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

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How Long Till Black Future Month?

Help me give my students access to science fiction, speculative fiction, and picture books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Confer's classroom raised $587

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a high school librarian at a selective enrollment public high school located in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.

Our students come primarily from South Side communities and are some of the best and brightest students in Chicago.

Sixty percent of the students at my school come from low-income homes. At our school, students stretch themselves to learn more about themselves and each other.

My Project

The theme for our school's Black History Month display and programming is "How Long Until Black Future Month," based on the book title by N.K. Jeminsin.

We plan to have students engage in writing and trivia contests, as well as promote books that focus on Black futures and often untaught historical figures in the African American community.

With your help, we'll have more work by insightful writers and illistrators to share with and inspire students at our school for Black History Month. Students need access to quality and representative books so that they can be our nation's future writers and artists.

Ms. Confer Lindblom Math Science Academy Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

999 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (LOA #338) (Library of America) • Amazon Business $25.49 2 $50.98
Parable of the Talents: A Novel • Amazon Business $19.29 2 $38.58
How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories • Amazon Business $15.29 2 $30.58
Call Us What We Carry: Poems • Amazon Business $14.53 2 $29.06
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy, 1) • Amazon Business $12.40 2 $24.80
The Stuff of Stars • Amazon Business $11.29 2 $22.58
Parable of the Sower (Parable, 1) • Amazon Business $11.26 2 $22.52
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $9.74 2 $19.48
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $13.63 1 $13.63
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Lowriders in Space • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lowriders Blast from the Past • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89

Materials cost

$461.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.03

Total project goal

$586.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $586.87

1 Donor

-$586.87

Donations toward project cost

-$498.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.03

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