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Ms. Jarema from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Embracing Diversity and Inclusion in 3rd Grade

Help me give my students embrace diversity and inclusion in the classroom forever.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jarema's classroom raised $238

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are incredibly bright and eager to learn! Since starting 3rd grade in the fall, they have grown so much and are excited to keep learning to go home. Since we have moved to at-home learning, my students and their families are looking for more engagement opportunities.

My students are based in Philadelphia, PA, and have shown they have such a strong desire to learn more and more.

In school, they take great pride in their work and look for challenges to keep their brains growing. We do have so many different levels in our classroom. I have an ESL friendly classroom, so our reading ranges from PreK to fifth grade.

My Project

All the books chosen in the list below help affirm and reflect students’ identities and to help facilitate important conversations about equity, racism, and belonging. Starting to talk about race and equity at a young age is critical to creating awareness and lasting change. With everything going on in the world today , I had chosen these books as some of the most effective and practical tools for initiating these conversations in my grade level. These books all promote positive racial identity development in youth.

I have so many cultures in my classroom, that we want to celebrate.

Reading these books , labeling them with stickers, and discussing them, will help my students see themselves and their family life. It will also help my students understand that every culture and race is important.

I am teaching English Language Learner summer school and these will help with my online classroom. I want to provide my students with the opportunity to see themselves in stories and on book covers. I want them to know that their lives are interesting enough for someone to write about. I want those mirrors and windows to reflect all of our students! My hope is that these books will be used for many years to come and continue to inspire our young readers! Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Ms. Jarema Stephen Decatur Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Malala's Magic Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 2 $26.26
The Youngest Marcher • AKJ Education $13.13 2 $26.26
Cricut Premium Vinyl - Removable, 12” x 12” Adhesive Decal Sheets - Variety • Amazon Business $23.00 1 $23.00
Mixed Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
The Proudest Blue • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sulwe • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
We Came to North America: The Poles • AKJ Education $1.75 5 $8.75
The Day of the Dead / El Dia de los Muertos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
La Mariposa • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Name Jar • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Count Your Way Through Japan • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80

Materials cost

$163.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$202.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.70

Total project goal

$238.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $238.00

3 Donors

-$228.00

Donations toward project cost

-$193.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.20

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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