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Mr. Caro from Apopka, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversifying our Books

Help me give my students Black History books. I want my students to see themselves in these heroes and change the world.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Caro's classroom raised $208

This project is fully funded

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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

My fifth-grade students are amazed at unlimited potential​ but have limited resources to fully explore their ideas. The students come from low-income homes where for some, they only interact with educational items at school. Our entire school receives free breakfast and lunch.

My students have a genuine love for learning.

They love to come in early and stay late to help and learn. I want to be able to nurture that love before it is lost. Every year I have the pleasure of teaching students of varying abilities, from highly gifted learners to special needs students, but they all bring the same thing to my class: the love of learning and the eagerness to do their best. Being a person with a disability myself, I want to show them that anyone can succeed regardless of their limitations. I want to fulfill my duty and give them every opportunity they deserve.

Because of COVID-19 things have become even more difficult, and teaching a hybrid class brings its own challenges. Technology has become a huge factor in being able to reach all my students. I want to give them every chance to succeed.

My Project

I have slowly built a science and math themed classroom library, however it's not as diversified as it could be. Students need to see and read about someone like them to feel represented. Stan Lee once said that the best part about Spider-Man wearing a full mask is that any kid can imagine themselves under the mask. Spider-Man can be white, black, brown or whatever. Students NEED people who look like them to show what their full potential can be.

A diversified library helps my students to see that we are all alike at our core and we can all be the difference.

It's so important for all students to see themselves in books so that they can dream every dream their heart desires.

Everyone deserves to have a real hero who looks like them, to hold on to, and aspire to.

Mr. Caro Dream Lake Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Apopka, FL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
101 Black Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Leaders in Black History • Amazon Business $37.70 1 $37.70
The Story of Black History Box Set: Biography Books for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $26.60 1 $26.60
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. (People and Events in History) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $11.36 1 $11.36
Black Men in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Black Inventors: 15 Inventions that Changed the World (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Computer Decoder: Dorothy Vaughan, Computer Scientist (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50

Materials cost

$143.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$176.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.07

Total project goal

$207.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $207.11

3 Donors

-$144.15

Donations toward project cost

-$133.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.61

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.96

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 $0.00

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