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

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The Joy of Reading

Help me give my students engaging books that will help them become improve their literacy skills and become lifelong readers.

  • $1,220 goal

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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.

My Students

Our high school was built to address the limitations of the overcrowded Roosevelt HS and Garfield HS in the historic East Los Angeles unincorporated area of Southern California. The East Los Angeles community is colorful, dynamic and revolutionary. On its main corridors you will meet loquacious street vendors, vivacious grandmas and hardworking parents . Like the community, our school is a couldron of innovative ideas, creative thinking, industrious efforts, resilient spirit and relentless hope for progress. A group of talented, compassionate, and industrious professionals delivers rigorous and culturally relevant lesson plans crafted with love and meticulous care to about 400 students. The vast majority of students score below average in literacy and numeracy skills. Additionally support for our classroom projects can support our goal to deliver equitable learning opportunities for our children in spite of their demographics.

My Project

The vast majority of my students don’t read because they can’t find books they like in the sea of titles in our school library. Overwhelmed, they choose random books. Discouraged, they hardly read books on their own. To become readers, my students need personalized reading lists. They need an experienced reader who knows them well, to guide their book search. With an average reading level of 5th grade (that remains quite constant throughout their high school career) my ninth grade English students desperately need a curated classroom library that inspires them to read daily. As their guide in learning, it is my responsibility to curate that classroom library for them.

Ms. Tenorio Torres High School - Renaissance Academy 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. Tenorio

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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

115 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $24.49 2 $48.98
Louise Rennison Collection 10 Books Set Pack • Amazon Business $43.99 1 $43.99
The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family • Amazon Business $10.91 4 $43.64
Roald Dahl Collection 16 Books Box Set • Amazon Business $42.95 1 $42.95
Judy Blume Essentials: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Deenie; Iggie's House; It's Not the End of the World; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself • Amazon Business $32.24 1 $32.24
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon Business $7.29 4 $29.16
Complete Wayside School Series Set, Books 1-5 • Amazon Business $27.93 1 $27.93
Scary Stories Paperback Box Set: The Complete 3-Book Collection with Classic Art by Stephen Gammell • Amazon Business $11.98 2 $23.96
Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $11.85 2 $23.70
Asylum 3-Book Box Set: Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries) • Amazon Business $6.36 3 $19.08
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $16.23 1 $16.23
Misery: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.76 1 $14.76
It Happened in 6th Grade: A True Story • Amazon Business $14.58 1 $14.58
The Ramona Collection, Vol. 1: Beezus and Ramona / Ramona the Pest / Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father [4 Book Box set] • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Stargirl (Stargirl Series) • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
Cursed: A New Fear; House of Whispers; Forbidden Secrets (Fear Street Saga) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
The Dead Boyfriend: A Fear Street Novel • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
Don't Scream: 60 Tales to Terrify • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Lost Girl (Fear Street Relaunch) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Silent Night (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 2) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories • Amazon Business $11.74 1 $11.74
Don't Stay Up Late (Fear Street) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Don't Scream 2: 30 Tales of Terror • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Sisters • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Party Summer (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 1) • Amazon Business $9.87 1 $9.87
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $9.87 1 $9.87
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
My Heart and Other Black Holes • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
The Betrayal (Fear Street Saga Trilogy, No. 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
First Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Cheater (Fear Street, No. 18) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
Merci Suxe1rez Changes Gears • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Like a Love Story • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
SOLD • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Ball Don't Lie • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The New Girl (Fear Street, No. 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Bad Dreams (Fear Street, No. 22) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Boy Next Door (Fear Street, No. 39) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The New Year's Party (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 9) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We Were Here • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
It's Kind of a Funny Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Maniac Magee • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
New Kid • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
The Sun Is Also a Star • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Holes (Holes Series) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom • Amazon Business $7.52 1 $7.52
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Drop Dead Gorgeous (Return to Fear Street) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Wrong Number (Fear Street, No. 5) • Amazon Business $7.24 1 $7.24
Smile • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Max The Mighty • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Boy Who Lost His Face • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Loser • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Broken Hearts (Fear Street Super Chiller) (Fear Street Superchillers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Rich Girl (Fear Street, No. 44) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Carrie • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Goodbye Stranger • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Freak the Mighty (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
The Only Road • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Fangirl: A Novel • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
You May Now Kill the Bride (Return to Fear Street) • Amazon Business $6.37 1 $6.37
Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Is He a Girl? (Marvin Redpost, No. 3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Double Date (Fear Street, No. 23) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Nightmare Hour: Time for Terror • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Freckle Juice • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79

Materials cost

$909.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $83.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,036.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$182.86

Total project goal

$1,219.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,219.06

11 Donors

-$652.62

Donations toward project cost

-$562.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.39

match offer

-$557.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$473.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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