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Ms. Wilson from Stamford, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bearing Witness: Compassionate Truth Tellers Are Empowered Citizens

Help me give my students gain access to quality and contemporary literature that is not only at their lexile level, but is also highly engaging.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wilson's classroom raised $722

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

As 8th graders, my students are getting ready to forge into high school and become more independent learners. I would like to give them the tools and experiences necessary to be ready for the learning that is ahead for them.

I have 103 unique and amazing students who come from different backgrounds and have very different learning needs--they all love to be read to; however, many of them are not interested in reading on their own!

One thing that brings them all together is their love of stories and their creative, compassionate nature. My students are very interested in fair treatment, which makes this project particularly exciting.

Our diversity allows us to learn not only from the curriculum but from each other, making every experience and every day a learning opportunity. Once they get to high school, these young adults will be expected to read on their own. If I provide them with enough rich opportunities and a variety of stories to read, their fluency will continue to increase, therefore affording them more opportunity for success as independent learners.

My Project

I am an AVID reader and am always searching for new titles to introduce to my students, especially my reluctant readers. Ghost Boys, a book I recently finished, is among the titles I would love to be able to offer to my students. The note from the author discusses one of the final scenes in the book where several of the characters are gathered to "Bear Witness" for a youth who was the victim of police violence.

This author's note inspired me to create a project called "Bearing Witness" that would allow my students to find their voice and use it to speak a truth about an inequity, injustice, or suffering that they see in the world; it is my hope that they will also be inspired to make a change for those they are speaking up for, even, and especially if, that someone is the student herself.

Ms. Wilson Turn of River Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

Stamford, CT 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 30 $224.70
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 30 $224.70
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $9.49 10 $94.90
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $15.32 2 $30.64

Materials cost

$574.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$613.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.28

Total project goal

$721.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $721.84

5 Donors

-$542.39

Donations toward project cost

-$467.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.36

match offer

-$172.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$146.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

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 $0.00

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