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Ms. Amador from Dorchester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Rose Can Grow Out of Concrete in Schools.

Help me give my students a library that inspires them to be writers and great readers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Amador's classroom raised $465

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Project

I choose books that will inspire kids to be the best version of themselves. I also choose books that affirm their identity. My students are diverse thinkers. Even though their first language is not English, they still work hard every day.

Some students have been through a lot of trauma; so some books will help them heal and be better people.

I also believe students deserve a library that makes them feel important. I want them to say if she can be a writer, then I can too. Some of the books are powerful.

Ms. Amador William E Russell Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Dorchester, MA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

15 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cape - social emotional learning picture book (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
A Kids Book About Trauma - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Empathy - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Belonging - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Immigration (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Drawn Together (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Remember to Dream, Ebere (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Stacey's Extraordinary Words (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas Who Made U.S. History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Day You Begin (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Where Are You From? (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
We Are Water Protectors (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Pink Is for Boys (board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Como Yo / Like Me SPANISH Edition (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Beautiful Curly Me: Activity and Coloring Book • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00

Materials cost

$347.95

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.74

Total project goal

$464.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$464.91

3 Donors

-$236.57

Donations toward project cost

-$202.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.99

Matching donations from our partners

-$226.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$192.59

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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$0.00

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