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Ms. Scheele from Burien, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books About Tolerance, Diversity, and Culture

My students need books (such as Curly Hair Straight Hair and Fiesta Fiasco) about kindness, with diverse characters, and books that explore my students' cultures.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Scheele's classroom raised $217

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

My classroom is located in Washington state at a Title I school. Students at my school are hardworking, kind, eager individuals. Many students are first and second generation citizens from Africa, South America, and Asia. About 42% of students qualify for English Language Learner Services but up to 50% of students speak a language other than English in the home. Our differing cultures, backgrounds, economic statuses, and languages provide richness in the classroom, but we also face challenges. One challenge is that we are incredibly underfunded. At HV, 83% of students qualify for free and reduced school lunch.

There are so many experiences and learning opportunities I wish I could have with our students if only I had the means.

My Project

Please help get books for my students! My students need books to help them celebrate their cultures. Such books include The Corn Grows Ripe and The Legend of the Poinsettia. The need books to promote kindness such as Strictly No Elephants, and The Berenstein Bears: Kindness Counts. Because students spend so much time in school, schools have a critically important opportunity and responsibility to ensure that all students get the support and help they need to become empathetic and tolerant.

I want my classroom to be a place that brings out the best in my students.The books I'm asking to purchase, with your help, are also a better representation of my students.

I'm asking for books about amazing people of color, books to better understand and build empathy, and everyday stories with characters that match the diverse racial and cultural backgrounds of students in my class. By reading about these role models and everyday people, students will be motivated to set goals and reach them.

With how turbulent American society has become students need this character education and diverse representation of characters more now than ever. Students deserve to be reminded that good people support them, will help them get supplies, and they need to be taught how to support one another. These books will help mold the minds of my young impressionable students for the better. Please donate and help my students become the amazing people they can and will be. Thank you!

Ms. Scheele Hazel Valley Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pet Show! (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.85 2 $13.70
Mindset Matters (Without Limits) • Amazon Business $10.01 1 $10.01
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
Off We Go to Mexico • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Around The World We Go • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Manana, Iguana • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
Apt. 3 (Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Curly Hair Straight Hair, Cabello Rizado Cabello Lacio (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Louie's Search • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Fiesta Fiasco • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Count on Culebra: Go From 1 to 10 in Spanish • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Louie • Amazon Business $6.91 1 $6.91
The Legend of the Poinsettia • Amazon Business $6.88 1 $6.88
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $6.82 1 $6.82
The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Cactus Soup • Amazon Business $5.54 1 $5.54
The Night of Las Posadas (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $5.37 1 $5.37
Hill Of Fire (I Can Read, Book 3) (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Pedro's Burro (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Berenstain Bears: Kindness Counts (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights) • Amazon Business $2.66 1 $2.66

Materials cost

$139.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$184.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.53

Total project goal

$216.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $216.85

1 Donor

-$108.42

Donations toward project cost

-$92.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.26

match offer

-$108.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.26

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