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Ms. H. from Roxbury, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Social Justice Through Stories

Help me give my students access to amazing books that will serve as the foundation of our global citizenship and social justice curriculum!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. H.'s classroom raised $1,818

This project is fully funded

My Students

The students in our rooms are the leaders of our school! Creative and caring, funny and kind - they are as brilliant as they are strong, and we are about to embark on their capstone year at our school together!

One of the things we are focusing on this year is equipping ourselves to become informed, actively engaged citizens - working to build a better world.

With curriculum and projects focusing on human and civil rights, immigration, and environmental issues like climate change and the impact of natural disasters, we are encouraging our 5th graders to think globally, but begin by acting locally.

My Project

Our social justice curriculum is grounded in rich stories that help us explore the experiences of many individuals and groups, both currently and throughout history. Our class book sets serve as the foundation for our studies, allowing us to build skills, practice discussion, and grapple with real, relevant global issues while also engaging with powerful human stories.

Because we sent many of our classroom resources home with students when we moved to remote learning, in the spring, we need to replace and replenish many of these resources for our coming students.

Without knowing how school will look this year, we are simply doing our best to prepare for all the many scenarios that could play out. Regardless of where we are learning in September, these books will serve many classes of students in wide variety of capacities for years to come!

Ms. H. Ellis Mendell Elementary School 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.

Roxbury, MA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America • Amazon Business $13.59 40 $543.60
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.74 40 $389.60
Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.99 40 $279.60
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $6.99 40 $279.60

Materials cost

$1,492.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,544.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$272.61

Total project goal

$1,817.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,817.40

3 Donors

-$1,314.93

Donations toward project cost

-$1,117.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$197.24

match offer

-$502.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$427.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.37

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 $0.00

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