26 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Horrible Harry Moves up to the Third Grade • AKJ Education $4.49 30 $134.70

Materials cost

$134.70

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$12.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$185.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.66

Total project goal

$217.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$217.71

2 Donors

-$192.71

Donations toward project cost

-$163.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.91

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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