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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 On Kindness, Tolerance, Culture & Stuffed Friends Read To

My students need books on kindness and stuffed pals to read to.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Scheele's classroom raised $336

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 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

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.

By donating, you would be stocking my bookshelves with books about tolerance, empathy, diversity, embracing and celebrating differences.

These books and read-alouds will help my students to become even more caring, kind, and generous human beings. We could also use some friends to cuddle up and read to in the form of Elephant and Piggie stuffed animals. I’m also asking for conversation cubes to help my students practice interacting with each other in a kind and respectful manner.

With how turbulent American society has become students need this character education more now than ever. They 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

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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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $16.61 1 $16.61
Iggy Peck, Architect • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
The Three Little Tamales • Amazon Business $14.44 1 $14.44
Kohls Cares Mo Willems Elephant & Piggie Books 12" Pink Plush Stuffed Animal Toy • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Kohls Cares Mo Willems Elephant & Piggie Books Gerald 15" Plush Stuffed Animal Toy • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
A Letter to Amy (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $13.03 1 $13.03
A New Year's Reunion: A Chinese Story • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Emma and the Whale • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Elmer (Elmer Books) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Learning Resources Conversation Cubes • Amazon Business $11.11 1 $11.11
I Can Handle It (Mindful Mantras) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Bully B.E.A.N.S. • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
Those Darn Squirrels Fly South • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Halloween Is... • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
The Thank You Book (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
Christmas Around the World • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Pout-Pout Fish • Amazon Business $6.73 1 $6.73
Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
Those Darn Squirrels! • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble With Friends • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$231.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$284.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.25

Total project goal

$335.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $335.02

2 Donors

-$192.50

Donations toward project cost

-$163.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.87

match offer

-$142.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$121.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.38

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