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

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Vast and Varied Classroom Library

My students need high quality books and magazines to keep them engaged while doing lots and lots of reading this year.

  • $476 goal

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My Students

I teach middle school students in the north east Los Angeles area. I work specifically with students with IEPs who have learning disabilities. Many of our students are also designated as Long Term English Learners who are struggling to meet the literacy demands necessary to reclassify. Over 90% live below the poverty line and meet the requirements for free or reduced lunch.

Unfortunately, along with these difficulties, far too many of our students come to us below grade level in reading.

Some students are reading as low as first or second grade level. Though many struggle academically however, they are full of life and creativity and have big dreams for their futures!

My Project

My students need high quality books and magazines to keep them engaged while doing lots and lots of reading this year. At our school, we work to match students with books that meet them at their guided reading level, while keeping them engaged in topics of interest. Our students have already had year after year of expensive curriculum purchased by the school district that has not met their needs! Research has shown time and time again that when students are able to choose books that interest them and can then read lots and lots of books at their level, they make impressive gains in literacy!

I have seen with my own two eyes, students who have not grown as readers for four or five years, make as much as two years worth of growth in one year!

The key to these success stories has been a vast and varied classroom library that students can choose from, while giving them the time to read in school under the supervision of motivated, knowledgeable teachers. I know progress like this can happen for every student at our school if we have the books to keep them reading voraciously.

Teacher Whitten Studio 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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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

35 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TIME For Kids - 5-6 PRINT Bundle - 24 issues / Minimum of 10 subscriptions • TIME for Kids $5.01 10 $50.10
TIME For Kids - 3-4 PRINT Bundle - 24 issues / Minimum of 10 subscriptions • TIME for Kids $5.01 10 $50.10
The Boxcar Children Bookshelf (The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Books 1-12) • Amazon Business $32.63 1 $32.63
Treasure Hunters Boxed Set • Amazon Business $29.65 1 $29.65
The Hardy Boys Secret Files Collection Books 1-5: Trouble at the Arcade; The Missing Mitt; Mystery Map; Hopping Mad; A Monster of a Mystery (Hardy Boys: The Secret Files) • Amazon Business $18.82 1 $18.82
Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City • Amazon Business $8.68 2 $17.36
The Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Collection: Sleepover Sleuths; Scream for Ice Cream; Pony Problems; The Cinderella Ballet Mystery; Case of the Sneaky Snowman • Amazon Business $15.80 1 $15.80
Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (4 Books) • Amazon Business $11.28 1 $11.28
Ivy & Bean's Secret Treasure Box (Books 1-3) • Amazon Business $10.23 1 $10.23
Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate (Real Kids, Real Places) (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Mystery in New York City (Real Kids, Real Places) (Carole Marsh Mysteries Ser) (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Mystery at Walt Disney World (Real Kids, Real Places) (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail (Real Kids, Real Places) (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Red Rackham's Treasure (The Adventures of Tintin) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Big Nate: Thunka, Thunka, Thunka • Amazon Business $7.66 1 $7.66
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
Big Nate Makes the Grade • Amazon Business $7.15 1 $7.15
I Will Save You • Amazon Business $6.88 1 $6.88
Big Nate: Game On! • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Ball Don't Lie • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride • Amazon Business $4.18 1 $4.18
Mercy Watson Fights Crime • Amazon Business $3.71 1 $3.71
Mercy Watson to the Rescue • Amazon Business $3.57 1 $3.57

Materials cost

$338.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$404.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.34

Total project goal

$475.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $475.60

11 Donors

-$475.59

Donations toward project cost

-$404.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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