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Mrs. Alea-Schlichting from Paterson, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What, Exactly, Are You Trying To Say?

My students will greatly benefit from access to 6 copies of the Larousse Spanish/English Unabridged Dictionary in our classroom library.

  • $446 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.

I teach High School Biology and Environmental Science to English Language Learners in an economically challenged urban district in New Jersey.

My students are trying desperately to learn Science and English at the same time. Our textbooks are in English and although they have a glossary for scientific terms there are many words they are unfamiliar with. The paperback dictionaries that some can afford are rarely good enough to help them.

Having better quality hardcover dictionaries available to students in the classroom will greatly help them locate words they cannot find in the paperbacks. This will help them understand the topics they are reading and expand their growing vocabulary.

Our school is in very short supply of just about everything. Your donation is probably the only way these high quality dictionaries will be available for students to use.

Mrs. Alea-Schlichting Eastside Education Campus Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Paterson, NJ View local requests

More than half 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

125 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Larousse Unabridged Dictionary: Spanish/English English/Spanish Larousse (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $51.60 6 $309.60

Materials cost

$309.60

Vendor shipping charges

$30.96

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$365.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.12

Total project goal

$445.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$445.12

7 Donors

-$429.41

Donations toward project cost

-$365.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.71

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$0.00

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