You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Kroener-Valdivia from Huntington Park, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Kroener-Valdivia is requesting

Show Them A Mirror, Then A Window: Reading Is Transformative

My students need more book title choices for both homework reading and literature circles. Wide reading with supplemental core literature is crucial for their literacy growth.

  • $577 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Kroener-Valdivia for her next project!

Help Ms. Kroener-Valdivia

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Kroener-Valdivia for her next project!

My Students

In today's digital era, reading a book is becoming something of a challenge for all students. They are used to fast paced action, video games and You Tube clips. Working through a longer novel can be painstaking if the book choice is not in some way enticing to the students.

Our high school is a large, urban school.

We are just blocks away from a large industrial factory area. Most of the students are Latinos, and many have parents working very hard just to survive in today's economy. I teach 11th and 12th graders who are on the verge of graduating (hopefully) and being thrown into an adult world. All teachers in our small school, HPIAM, work very hard to encourage college and assist in any way possible to assist them with that goal. Most students are several years behind in their independent reading levels, and increasing the amount of time they spend reading is crucial to any goal they set for themselves, but especially preparing for college.

My Project

These books will be used for both homework reading and literature circles. For homework reading I check a book out to every student of mine, and work hard to match books to readers. For literature circles, students are grouped by their reading level as they work together to read and analyze a novel. Both of these reading activities are vital to their literacy development. The whole group reading we are mandated to do is not always interesting to the students and is not always at their reading level (reading at your reading level is really the only way to improve your lexile level).

I love reading, and I want to foster a life long love of literature in my students.

School provided anthologies alone will not help foster this love. We need core literature, strong novels that engage the readers and make them ask questions about the world.

Ms. Kroener-Valdivia Huntington Park High School Grades 9-12

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. Kroener-Valdivia

Huntington Park, 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

90 students impacted 1donor

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Kroener-Valdivia is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trapped • AKJ Books $13.31 3 $39.93
Bloodsong • AKJ Books $12.57 3 $37.71
I.D. • AKJ Books $11.06 6 $66.36
Persepolis Boxed Set Marjane Satrapi • AKJ Books $20.65 6 $123.90
Blood on My Hands • AKJ Books $12.57 6 $75.42
Planet Pregnancy Linda Oatman High • AKJ Books $10.76 3 $32.28
Snitch • AKJ Books $5.91 6 $35.46

Materials cost

$411.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$489.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.44

Total project goal

$576.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.28

1 Donor

-$576.28

Donations toward project cost

-$489.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.44

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Kroener-Valdivia and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/show-them-a-mirror-then-a-window-read/667737/","mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":90,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Kroener-Valdivia","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"516839187","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Huntington Park","teachersOnPage":[352511],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":667737,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"352511":{"owner":"Ms. Kroener-Valdivia","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[667737],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp352511_orig.png?crop=677,677,x14,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1670439944733","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":86914,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTA4MzI4"],"teacherId":352511,"schoolCounty":"Los Angeles","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}