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Ms. March from Buffalo NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Diverse Library for Diverse Learners

Help me give my students a library that reflects their differences and uniqueness!

  • $357 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are amazing, active little learners waiting to embrace their full potential. They are funny, bright, loving kids who don't always have a reason to smile but do so anyway. 100% of students in our school receive free breakfast, lunch, and also dinner for those who attend the after-school program. Over 50 languages are spoken across the student body, including many students who speak little to no English and are experiencing a new life.

Our city is a vibrant, accepting place where many families are refugees and immigrants.

My students have seen more in their life than many people ever have or will. Escaping wars in Africa, hunger in Somalia and ethnic cleansing in Burma are just some of the battles my students have already faced. Despite all of this, they come to school every day with a positive attitude ready to conquer the day. We love learning and we love the classroom family we've created. We love DonorsChoose.org for helping our classroom feel like a home for us!

My Project

This project will transform my library into a place where my students will feel accepted and connected. It will share the stories, experiences and history of people of their culture and others. These books will provide them with engagement, interest and a love for reading. For some of my students, they don’t see people or characters who look and talk like they do in their text books. This will change that and impact their lives. The books in this project will transform my classroom library into a place where students will want to be and will help them love to read.

Ms. March
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
African American Stories (10 Books) • AKJ Education $53.05 1 $53.05
Asian Stories (8 Books) • AKJ Education $47.05 1 $47.05
Spanish Heritage - Nonfiction (5 Books) • AKJ Education $39.56 1 $39.56
Mama's Nightingale A Story of Immigration and Separation • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Because of Winn-dixie • AKJ Education $5.59 2 $11.18
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $8.97 1 $8.97
American Born Chinese • AKJ Education $7.69 1 $7.69
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Island of the Blue Dolphins • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Frindle • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Freak the Mighty • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Esperanza Rising • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
A Raisin in the Sun (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.57 1 $5.57
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $5.38 1 $5.38
As Good as Anybody • AKJ Education $2.50 1 $2.50
Child of the Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Education $2.50 1 $2.50

Materials cost

$268.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$302.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.47

Total project goal

$356.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $356.46

1 Donor

-$356.46

Donations toward project cost

-$302.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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