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

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Reading Is the Foundation of Life

Help me give my students quality books that they selected on their reading Wishlist.

  • $593 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Our school is located on the corner in gang territory in South Los Angeles. It resides in one of the lowest income zip codes in Los Angeles. Our student body consist of children that are homeless, children from broken homes, children being raised by single mothers, grandparents raising children, and children that have been exposed to trauma.

In spite of these obstacles our students come to school eager to learn and to show us what they have learned.

I Love that our students are happy in spite of their circumstances. Our students are eager to participate in our Reading Challenges, Science Fair, and any other special academic events we hold. The best part of our school is seeing a student who is excited when they move from one reading level to another.

My Project

Many of our students are reading below grade level. We strive to make reading exciting and pleasurable for our students. We encourage our students to look at reading like going on an adventure, to get into the character of the book and experience what is being told in the story. Our students create Wishlist of books from the Scholastic Book Fair. They choose books they are interested in and I believe our students will read these books.

Please help us by donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.

Mrs. Harris Crete 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.

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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

46 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.04 9 $99.36
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $10.49 9 $94.41
Game On! 2021 • Amazon Business $13.49 3 $40.47
Beyoncé: Shine Your Light • Amazon Business $11.89 3 $35.67
We'll Always Have Each Other (Disney Frozen 2) (Pictureback(R)) • Amazon Business $5.17 6 $31.02
Guinness World Records 2021 • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
Scaredy-Pug: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #9): From the Creator of Captain Underpants (9) • Amazon Business $6.48 2 $12.96
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Willa the Silver Glitter Dragon (Dragon Girls #2) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Fancy Nancy's 12-Book Fantastic Phonics Fun!: Includes 12 Mini-Books Featuring Short and Long Vowel Sounds (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Pete the Cat: Super Pete (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 2 $9.48
Karen's Kittycat Club (Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #4) (Adapted edition) (4) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
Cool Builds in Minecraft!: An AFK Book (GamesMaster Presents) • Amazon Business $8.02 1 $8.02
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
Pug Blasts Off: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #1) • Amazon Business $4.52 1 $4.52

Materials cost

$428.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$503.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.87

Total project goal

$592.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $592.48

1 Donor

-$592.48

Donations toward project cost

-$503.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.87

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