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Ms. Vasquez-Cortez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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SEL and Relatable Literature

Help me give my students exposure to various SEL concepts through relatable literature. Help me provide my students with reading material that will grow their love for reading early on.

  • 3 donors
  • $591 still needed

expires Apr 29

  • 3 donors
  • $591 still needed
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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 project will provide my students with literature that focuses on key social skills, such as caring, kindness, and diversity. By providing them with literature that focuses on these ideas, it will reinforce their ability to transfer these skills into their daily lives. My selection of books will also allow me to provide my students with relatable and entertaining literature to support and grow their love for reading at whichever reading level they may be. I hope that by providing my students will an open library filled with diverse reading levels and stories that will grow their interest in reading.

Ms. Vasquez-Cortez Synergy Charter Elementary School Academy Grades PreK-2

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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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

15 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kaplan Early Learning All Families Are Special Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $66.56 1 $66.56
Kaplan Early Learning Supporting Self-Esteem Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $61.16 1 $61.16
Kaplan Early Learning Spread Kindness Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $55.76 1 $55.76
Kaplan Early Learning Junie B. Jones Books - Set of 10 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
Little People BIG DREAMS Black Voices Set (hardcover boxed book set) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $30.00 1 $30.00
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 1) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Diphthongs Phonics Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 11) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Long Vowels with Final Silent E Phonics Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 7) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Harper Collins Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books - Paperback - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.16 1 $25.16
Goosebumps Classic (Series 1) - 10 Books Set Collection R.L. Stine • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 3): 6 Digraph Decodable Readers to Help Kindergarten and First Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (One Digraph Per Book) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Harper Collins If You Give a Cat a Cupcake - Hardback Book • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.99 1 $17.99
Just Now I Feel Angry: A Kids Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Book about Anger and Frustration Feelings Awareness, Self-Management, Mindfulness and ... (Feeling Big Emotions Picture Books) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Invisible String - social emotional learning picture book (paperback; calming corner resources) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$484.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$565.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.83

Total project goal

$665.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $665.52

2 Donors

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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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 $590.52

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