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Mr. Stuchell from El Cajon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Resources for Diverse Readers and VR to Boot

Help me give my students a VR history experience and books to inspire the diverse readers in my classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Stuchell's classroom raised $895

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are your prototypical middle school students. They love to learn (even if they won't admit to it), and they love to have fun (even when they are not supposed to). My students love to learn about the world and are consistently seeking to expand their horizons beyond the four walls of our classroom and the confines of our school. They love to learn and are constantly asking questions about the world around them.

More than 40% of the students at our school come from low-income households.

A further 11% of students are classified as English Language Learners. Nearly 44% of the school identifies as persons of color. Overall the students from our school are a very diverse crowd representative of the neighborhoods in which they come from. Our school serves over 1,500 students who are eager to learn about new and exciting perspectives.

My Project

Representation is one of the biggest factors in inspiring the dreams of our youth, be it representation in media, in education, or simply in life. Seeing that your dreams are possible because someone else has blazed the trail you wish to walk takes dreams and makes them an achievable reality.These books help students who are traditionally left out of the narrative of life based on the color of their skin. Their heroes too often look like someone else, not the face they see in the mirror. Their problems often are not the problems they read about in the classroom or see on the news.

We face a crisis of representation in our country today.

Historian Carlos Cortes wrote, "When the only portrayals audiences see of minority characters are negative—in this case, he was talking about Latino gangs in East LA that were featured prominently by news media—those portrayals transcend to public image." Our classrooms and our communities are wonderfully diverse, but too often the materials we provide them are monochromatic. Please help me make a difference in the lives of my students by providing them access to high quality materials which will inspire them to achieve greatness.

The second part of this project is a classroom supply of VR headsets to help inspire my students to explore the world by taking them to places we cannot physically go. We will be able to wander Machu Pichu, soar above the Great Wall, and witness the history of the world from the walls of our classroom. My hope is to provide the tools for my students to learn about the world beyond our reach and to inspire future world citizens.

Mr. Stuchell Hillsdale Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

El Cajon, CA View local requests

More than 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

180 students impacted 9donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Cardboard Five-Pack VR Box Set | The Best Google Cardboard Bulk Virtual Reality Viewer for iPhone and Android | Google Cardboard v2 Headset Inspired • Amazon Business $29.99 7 $209.93
KOUSI Portable Storage Cubes-14" x14"(Load-Bearing Metal Panel) Modular Bookshelf Units,Clothes Storage Shelves,Room Organizer • Amazon Business $84.59 2 $169.18
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Hate U Give • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Clean Getaway • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Ikenga • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Something to Say • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Hope More Powerful Than the Sea • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Hope More Powerful Than the Sea • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (PB) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Refugee • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Enrique's Journey (The Young Adult Adaptation): The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
X: A Novel • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Bamboo People • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Sunny (Track #3) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Patina (Track #2) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
One Crazy Summer • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Good Kind of Trouble, A • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Ghost (Track #1) (PB) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$656.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $60.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.19

Total project goal

$894.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $894.62

8 Donors

-$288.85

Donations toward project cost

-$269.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.48

match offer

-$577.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$491.06

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.06

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