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Mrs. Picarella from Sun Valley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Two engaging novels to interest and teach about others' experiences!

Help me give my students a reading experience out of their knowledge base to inform them of other worlds and experiences.

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My Students

My students are trying to meet the demands of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in English to pursue an education beyond high school. Part of meeting these demands means that I have to supplement technology, resources and literature to help them meet these demands with the most up to date resources. My students have the heart, the motivation, and the willingness to work hard to meet the demands. I just want them to be afforded all the resources to meet their learning style and learning needs.

My Project

The novel The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind serves as a lesson socioeconomic status does not determine our fates. We have skills and talents to offer our community beyond measure. A Long Walk To Water invites students into an inspiring reminder of the value of overcoming struggle with a current social justice themes Students will connect these characters hardships to challenges they have overcome and thrived.

These inspiring and thought-provoking novels will be used with my 7th grade reading elective.

We will learn about the struggles of kids their own age in other parts of the world. It will remind students, as Maya Angelou said, "We are more alike than unalike." My wonderful seventh grade students will learn about characters from far away places they have only heard about. This will be a lesson in history, geography and literature. They can read them in class and share what they connect to in Flipgrid conversations to teach others about these novels.

We will read these novels in Literature Circles and react to what we read in a way that a traditional reading experience does not often provide. In the novel A Long Walk to Water serves as a inspiring reminder of the value of overcoming struggle.

The novel The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind will inspire students to be the change they wish to see. The novel Long Walk to Water will remind students of the commonalities we all share.

Mrs. Picarella Sun Valley Magnet 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.

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Sun Valley, 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 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 40 $262.40
A Long Walk to Water • AKJ Education $5.28 40 $211.20

Materials cost

$473.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $43.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$560.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.83

Total project goal

$658.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $658.86

3 Donors

-$658.86

Donations toward project cost

-$560.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.83

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