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Mr. English from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Culturally Reflective Classroom Library

Help me give my students opportunities to explore positive and uplifting stories that reflect their identities and celebrate their diverse cultures; narratives that speak to them authentically and affirm their value.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. English's classroom raised $1,001

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Our students deserve to see themselves—and others—reflected in the books they read.

A diverse classroom library filled with authentic voices will inspire pride, empathy, and curiosity.

Our urban students are bright, driven, and college-bound, with talents as diverse as their backgrounds.

They deserve books that reflect their cultures, experiences, and aspirations while exposing them to new perspectives. A classroom library filled with authentic voices will inspire them to take pride in who they are, while building empathy for others, and fuel their academic journeys.

Your support will help provide stories that celebrate their strengths and affirm that their dreams are valid, powerful, and within reach through the transformative power of reading.

Mr. English Manual Arts Senior High School Grades 9-12

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

120 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
5 Book Set: BIOGRAPHIES (ages 14+) - Urgent Life, Awkward Thoughts W. Kamau Bell, It's Trevor Noah YA, Letters to Young Brother, Reach x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $120.00 1 $120.00
6 Book Set: Lee & Low TEEN Mental Health Bundle #2 (ages 13-18) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $99.00 1 $99.00
5 Book Set: YA Paperback Book Club (14+): The Poet X, Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Finding Langston, The Best At It, Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $76.00 1 $76.00
4 High School Favorites - Book Set #1 (ages 14+): Becoming, Black Enough, Just Mercy, Blackout (3 paperbacks, 1 hardcover) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $70.00 1 $70.00
Clap When You Land (hardcover, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 2 $38.00
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) (YA hardcover, biography12+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 2 $34.00
Long Way Down (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 2 $26.00
Dear Martin (YA paperback, ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 2 $26.00
The Stars Beneath Our Feet (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
The Hate U Give (hardcover, YA ages 14+ mature) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Rebound (The Crossover Series) (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 2 $20.00
We Are All So Good at Smiling (hardcover, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - teen mental health, social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell (paperback, autobiography, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
We Are Not Free (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $8.38 2 $16.76
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner • Amazon Business $8.13 2 $16.26
Wonder (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Firekeeper's Daughter (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen • Amazon Business $7.33 2 $14.66
Furia (paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00

Materials cost

$741.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$850.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.11

Total project goal

$1,000.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,000.75

3 Donors

-$466.00

Donations toward project cost

-$441.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.80

match offer

-$481.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$409.44

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.06

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