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Mrs. Mishima-Donahue from Waianae HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Feed Growing Minds

Help me give my students books to keep their minds healthy, a Post-It holder to store note taking supplies, and an identity protection roller stamp and masks to keep my students safe!

  • $591 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I'm an inclusion teacher at a Title I school in Hawaii. There might be negative stereotypes about the people on the Leeward coast of Oahu, but they are only stereotypes. My students come from a variety of backgrounds, from single-parent households and families with two working parents with multiple jobs, to families with comfortable living situations. With their diverse backgrounds, they all have a few things in common.

My students are enthusiastic, caring individuals who love learning and hands-on activities.

I teach an amazing class of eight and nine year-olds. Regardless of what life throws at them, they always show up to school ready to learn, do their best work, and cheer each other on. They help nurture each other's growth in and out of the classroom. They are determined to make each day better than yesterday, and I am lucky to call them my students.

My Project

Last year our students were locked at home behind a screen all day. Their only reading options were online books. This year, my students are so excited to get their hands on actual BOOKS! My school's library has had an overhaul and is being turned into a multimedia center after it had been neglected for years. My students only have my classroom library to be exposed to and borrow books.

I enjoy watching the joy in my students' eyes as they browse, finger through, and select new books to borrow from my classroom library.

The books I've selected have been chosen for a variety of reasons. Some are student picks, for research, and even suggested books. A large selection of these books are to help diversify my library or support or mental health so all of my students feel heard, represented and learn healthy ways of handling their stress and emotions. The Post-It tower will provide easy access to the sticky notes they use while reading books or taking notes.

I also need to keep my students physically safe from illnesses. The masks will help to do that since my students don't have an option to get vaccinated because they are too young. Lastly the roller stamp will keep confidential papers private.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my project and supporting my students!

Mrs. Mishima-Donahue
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Book Box Set (Books 1-8: Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love, & Scribble Emotion) • Amazon Business $36.93 1 $36.93
Really Good Stuff Sticky Note Tower - Sticky Note Holder • Amazon Business $24.83 1 $24.83
Nami's New Friend • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
WeCare Kids Disposable Face Masks, 50 Asstd Tie Dye Masks, Individually Wrapped • Amazon Business $18.93 1 $18.93
Be a Tree! • Amazon Business $18.41 1 $18.41
Listen • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The People Remember • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Marigold Finds the Magic Words • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
I'm NOT just a Scribble... • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Miseyo Wide Identity Theft Protection Roller Stamp Set - Yellow (3 Refill Ink Included) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Looking for a Jumbie • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Sometimes People March • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
It Fell from the Sky • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Uma Wimple Charts Her House • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Invasion of the Unicorns • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
How to Read a Book • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy) • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem • Amazon Business $12.41 1 $12.41
Pencils on Strike: A Funny, Rhyming, Read Aloud Kid's Book For Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, or Early Readers • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Give This Book a Cover: Spark Your Imagination with Over 100 Activities • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Give This Book a Title: Over 100 Activities to Kick-Start Your Creativity • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Zeke Meeks vs the Pain-in-the-Neck Pets • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
New Kid • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Maya the Engineer • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Ugly Duckling • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Art Lesson (Paperstar Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Relatives Came • Amazon Business $6.54 1 $6.54
National Geographic Readers: Level 2 - Pandas • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Wildfires • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Penguins! • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$445.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$19.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.52

Total project goal

$590.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$590.11

6 Donors

-$183.78

Donations toward project cost

-$167.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.45

match offer

-$393.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$334.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.08

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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