Help me give my students some amazing books that reflect their diverse backgrounds.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kelly's classroom raised $341
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
Diverse is a word I would use to describe the CPS neighborhood school that I am so lucky to teach at. Among the approximately 1,000 students, we have at least twenty-five different cultures and/or languages represented. In addition to this, despite its size and perhaps because of its great diversity, our school has a strong sense of community. We are a family and proud of it.
The majority of our students come from low-income households and have a keen interest in learning.
This is where you can help out!
My Project
The books included in this particular project promote differences in us all, and they are meant to encourage reading as they reflect the diverse nature of our school's population - both culturally and linguistically. Not only will students - at any grade level - have the opportunity to check out these books from the school library, they will also be able to listen to them read aloud by me or their classroom teacher and engage in some meaningful discussions.
It is part of our school's mission to be "inclusive of all children by celebrating one another’s diversity of culture, language, and learning needs," and one way to foster this is to make sure students have quality books to read in which they can see themselves and their classmates.
In addition, having such diverse titles to choose from will also help students to broaden their worldview, and naturally, these books will help students to become better readers overall because these are books that they, themselves, are able to handpick to read.
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
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Al otro lado de la bahía / Across the Bay (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$16.59
1
$16.59
Manos que bailan (Dancing Hands): Cómo Teresa Carreño tocó el piano para el presidente Lincoln (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$16.53
1
$16.53
¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
La amabilidad es mi Superpoder: un libro para niños sobre la empatía, el cariño y la solidaridad (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
• Amazon Business
$15.97
1
$15.97
Soñadores (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
• Amazon Business
$14.49
1
$14.49
Across the Bay
• Amazon Business
$14.39
1
$14.39
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
• Amazon Business
$14.00
1
$14.00
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
• Amazon Business
$13.69
1
$13.69
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
• Amazon Business
$13.64
1
$13.64
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
• Amazon Business
$10.66
1
$10.66
Mi papi tiene una moto
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos: Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre (Spanish edition)
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Dreamers
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Materials cost
$255.87
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.84
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$289.71
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$51.13
Total project goal
$340.84
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$340.84
5 Donors
-$340.84
Donations toward project cost
-$289.71
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