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Mrs. Nix from Utica, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Nonfiction for Remote Learning

Help me give my students nonfiction by and about DIVERSE author's for remote learning.

  • $1,120 goal

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My Students

I teach in an urban, diverse school of 3,000+ students in the heart of Central New York. A typical classroom can have students from Myanmar, Somalia, Bosnia, and Belarus learning side-by-side with students who have never left the state. It makes for quite an interesting teaching and learning experience!

Our school is, even by our state's own calculations, drastically underfunded.

We are a refugee relocation city, and many of our students are the sons and daughters of newly arrived immigrants. Built for 2,000 students, our school is incredibly overcrowded. Teachers share classrooms, students share textbooks, and space is at a premium. Students often do not have access to even the most basic of learning materials, and teachers either pay for it out of their own pockets or the students go without. Even still, it is my goal to make my classroom a safe and versatile space where students can reach their fullest potential!

My Project

My students have been learning remotely since March 2020. We are all -- teachers, students, parents, and administrators -- doing our best under the present circumstances, but there are days that it is just plain difficult.

I want to give my students new nonfiction texts by and about diverse people that I send home to them.

Students can benefit from the inspiration, struggle, and success of these authors, from Vice President Harris to the story of immigrant brothers to a naval general who advises people to first make their beds.

Mrs. Nix Thomas R Proctor High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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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

150 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House • Amazon Business $18.99 5 $94.95
Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis • Amazon Business $18.99 5 $94.95
Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend • Amazon Business $16.21 5 $81.05
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $14.39 5 $71.95
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World • Amazon Business $13.98 5 $69.90
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work • Amazon Business $13.69 5 $68.45
The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults): Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America • Amazon Business $11.99 5 $59.95
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.69 5 $58.45
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds • Amazon Business $13.98 4 $55.92
We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story • Amazon Business $10.48 5 $52.40
One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together • Amazon Business $11.59 4 $46.36
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century • Amazon Business $8.49 5 $42.45
We Should All Be Feminists • Amazon Business $7.95 5 $39.75
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones • Amazon Business $11.98 3 $35.94
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey • Amazon Business $8.79 4 $35.16

Materials cost

$907.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$951.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$167.87

Total project goal

$1,119.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,119.11

8 Donors

-$1,014.69

Donations toward project cost

-$866.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.45

Matching donations from our partners

-$100.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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