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Ms. Gutierrez from Panorama City, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Take My Students on a Reading Adventure!

My students need books in our classroom library. This wish list has a variety of books that students in previous years got excited about! Please help me increase interest in reading!

  • $815 goal

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My Students

My students are growing up in the Van Nuys community in California. This will be my first year teaching. As an incoming new teacher, I am very excited! My school has been identified to be a low performing school. Hence, many of my students need support with their learning. I have visited the school and have met many of my students. They have a great deal of energy and a hunger for learning.

Please help me be the best equipped to foster a love for reading by helping me come into my classroom with a full, accessible classroom library.

My kids deserve to have access to many books. Do you remember the first time you got hooked on a book? Many of us never forget our first "a-ha!" moment. Your donation would let me bring that same moment to my students. Thank you!

My Project

Thank you for taking an interest in my project for a collection of books. The purpose of this project is to build a small library in my new classroom. I am a first year teacher who previously served with a non-profit organization. There, I provided support to students with both math and literacy.

Now, I will be teaching 8th grade English in my very own hometown because of my passion for literacy and for learning.

My hometown is considered a low-income community. Over 90% of students at my school qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Please be a part of my journey by helping me to bring some awesome books to get kids excited about reading! Many of the books are culturally relevant. My goal is for students to feel connected to what they are reading and to get them talking about literature and the effect it has on their living experience.

Thank you so much for choosing to be a part of this!

Ms. Gutierrez Vista Middle School Grades 6-8

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. Gutierrez

Panorama City, 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

120 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.59 5 $62.95
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $12.59 5 $62.95
Wonder • Amazon Business $10.70 5 $53.50
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $25.93 2 $51.86
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon Business $9.21 5 $46.05
The Hunger Games Box Set: Foil Edition • Amazon Business $21.87 2 $43.74
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $7.69 5 $38.45
Until I Find Julian • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $6.94 5 $34.70
Boy21 • Amazon Business $5.50 5 $27.50
The Dreamer • Amazon Business $8.83 3 $26.49
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
Night (Night) • Amazon Business $5.90 3 $17.70
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $5.59 3 $16.77
The Color of My Words • Amazon Business $5.59 3 $16.77
Ghost (Track) • Amazon Business $6.39 2 $12.78
Code Orange • Amazon Business $5.59 2 $11.18
This Was Never About Basketball • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Wish • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library) • Amazon Business $5.19 1 $5.19

Materials cost

$598.47

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $54.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$692.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$122.15

Total project goal

$814.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $814.36

11 Donors

-$614.36

Donations toward project cost

-$522.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.15

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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