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Mrs. Balansay from El Paso, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversify Your Shelf

Help me give my students diverse books to learn about other cultures and types of families.

  • $169 goal

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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 Students

I work at a Title I school in a low socioeconomic area, and 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. For some of our kids, these are the only two meals they have in a day.

Although some of my kids face many challenges, they are always eager to learn.

We have some military families in our school as well. Our school is located in a border city, and a few of my students moved here from Mexico and are English language learners. I'm always looking for innovative ways to teach my kids and encourage them to love school and learning.

My Project

I am requesting books that are diverse. They are about different cultures, different types of families, different languages and about kids with disabilities.

I want my kids to learn about other kids so that they can have empathy and learn to accept everyone in their class or anyone they encounter that is different.

I want my kids to learn that we're all different and that this is beautiful. In order for them to be kind to others, it's important to teach them we're not all the same. In today's climate I want to teach kids to be better adults in the future.

Mrs. Balansay Sunrise Mountain Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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El Paso, TX 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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sparkle Boy • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
The World Needs More Purple People • Amazon Business $10.15 1 $10.15
La hormiguita (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
El Pez Arco Iris (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Stella Brings the Family • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
La gallina Cocorina (Clucky the Hen) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.46 1 $9.46
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
I Promise • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
My Family, Your Family (Cloverleaf Books ™ ― Alike and Different) • Amazon Business $6.27 1 $6.27

Materials cost

$111.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.26

Total project goal

$168.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.39

2 Donors

-$84.60

Donations toward project cost

-$72.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.54

match offer

-$83.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$71.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.18

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 $0.00

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