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Ms. Schmitt from Charlotte, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: Reading and Relating

My students need books containing characters that they feel connected to.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Schmitt's classroom raised $272

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

I teach in a Title 1 school in North Carolina where all of the students receive free breakfast and lunch.

The students in my classroom are students with learning and emotional disabilities.

My students walk into class every day eager and excited to learn. Despite all of their hardships, my students come into school and try their very best.

It is a privilege to teach such a resilient group of students, and they deserve the very best to support their unique learning.

My Project

Having individual copies of Erika Sanchez's I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter will bring my students learning to the next level. My students struggle to relate to characters in the traditional class sets that our school has to offer.

Being able to read a story and relate to a character, is what allows a child to fall in love with reading as a whole.

My students are very interested in learning about current events through accessible texts. Erika Sanchez's I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is exactly that.

Having personal copies of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter will give my students the opportunity to make annotations and thoroughly dive into the text.

Ms. Schmitt Cochrane Collegiate Academy Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

64 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • AKJ Education $13.13 14 $183.82

Materials cost

$183.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.75

Total project goal

$271.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $271.67

3 Donors

-$248.14

Donations toward project cost

-$213.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.22

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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