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Ms. Kirsh from San Jose, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books for a Diverse Classroom!

Help me give my students mirror texts to see themselves in and window texts to look out to different places and cultures!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kirsh's classroom raised $595

This project is fully funded

My Students

My brilliant and compassionate high school students are going to change the world. They are future doctors, nurses, engineers, politicians, teachers, artists, and inventors. They come to school ready to learn each day, and are motivated to engage with each other in a way that pushes and challenges their thoughts and beliefs.

It is important that my diverse group of students see themselves in literature that celebrates their joy, and not just their pain.

The Bay Area is a melting pot of people from different countries and cultures, and it's important that students read books that are told from "Own Voices" characters and authors.

My spectacular students love reading, and I struggle to keep books on my shelves for them. My classroom library is a revolving door of check ins and check outs with a plethora of various genres and authors for them to enjoy. I am so fortunate that my leaners have such a passion for reading.

My Project

My students are ravenous for, and devour, good books. My classroom library is a place for my freshmen and sophomores to get lost in a book, to find something to pull them away from the trials and tribulations of being a teenager during these difficult times, and to whisk them away to a different time or place. My students are thankful for the opportunity to read diverse texts, and treat our books with love and care. It makes my heart soar to hear my sweet students sharing recommendations from the classroom library.

The books I've chosen have been selected with my students in mind.

I have chosen "mirror texts" for them to see themselves in, and "window texts" for them to see outside places, cultures, and people. I have observed my students choose books and have asked them what types of books they want to see in the classroom. I am excited and hopeful that the funding of this project will allow my students to continue to grow as readers, writers, and learners.

Ms. Kirsh Lynbrook High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Half of 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Inheritance Cycle Series 4 Book Set Collection Eragon, Eldest, Brisngr • Amazon Business $31.26 1 $31.26
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Boxed Set (3-Book) • Amazon Business $27.97 1 $27.97
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 3-Book Boxed Set: Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set I: Books 1-3 (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn) • Amazon Business $20.48 1 $20.48
Under the Whispering Door • Amazon Business $18.89 1 $18.89
A Pho Love Story • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Darius the Great Is Not Okay • Amazon Business $16.37 1 $16.37
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Klara and the Sun: A novel • Amazon Business $16.09 1 $16.09
XOXO • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Henna Wars • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Frankly in Love • Amazon Business $15.20 1 $15.20
House in the Cerulean Sea • Amazon Business $15.06 1 $15.06
Love & Other Natural Disasters • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Can't Take That Away • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Ghosts We Keep • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Cinderella Is Dead • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
The Toll (3) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88
Red Rising • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Station Eleven • Amazon Business $10.23 1 $10.23
I Wish You All the Best • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lady Smoke (Ash Princess) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
More Than Just a Pretty Face • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
House of Salt and Sorrows • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Thunderhead (2) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 1) • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
Ash Princess • Amazon Business $7.68 1 $7.68
After the Shot Drops • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Ember Queen (Ash Princess) • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Scythe (1) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $6.02 1 $6.02

Materials cost

$429.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$505.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.19

Total project goal

$594.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $594.60

5 Donors

-$407.29

Donations toward project cost

-$346.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.09

match offer

-$187.31

Match offer toward project cost

-$159.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.10

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