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Ms. Nishi from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Nishi's classroom raised $591

Fill the Shelves with Books!

Help me give my students an international library to choose from. Stories about people who look like them, with dictionaries to help them find their words, will go a long way toward welcoming them into the room.

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Ms. Nishi Nicholas Senn High School
Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

My Project

Students in my ninth and tenth grade classes come from all over the world. Having stories on the bookshelves about people who look like them and have experiences like them helps students feel comfortable.

A safe place to learn is a great place to explore.

Including reference books like dictionaries, as well as fiction and non-fiction books, supports students as they continue to grow in their English language development.

Your support will bring English language readers to students at their reading level, and give them space to imagine their future. Help us fill the shelves with books!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

125 students impacted 2 donors
Ms. Nishi Nicholas Senn High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL 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

125 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
7 Book Set: Lee & Low TEEN Mental Health Bundle #1 (ages 13-18) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $99.00 1 $99.00
5 Book Set: Graphic Novels #3 - Underrepresented Authors (ages 12+) White Bird, Ain't Burned All Bright, Run, They Called Us Enemy, Long Way Down • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
5 Book Set: YA Paperback Book Club (14+): The Poet X, Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Finding Langston, The Best At It, Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $76.00 1 $76.00
4 Book Set: Graphic Novels #7 - Underrepresented Family & Social Emotional Learning (paperback, ages 8-12) Twin Cities, Two Tribes, Dear Dad, Uprooted • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $72.00 1 $72.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Moments #1: Underground Railroad, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, Juneteenth (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Figures: Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Civil Rights Figures: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (paperback nonfiction biography STEM book, ages 8-12) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 2 $18.00
Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary (Tuttle Reference Dictionaries) • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12
The Pashto Dictionary: A Concise English-Pashto Dictionary • Amazon Business $7.60 1 $7.60
The Watchmaker صانع الساعات: (Arabic Edition) الطبعة العربية • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$464.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.53

Total project goal

$590.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $590.21

1 Donor

-$295.10

Donations toward project cost

-$250.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.26

match offer

-$295.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$250.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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