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Ms. Carpenter from Calumet Park, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Courageous People of the Past & Present

Help me give my students the chance to gain insight into overcoming challenges in life with the purchase of several biographies.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carpenter's classroom raised $226

This project is fully funded

My Students

Most of my scholars come from low-income households. My scholars face many challenges, both inside and outside of the classroom. Because of these challenges, I want to give my scholars a meaningful experience when they are with me.

My scholars love coming to school and I am hoping to further inspire their love of learning.

I want my students to feel both seen and heard within our classroom.

My Project

My scholars come from a low-income neighborhood and face many challenges within their daily lives. By purchasing several biographies for our classroom library, I am hoping for them to understand that any obstacle can be mastered with a little hard work.

I want my scholars to know that they can rise above their challenges and trauma.

Reading about other people's lives will hopefully help them to see that, with a little hard work and determination, they can overcome any oppositions they may face in their past, present, or future lives.

Ms. Carpenter Burr Oak Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Calumet Park, IL 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Bold Women in History: 15 Women's Rights Activists You Should Know (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Bold Women in Science: 15 Women in History You Should Know (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Black Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Black Inventors: 15 Inventions that Changed the World (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-in Edition): Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $8.28 1 $8.28
Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$159.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$191.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.86

Total project goal

$225.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $225.75

3 Donors

-$105.45

Donations toward project cost

-$98.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.00

match offer

-$109.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.44

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.37

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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