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Ms. Long from Shreveport, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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YA for World Languages

Help me give my students a set of When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel for the opportunity to learn more about the immigrant experience in recent history.

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My Project

Our students are social and very engaged in learning and the school community. They love learning about the world around them, including new cultures and experiences. In the Spanish III and IV language classes, students explore the varied cultures of Spanish -peaking people, including those from Europe, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Our high school serves neighborhood and magnet students.

In the 20-21 year, 55% of 1779 students received free or reduced-price lunch.

The goal of this project is to promote a love of learning about Spanish culture and literacy and a culture of reading in our school. All students in the Spanish III and IV language classes will receive a copy of When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel by author Elisabet Velasquez. The book is a novel-in-verse about Sarai, a fourteen year old first-generation Puerto Rican growing up in Bushwick with her older sister Estrella and her mom. Sarai has questions about everything: her identity - Can she be Puerto Rican?, society’s view of her and her sister, the gentrification of her neighborhood which is causing housing insecurity. Sarai has a beautiful voice that needs to be heard and she is determined to live her life and celebrate herself as she is - and she will make it.

We have arranged to meet the author of When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel via Zoom. In this meeting, students will get to talk with Elisabet Velasquez about her writing process and her own experience as a Latina in America. Students will produce a poem in Spanish. In addition to this, they will select one of the following assessments for the book: #bookbento, conferencing, playlist, a one-pager, or a book talk (in person or video).

Ms. Long Captain Shreve High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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Shreveport, LA 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel • Amazon Business $11.61 20 $232.20

Materials cost

$232.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$286.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.47

Total project goal

$336.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.47

6 Donors

-$191.53

Donations toward project cost

-$162.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.73

match offer

-$144.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.20

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.74

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