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

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Students Will Read if They Have the Right Books!

My students need books, like "1984," "Keeping You A Secret," "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" and "The Rules of Survival," for wide reading in order to bring their independent reading levels to grade level.

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My Students

I teach high schoolers that have never read an entire book on their own - imagine! Most students are at least 3 years behind their grade level in their independent reading levels, and many are under the false impression that all reading is "boring." I need books that appeal to my students!

I teach at a large, 2,000+, Title I urban school in Los Angeles.

Most of my students are Latino, second or third generation Americans. Many of the families are struggling financially during this economic downturn, and some are dealing with really unfortunate challenges. Some students with low credits consider leaving school...

My Project

These books will be used for what I call "free choice reading." Students are required to finish one book a month and document their reading in various homework assignments. We also use Accelerated Reader at my school, which allows students to take book quizzes when they are finished with their book and track their reading for the year. I read most of the books I have in my classroom library so that I can match books to students based upon their interest. This type of personal relationship with the book is very beneficial. I have been able to raise students' independent reading levels by more than one grade level a year using this whole "system."

Donating to this project will quite simply be the same as placing a book in the hands of a student and helping them improve their reading level.

Increased reading levels in turn will help them be more successful in all other academic classes and areas! I already spend at least $50-70 of my own money (on my limited budget) buying books every month. I need this grant in order to keep replacing books that wear out or that "disappear." Please help keep our classroom library inviting and vibrant!

Ms. Kroener-Valdivia Benjamin Franklin 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.

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More than three‑quarters of 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
To Be a Man • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Don''t Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls Series #3) • AKJ Books $6.56 2 $13.12
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls Series #4) Ally Car • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
The Demonata Boxed Set #1 (Demonata Series), Vol. 1 Darren S • AKJ Books $19.70 1 $19.70
Forest of Hands and Teeth, The • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Beautiful Darkness Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Brothers Torres, The • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Sticks and Stones • AKJ Books $7.26 3 $21.78
Perfect Chemistry Simone Elkeles • AKJ Books $13.13 3 $39.39
Crash Test Love Ted Michael • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Rules of Survival • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl Tanya Lee Stone • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Hunger Games • AKJ Books $13.13 4 $52.52
Lord of the Flies • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Things They Carried • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
1984 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Streetcar Named Desire, A • AKJ Books $10.76 1 $10.76
The Rose That Grew From Concrete • AKJ Books $11.68 2 $23.36
Tree Older Than You Are • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Listen Up! Zoe Angelsey, Foreword by Yusef Komunyakaa • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
Street Pharm • AKJ Books $5.83 2 $11.66
Go Ask Alice • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Lost Boy: A Foster Child''s Search for the Love of a Family • AKJ Books $9.45 2 $18.90
Dark Secrets-Urban Underground • AKJ Books $7.26 2 $14.52
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines Nic Sheff • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Like a Broken Doll • AKJ Books $7.26 2 $14.52
Bronxwood • AKJ Books $13.13 2 $26.26
Strays • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Tyrell • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Luna • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
It Happened to Nancy: A True Story from the Diary of a Teena • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Endgame Nancy Garden • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
Keeping You A Secret • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$472.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$553.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.61

Total project goal

$650.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $650.75

5 Donors

-$650.75

Donations toward project cost

-$553.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$97.61

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