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Ms. Rosgony from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Book Choices for Preschool

Help me give my students children books featuring African American characters which they can relate to.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rosgony's classroom raised $234

This project is fully funded

My Students

My pre-k class provides the first school experience for three, four, and five-year-old children. Many of the children live in impoverished neighborhoods. They attend pre-k for the entire day and are provided with breakfast and lunch. They have a nap time, too. I am responsible for providing a fun learning environment which is culturally diverse and unique for each child.

I strive to provide a loving, nurturing classroom to foster their self-esteem and develop their social, language, cognitive and motor skills.

I want the children to be successful in school to ensure a positive continuation of their education in the future.

My Project

My students love to look at books and listen to stories. Every day at preschool, my students get to choose a book during independent reading time. They also pick books to look at when they are waiting to move to a new activity. During book time, they practice book-handling skills, retell stories by looking at the pictures and develop a love of reading by having a chance to interact with books regularly.

Providing my students with culturally diverse books will allow them to identify with the characters and surroundings in the books.

Many times, children of color do not see themselves in literature.

Providing diverse literature can help to foster positive self-concepts and identities. My students become excited when they see characters that look like themselves in books. These books can stimulate their imagination and understanding of the world.

Ms. Rosgony Pittsburgh M L King Academy Grades PreK-2

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.

Pittsburgh, PA 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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 2 $28.00
Beautiful Curly Me Signed by Author • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $25.00 1 $25.00
Little People BIG DREAMS Black Voices Set • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $24.00 1 $24.00
Where Are You From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Our Class is a Family • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Change Sings • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Skin Like Mine • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Brown Boy Joy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
My Brown Skin • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
The ABCs of Black History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$161.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$198.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.02

Total project goal

$233.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $233.44

1 Donor

-$233.44

Donations toward project cost

-$198.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.02

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 $0.00

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