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Students Pursue Their Quijote in Literature!

My Native Spanish and Heritage speaker students need a classroom library which carries a variety of 32 classic and contemporary novels in Spanish.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

Help us awaken the Quiixote in our Spanish students. I am a Spanish teacher in a New York Public High School. I teach Spanish as a foreign language to inner city students of all grades. I also teach Native language arts to Spanish native speakers and heritage speakers who constitute a minority of the school's population and are also English as a Second Language students. Our school does not have a Spanish Department. We are under the wing of the English department, which makes it difficult to request and obtain resources because we don't have a separate budget.

When I started teaching in my current school, I realized that Spanish students were taking courses that did not meet their needs. They were placed in a Spanish as a foreign language class, when they could speak it fluently. I decided then, that we needed to meet the needs of these Spanish students by offering classes that they could learn and benefit from. Students immediately showed interest and enthusiasm to the extent that they were willing to show up to school at 7:15 in the morning - earlier than any other class in the school. This has been going on for about two years. I have been teaching this class by photocopying texts of my personal collection, but it is far more empowering for them to have the actual experience of holding a book in their hands that is written in their native language. I want to encourage them to read outside of class for personal pleasure, or establish a book club within the class. However, theshortage of Spanish books in nearby libraries is extremely discouraging for them.

Studies show that students with a strong foundation in their native language are more likely to be successful in learning a second language. Since many of our students are English language learners, a proper and well equipped Spanish classroom with a solid library will benefit the students greatly. Having a classroom library with a variety of books will definitely ease the path towards reading independently since books would be within their reach, and their reading options will be broadened. This will further motivate them to become active readers. It expands their vocabulary, critical thinking skills and helps improve their writing. In addition, reading books by Spanish authors creates awareness and pride in the achievements of great Spanish people like themselves, helping them to visualize themselves as potential Spanish writers or simply as achievers.

You can make a difference for these Spanish students who are so eager to learn about their heritage but lack the resources. In a country that has promised them and their parents equal opportunity for success they are often left shortchanged. Your donation can ensure that these students get their part of the American dream and catapult their lives to higher levels of academic success.

Ms. a. East Williamsburg Scholars Academy Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
El amor en los tiempos del c lera (Love in the Time of Cholera) Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Gabriel Garca Mrquez • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) Laura Esquivel • Barnes and Noble $12.55 1 $12.55
Cr nica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
El libro de los abrazos (The Book of Embraces) Eduardo Galeano • Barnes and Noble $22.86 1 $22.86
De c mo las muchachas Garc a perdieron el acento Julia Alvarez, Mercedes Guhl (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
La casa de la laguna (The House on the Lagoon) Rosario Ferre • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
A la deriva y otros cuentos Horacio Quiroga, Olga Zamboni • Barnes and Noble $12.96 1 $12.96
Tan veloz como el deseo (Swift as Desire) Laura Esquivel • Barnes and Noble $12.55 1 $12.55
Transportes Gonz lez e Hija Maria Amparo Escandon • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Arr ncame la vida (Tear This Heart Out) Angeles Mastretta • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Dona Flor y sus dos maridos Jorge Amado • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Por estas calles bravas (Down These Mean Streets) Piri Thomas, Suzanne Dod Thomas • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Cuentos de Eva Luna (The Stories of Eva Luna) Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Gabriela, clavo y canela Jorge Amado • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Disparo en la catedral (Shot in the Cathedral) Mario Bencastro • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Rosaura a las diez Marco Denevi, Yates, Donald A. (Ed.) Yates, DeNevi, Donald A. Yates (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $31.68 1 $31.68
Cien a os de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) Gabriel Garc a M rquez • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
La casa de los esp ritus (The House of the Spirits) Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $12.55 1 $12.55
Cuando era puertorrique a (When I Was Puerto Rican) Esmeralda Santiago • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Don Quijote de la Mancha McGraw-Hill, Tardy • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
El t nel Ernesto Sabato • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Lazarillo de Tormes Anonymous, Attributed to Grete Lainer, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings--- An Anthology Roberto Santiago, Roberto Santiago (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Los de Abajo (The Underdogs) Mariano Azuela • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Do a B rbara Romulo Gallegos • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao Junot Diaz • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
El fuego de Chango: Una novela Ernesto Quinonez, Julio Paredes Castro, Julio Paredes Castro (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Cajas De Carton: The Circuit Spanish Edition Francisco Jimenez, Francisco Jimtnez • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
La Casa de Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Pedro P ramo Juan Rulfo, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Margaret S. Paden (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.70 1 $11.70
Short Stories in Spanish John R. King (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
La fiesta del chivo (The Feast of the Goat) Mario Vargas Llosa • Barnes and Noble $9.89 1 $9.89

Materials cost

$400.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.03

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$467.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.51

Total project goal

$569.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $569.51

7 Donors

-$549.41

Donations toward project cost

-$467.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.10

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