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Ms. Simpson from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Simpson's classroom raised $190

Build Literacy with Classroom Library for Low Income Scholars

Help me give my students the love of reading through options to read books of their choice.

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Ms. Simpson Yes Preparatory Southside Secondary
Houston, TX Grades 6-8

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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 students at our schools are strong members of the third ward, historical black community in Third Ward Houston, Texas. They represent a large majority of the diverse, culture-rich African American and Hispanic scholars. My students come from a majority of low-income households, where many English serves as a second language. My ambitious 9th graders enter the classroom eager to connect through literature and writing, ready to learn to discover and explore.

They love to read about things that relate to them and are eager to take their learning into their community to make a change.

My Project

Currently my school has no library and no place for students to physically choose books to read independently. Literacy does not always come from what you are told to read but by having choice. My students need to learn now how to find the joy in reading by deciding what books to read.

100% of my students come from low-income families where they are sometimes the head of their households and their choices effect their families.

Help give my students choices in their reading by providing them with an in class library.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

165 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. Simpson Yes Preparatory Southside Secondary Grades 6-8

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Houston, TX View local requests

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

165 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Things They Carried • AKJ Education $11.89 2 $23.78
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History • AKJ Education $11.87 2 $23.74
The Poet X • AKJ Education $9.48 2 $18.96
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 2 $13.98
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Education $6.38 2 $12.76
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
O-Parts Hunter 1 • AKJ Education $5.19 2 $10.38
Buso Renkin, Vol. 5 • AKJ Education $4.15 2 $8.30

Materials cost

$123.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.48

Total project goal

$189.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $189.89

1 Donor

-$189.89

Donations toward project cost

-$161.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.48

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