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Mrs. Williams from Cleveland, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books in the Air

My students need these books to see more diversity in our classroom library and to see that they can be featured and represented in a positive manner.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Williams's classroom raised $387

This project is fully funded

My Students

My second-grade scholars come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. They range between the ages of 7 and 8 years old and receive their education in an urban environment with a population of 43.4% Black, Non-Hispanic, 26.5% Hispanic, 24.4% White, Non-Hispanic, and 4.6% Multiracial. My school participates in the Federal Free School Lunch program where 100% of our scholars receive a nutritional meal every day. They come to school despite what they are going through and work hard to accomplish a set goal.

We are also one of few STEM schools in the school district that provides all of our scholars with an equal opportunity for innovation, engineering and design principles, and stewardship within the context of cross-curricular, authentic problem-based learning units.

My Project

(Read to the tune of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme song) Now this is a plead about why I need books, so my students don't sit with disgusted looks and I'd like to take a minute to just sit and share and tell you why we need this project called "Books in the air."

In Mrs. W's class where we love to read well, each and every child according to his or her speed.

Chilling out, maxing, sometime before noon while checking out the resources located in the room. When a couple of books didn't look very good, I thought it might start messing with my "teacherhood". I got annoyed with the fact that nobody really care and said " I'm putting up a project called Books in the Air!"

I called another teacher and when they came near, the face that they'd shown was elated with fear. If anything I can say that the class ain't bare, but I thought nah, forget it, other Books in the Air.

I pulled out some of the books, about seven or eight and I told the whole class, "there has got to be greater!" Books for read alouds because it's just not fair, no diversity shown with all these Books in the Air!

Mrs. Williams Orchard STEM School Grades PreK-2

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

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.

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Nearly all 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

27 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Keats's Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Treasury • Amazon Business $19.80 1 $19.80
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Lucky Beans • Amazon Business $14.06 1 $14.06
Ron's Big Mission • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Regards to the Man in the Moon • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Rules • Amazon Business $12.43 1 $12.43
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $12.42 1 $12.42
Hi, Cat (Picture Books) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Big Hair, Don't Care • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
The Adventures of Zolie " Miss Chit Chat" Zi: Bad Bad Hygiene • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
When God Made You • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
The Colors of Us • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All about Me) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Mr. George Baker (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Louie's Search • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Whistle for Willie • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
Pet Show! (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Peter's Chair (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Chocolate Me! • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
John Henry: An American Legend (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
Goggles (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $5.94 1 $5.94
Apt. 3 (Picture Books) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Louie • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Jennie's Hat (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
The Little Drummer Boy • Amazon Business $5.31 1 $5.31

Materials cost

$293.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$328.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.91

Total project goal

$386.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $386.05

10 Donors

-$382.52

Donations toward project cost

-$328.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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