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Ms. Martinez from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empathy and Understanding for Immigrant Students

Help me give my students the picture books they need to help them understand and empathize with the immigrant experience their peers have faced.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Martinez's classroom raised $304

This project is fully funded

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 Project

As an English as a New Language Teacher, I have the privilege of meeting and teaching students from all around the world. Many of my students come from Spanish speaking countries like Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador. But I also have had students from Yemen, Russia, Kazakhstan, Haiti and Senegal. This means that in my class is full of diversity as well as different immigration experiences.

That is why I am asking for picture books that speak about migrant children, refugee / asylum-seeking students and undocumented students.

These books will help us start the learning journey of hope and empathy for one another.

In turn, I hope my students will be inspired to share their stories and use it as a teaching tool so that their peers can also learn and understand the hardships they have faced.

Ms. Martinez PS 142 Amalia Castro Grades 3-5

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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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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

65 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students • Amazon Business $37.35 1 $37.35
A Kids Book About Immigration (hardcover, newcomers, immigrants) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About: Un libro para niños sobre inmigración (hardcover, Spanish language edition, newcomers, immigration) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
I Wish You Knew • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders / Mis zapatos y yo: Cruzando tres fronteras (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.92 1 $15.92
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
Una jornada hacia la esperanza: A Journey Toward Hope, Spanish Edition • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
A Journey Toward Hope • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
What Is A Refugee? • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
Algo le pas? a mi pap? (Something Happened to My Dad) • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Something Happened to My Dad • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Two White Rabbits • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
You Weren't with Me • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Tani's New Home: A Refugee Finds Hope and Kindness in America • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79

Materials cost

$224.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$258.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.58

Total project goal

$303.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $303.84

2 Donors

-$275.89

Donations toward project cost

-$237.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.88

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.95

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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